Sort of! We are currently messing around with lots of things, up to and including post schedules and that sort of thing. And thus, the silence. Which is no doubt obnoxious! Sorry! I was at the movies! And so on, and so forth.
However, this leads us to our next request: One of the many things we are hoping to revamp, on the new and semi-improved Tiger Beatdown, is our blogroll. Thus, we request that you use the comments to tell us which blogs we should be checking out! They can be your blogs. But we will probably take you more seriously if you recommend someone else’s?
Anyway! Thank you, for your patience. And your blog recommendations. And your shining faces! And everything else!
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Hi Sady & co.,
I recommend Natalia Antonova’s blog – I can’t remember if you’ve linked to her before/already, but she is awesome. Here you go: http://nataliaantonova.com/is-this-a-dagger-which-i-see-before-me/
xo!
p.s. – Where are those badass yellow tiger t-shirts? My roommates and I will send cash money for them!!
I think you would really enjoy The Crunk Feminist Collective if you don’t already follow it. http://crunkfeministcollective.wordpress.com/
Also, I’d appreciate the shout out to my blog, Feminist Lab. Its an experimental feminist forum with an academic influence. http://www.feministlab.com/
I’m not sure what your original blogroll had, but you should definitely include FWD/Forward, disabledfeminists.com. Seriously kickass blog.
All the best. It’s not obnoxious to do what you have to do. I’ll give you a few of my favourites:
three rivers fog
Hoyden About Town
Spilt Milk
elle, phd
Questioning Transphobia
The Curvature
In a strange land
Wheelchair Dancer
FWD/Forward
Well, my favorite feminist science geek blogs at http://www.im-geiste.blogspot.com
And because I don’t actually enjoy being taken seriously, and would squeal with delight if I were added to the TBD blogroll, I’ll just mention that my sometimes-socially-relevant blog can be found at http://www.impossibletospell.com. And I have pictures of puppies that glow in the dark. Just sayin’.
I would recommend:
Bird of Paradox http://www.birdofparadox.net/blog/?page_id=7960
News about Women http://womensviewsonnews.org
And a new one that just came on my radar yesterday, The Bedbugs Bite, the chronicles of a homeless 30 something woman living in Seattle http://thebedbugsbite.tumblr.com/
FugitivusandSexNerd
Is Tavi too off topic? Sometimes she is; sometimes she isn’t: http://www.thestylerookie.com/2010/09/carnival.html
Hey, Sadie! In my view, you should not worry. There is enough internet to keep me distracted on a daily basis. I’d much rather have 3 awesome, passionate TB posts a month than 30 written on deadline. Because that’s what TB is for me: brave, righteous, heartfelt, and super-smart posts on feminism and neighboring topics.
As to recommendations, I’ve got three pages I found recently that might be useful in a FAQ or links section. Derailing for Dummies is the most TB-ish:
http://www.derailingfordummies.com/
I was also excited to come across male privilege checklists, including this one for my field:
http://lafalafu.com/krc/privilege.html
And I loved this “Resources for Allies” page:
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Resources_for_allies
And just last night I was talking with a pal, a female doctor, who reminded me how awesome this is:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
We both love it because it helped us see how much our racism and sexism isn’t conscious, which gave us different strategies for handling it.
I spend a ton of time in the archives of Raising My Boychick by Arwyn. She’s not really pop-culture oriented, but she’s a terrific writer.
raisingmyboychick.com
Skip the Makeup by Gina has awesome, intense, in-depth analysis of cultural representations of trans people:
http://skipthemakeup.blogspot.com/
I’m not sure if this is the sort of thing you’re looking for but I adore Isabel’s Tumblr: http://isabelthespy.tumblr.com/
You should probably add my brand new blog: “White Male Feminism”
http://whimafem.tumblr.com/
Another white kid and I are working on articles atm, and we’re going to start publishing October 1.
The topics we want to address are video games, sex, pop culture, what male feminism means, etc., and also local news (from Marlboro College in Vermont)about sex politics and whatnot.
a friend of mine recently created this blog and sent me the link. you could say she had an epiphany.
I’ve never read anything so frank and open about this sort of experimentation.
http://tthedarkthings.blogspot.com/2010/09/beginnings.html
I’d settle for finding the old blogroll; it disappeared off my browser weeks ago. (sad face) Is it hiding, or did it have to go away for the revamp? Or is my computer just being an idiot?
