Sister Spit was established in San Francisco in the early 1990s as a weekly all-female open-mic series, cofounded by Michelle Tea and Sini Anderson. The duo launched the first Sister Spit national tour in 1997: two vans chock-full with cutting-edge dyke female writers and performers. Since its inception, Sister Spit has crossed the country many times and re-emerged in 2007 as Sister Spit – Next Generation featuring established writers alongside young, emerging queer and queer-influenced artists of all genders.