(Hazel Reading Series banner, designed by Diana To.) “We have no prescribed identities,” Sara Marinelli of San Francisco's Hazel Reading Series says to me over the phone. For us, [womanhood] is really a non-binary thing, and it’s really inclusive — I would say that one of the goals [of Hazel] would absolutely be to [...] deconstruct some gender norms and some expectations, so that the readers and audience felt more comfortable with [gender].” Started by Marinelli and collaborator Erica Eller in 2013, Hazel Reading Series has other goals as well: To create room for women’s stories in the Bay Area, foster [...]