Good feminist blogs?
December 31, 2007 6:58 AM Subscribe
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.
Seconding Bitch Ph.D. (lukemeister types faster than me).
posted by bibliowench at 7:30 AM on December 31, 2007
posted by bibliowench at 7:30 AM on December 31, 2007
Although it mostly covers women's-health issues, I like Our Bodies Our Blog.
posted by box at 7:36 AM on December 31, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 7:36 AM on December 31, 2007 [2 favorites]
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.
posted by hydropsyche at 7:42 AM on December 31, 2007 [2 favorites]
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.
posted by hydropsyche at 7:42 AM on December 31, 2007 [2 favorites]
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).
posted by waxbanks at 8:18 AM on December 31, 2007
* 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).
posted by waxbanks at 8:18 AM on December 31, 2007
Seconding Bitch, PhD. And Majikthiese. Both are terrific blogs that do exactly what you want.
posted by fourcheesemac at 8:21 AM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by fourcheesemac at 8:21 AM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: 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...
posted by footnote at 4:29 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by footnote at 4:29 PM on December 31, 2007
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.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 10:56 AM on January 1, 2008
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.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 10:56 AM on January 1, 2008
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posted by lukemeister at 7:23 AM on December 31, 2007 [3 favorites]