About

Liza is an attorney, writer, and mother. She and Jill had a wonderful non-legal wedding in February 2003, a son in 2006, and a daughter in 2008.

These days, Liza can mostly be found playing with her children, writing, looking for work, reading, or campaigning. She founded LesbianFamily.org and also writes at the Deep South Moms Blog.

Additionally, Liza is a graduate of Smith College and the University of Wisconsin School of Law; she also attended the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Law School in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Reed College.

If you’d like to hire her for freelance writing projects, email liza at lizawashere dot com. Here are some samples of her work:

Blog Posts

• Cue the Horror Music: Day Care (Chosen for syndication by MCT)
• Eggplant Parmigiana and Labor
• Who Takes Food from a Pregnant Lady?

Book Reviews

• The Maternal is Political
• Alternadad
• Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
• Maximum Ride 3

Offline Writing

• “Unexpected Success,” New Beginnings magazine, November-December 2007
• “LesbianFamily.org: Expanding the Understanding of Motherhood and Visibility of Lesbians,” or “Um. If you don’t mind my asking…how does a lesbian get pregnant?” (Chapter) Mothering and Blogging: The Radical Act of the MommyBlog (forthcoming Spring 2009, Demeter Press)
• Privacy in the 21st Century: Issues Facing Public, School, and Academic Libraries (co-author, June 2005, Libraries Unlimited Press)
• Global Internet Policy Initiative Advocacy Training Manual (co-author, 2001)

Writing Awards

• 2006 Weblog Award, “The Best of the Rest“

Public Speaking

Liza has given talks and led workshops on issues related to privacy, the Internet, free speech, and legal compliance for groups ranging in size from 12 – 700 and audiences including professional attorneys, librarians, school/district technology professionals, and college and high school students.