Comments on: Good feminist blogs?

Question: Good feminist blogs?

footnote — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:58:55 -0800

Where are the feminist blogs that aren't superficial and/or tending towards ranty? I want more thoughtful analysis and intelligent discussion than you tend to find on feministing et al.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:23:57 -0800

I like Bitch Ph.D., especially the posts by M. LeBlanc.

By: bibliowench

bibliowench — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:30:15 -0800

Seconding Bitch Ph.D. (lukemeister types faster than me).

By: box

box — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:36:36 -0800

Although it mostly covers women's-health issues, I like Our Bodies Our Blog.

By: hydropsyche

hydropsyche — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:42:23 -0800

Are you interested in personal feminism? Political? Domestic or international? Female or male authors? What is included in "feministing et al"? I'm guessing Pandagon and Feministe and I Blame the Patriarchy and Alas a Blog?
Things I read that might count:
Majikthise
Shakespeare's Sister
Creek Running North (Chris Clarke)
Faux Real Tho (founder of Feministe)

I think every site I've linked to has more thoughtful analysis and better discussion than most of the internet. And every one of them has blogrolls which will lead you to more of the same.

By: waxbanks

waxbanks — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:18:23 -0800

While I get little out of the 'Feministing et al' corner of the blogosphere, my fiancée reads plenty of feminist blogs and sez:

* Second Chris Clarke.

* Shakes's Sis is a group blog and so at least offers multiple perspectives/voices (but she's not necessarily a fan);

* Of the 'mainstream' (i.e. predominantly white middle-class) feminist blogs, she's a Feministe regular;

* Brown Femi Power and The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum offer changes of tonal and topical pace from what you mention. The GF's comment: '...but they said "non-ranty," right?' BFP is nowhere near 'non-ranty' but anything that gets you out of the hipster-blogging vortex is good in limited quantities. (That's me, not the fiancée, who objects to my use of 'hipster' to dismiss to many bloggers. But she'd be a goddamn hipster too if she wasn't whatever it is that she is, so to hell with her.)

Ever read a 'Mommy Blog'? If you want to read about women's culture(s) in practice, the blogs of homeschooling moms are fascinating (and often fucked up).

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:21:11 -0800

Seconding Bitch, PhD. And Majikthiese. Both are terrific blogs that do exactly what you want.

By: footnote

footnote — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:29:06 -0800

Thanks for the ideas! I am kind of astonished that there were 33 favorites to this post -- seems there's an audience out there for intelligent non-ranty feminist writing...

By: mandymanwasregistered

mandymanwasregistered — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:47:11 -0800

Echidne of the Snakes is pretty great.

By: mandymanwasregistered

mandymanwasregistered — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:56:46 -0800

Violet Socks is also great (if sporadic).

Theriomorph is a mix of poetry, dog pictures, essays and other things, but if you look at her post categories, she has some thoughtful posts relating to feminist issues.

By: kelseyq

kelseyq — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:57:26 -0800

i second brownfemipower!