Among people you may possibly not already know about, I enjoy Bitches Get Stuff Done and I’m keeping a close eye on Mum In The Know, though she hasn’t posted for a while. In not-necessarily-feminism there’s The Sexademic. And I was going to mention Deeply Problematic but now I see who the commenter upstairs is so I guess there’s no need. 🙂
(Two floors up, in fact, because I’m slow at clicking ‘submit’.)
As far as newish blogs (or newish to me anyway), I’ve been loving Genderfork and Feminist Music Geek:
http://genderfork.com/
http://feministmusicgeek.com/
Ooh Tavi, please? that would be lovely. But honestly, I only read Slate and Designsponge, the later of which is great, but not too self reflective. So, Slate?
http://rachelhills.tumblr.com/
http://iheartthreadbared.wordpress.com/
http://masculineheart.blogspot.com/
flip flopping joy
FWD/Forward
yes means yes
(I was going to put Questioning Transphobia, but it’s a private blog now?)
http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/
Great for ladybusiness. And continually makes me want to hug Thomas for his goodness.
Sally, could you check your “spam comments” folder? I think my blogroll recommendations yesterday might have ended up there because I posted three links (Askimet settings usually determine that more than 2 links in one comment is spam).
Sorry, Sady, SADY! I wrote the comment too early… my head hurts in the morning :-/
How about some science blogs? Zuska and Doctor Isis are both great.
http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/
http://scientopia.org/blogs/thusspakezuska/
Crimitism barely ever updates, but it’s amazing. And there are always the archives!
http://crimitism.wordpress.com/
I’m a huge fan of http://unnaturalforces.blogspot.com.
some of my favorite blogs:
sugarbutch chronicles: sex, gender, and relationships from the perspective of a kinky queer butch top in nyc. http://www.sugarbutch.net/
that’s what ze said: a genderqueer jew writing about privilege, oppression, gender, bodies, etc. http://mnomedenimp.wordpress.com/
this is what a man looks like: a radical trans man writing about gender, antiracism, sexual violence, polyamory, etc. http://thisiswhatamanlookslike.wordpress.com/
and check my blog out too. it’s brand new. 😉
also, i’m loving queer fat femme, especially her additions to queer lexicography! http://queerfatfemme.com/
I like http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/ and http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/which I don’t think I’ve seen here before, but I can’t check the blogroll. And I’m assuming you have http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/ ?
Sigh, formatting. Once more:
I like http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/ and http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/
which I don’t think I’ve seen here before, but I can’t check the blogroll. And I’m assuming you have http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/ ?
http://abortioneers.blogspot.com <– collective of people working in the field
Seconding Yes Means Yes.
I recommend Jessica Hopper’s blog http://tiny.abstractdynamics.org/
cool feminist rants from a famous music lady, critic, and new mom!
Also this is not really a blog, nor specifically feminist, but “Hark! A Vagrant” is probably my favorite thing on the interweb, and made by a lady:
http://harkavagrant.com/
Seconding Unnatural Forces as well.
Seconding the threadbared.
a l’allure garconniere does feminism and fashion and activism: http://alagarconniere.blogspot.com/
penny red: http://pennyred.blogspot.com/
@KatieMonstrrr
No, Questioning Transphobia has just moved to a new address – questioningtransphobia.com
Two great fat acceptance blogs:
http://www.therotund.com (Marianne Kirby, co-editor of Notes from the Fat-o-Sphere)
http://www.fatshionista.com/cms/ “A heady mixture of social politics, fat-girl memoir, and popular culture.”
Oh, awesome! Thanks, Queen Emily!
Thanks, everybody, for these links. They’re fantastic. I am thoroughly underslept trying to consume all this goodness.
Oops! I forgot about Andrea Zanin – great feminist blog about sex, with particular emphasis on queer, poly and trans perspectives: http://sexgeek.wordpress.com/
FWD and geekfeminism please!
I’m a new fan, linked here to read the outstanding piece on Betty Draper Francis. Thanks for that and all the other great writing in the archives I get to explore!
I recommend the CPoW blog managed by my friend Laurie Wheeler. They recently ran two Mad Men-related posts: an interview with writer Erin Levy and an exploration of the lesbian characters on the show.
http://www.psychologyofwomen.com/blog/