I'm Giving, Like, A Talk
Free and open to the public
Dear Readers,
At the end of this week1, I’m giving a free virtual talk in partnership with Girls Write Now about how I approach and write this newsletter. Although this Friday Night Salon is structured for the Girls Write Now community (with guided writing prompts for developing writers) it’s open to all. If you’re interested in learning more about how I execute Valley Girl, her inception, and why I chose this subject, I encourage you to attend. As a reader of Valley Girl, you’ll get special insight into the, like, process. Be sure to register.
I’m A, Like, Valley Girl: Writing Through Gender Stereotypes
Friday, February 6th, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PST/ 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM EST
Virtual
Join Koa Beck, author of White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind and the Substack, Valley Girl, for a discussion about writing, gender, and origin. Writing through gender stereotypes often means challenging what readers think they already know about a place, a history, or a community.
Learn how Koa, a valley girl herself, approaches these challenges when writing her newsletter, Valley Girl, a weekly interrogation and cultural study of the Los Angeles gender stereotype across American culture, history, and lived experience. She will share how she broadens understandings of real-life valley girls and analyzes the various cultural and political factors that shaped the pervasive gender trope that still persists today.
See you on Thursday for our regularly scheduled essay.
Love, Koa
Please note that this event was originally scheduled for Friday, January 30th, but was postponed for the ICE OUT nationwide shutdown.