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http://www.practicallyharmless.blogspot.com/
But you already knew that…:-)
Seriously, stop.
I would recommend Skepchick (http://skepchick.org/) and Female Science Professor (http://science-professor.blogspot.com/). Both of them occassionally have posts about feminist issues, although neither of them are strictly speaking feminist blogs.
Is it bad form to recommend a group blog of which I am a member?
http://thedistantpanic.wordpress.com/
Fabulous blog on trans liberation, sex work, and reproductive justice
http://shetakesontheworld.net/
A blog geared towards business women.
The Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona blog has great activism alerts, plus safer sex info and women’s history pieces. Good times!
http://www.ppadvocatesaz.wordpress.com
I like this http://marikopassion.wordpress.com/ blog by Mariko Passion. Educated Whore, Urban Geisha. <3
I also like The Virtues of Vice: http://edgylittledogooder.blogspot.com/
http://www.thefword.org.uk/ – varied bloggers, numerous subjects and dignified comments :D
I’ve been submitting stuff lately to http://keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus.tumblr.com/ but it’s about so much more than captioned pictures.
My current faves (besides, of course, my own) are O, Pioneers and Auspicious Scuttlebutt. Both blogs focus on politics, with decidedly lefty perspectives. I think they’re both great writers, and you should definitely add them to your readers.
Macon D at Stuff White People Do hasn’t updated in a while, but the archives are worth perusing.
The writers at Female Impersonator are super smart, and the blog is fun to read. (I might have been introduced to it through Feministe, actually.)
Lesbian Dad is more a parenting blog than a social justice blog, but it’s a good read for insights on gender-nonconforming parents and kids, and on raising feminist kids. (See Mombian for a snarkier, more news-oriented take on lesbian parenting, also a good resource.)
I discovered Midwest GenderQueer pretty recently. It’s been around for awhile–I’m just late to the party.
Also, I’m sure you all know about <a href="http://thefbomb.org/"The F Bomb (again, I probably heard of it through Feministe to begin with), but I find it inspiring that there are young feminists out there, talking about their lives and the issues.
http://thechicktionary.com/
creator behind the recent “Feminist Coming Out Day.”
Ladies over at write about literature and sometimes other things (movies, music, etc.).
i can’t recommend http://thecanonball.wordpress.com/ enough.
From their blog:
“While Canonball’s focus is on the experiences of reading and writing as women, we also write posts on movies, music, television and anything else that has us scrawling out essays on napkins during our lunch breaks – all from an intersectional feminist lens.”
these ladies rule.
I’m currently doing a lot of reading in the asexual blogosphere, which is generally completely invisible in the wider SJ-sphere… which is frankly a damn shame, because we are having some amazing conversations about stuff like sexual compromise and workable models of consent for the asexual community, breaking down the romance/friendship dichotomy and what sort of long-term relationship models that offers, gender presentation when you’re asexual and other stuff I actually think sexual people could really benefit from as well. And cake. Lots of cake.
In that vein, I suggest Writing from Factor X, Asexual Curiosities, Charlie the Unicorn, Ace Detective, Asexy Beast, and Love from the Asexual Underground (the last blog hasn’t been updated in a while but there is some absolutely amazing stuff in the archives) to give a few.
http://enagoski.wordpress.com/
She mainly blogs about sex, and it is mainly hetero-normative sex, but she admits that openly. I think she does this because she scientifically studies sex. That is what the blog is about, but I still think it has feminist roots, and I think she says some noteworthy things.
I think Radgeek (http://radgeek.com/) who writes on both social justice and feminist issues (as well as philosophy) from a left libertarian/anarchist perspective is well worth everyone’s time.
Asher Bauer’s pointed take, mostly on trans and genderqueer issues with a side of BDSM community and various anti-oppression, Tranarchism.
I vote for Production not Reproduction. The blogger is feminist and blogs about open adoption with a refreshingly progressive, highly ethical stance.
This excellent blog is not updated all that frequently, but it is a unique perspective of a feminist medical student:
http://angryfeministdoc.blogspot.com/
The Pursuit of Harpyness is my other favorite feminist blog: http://www.harpyness.com/
I’d like to offer some truly intersectional perspectives by bringing ecofeminism into the mix:
http://eco-health.blogspot.com/
http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/
http://vegifem.blogspot.com/
And, okay, some that are more explicitly focused on animal rights, because I’m really tired of the way most SJ blogs ignore them:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/
http://www.animalperson.net/animal_person/
I’ve been looking at a couple Indian feminist blogs. Here are a couple that are really good.
Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker
Ultra Violet: Indian Feminists Unplugged
Also here are a couple of Muslim feminist blogs that I enjoy reading.
Muslim Reverie
Wood Turtle
Rabble over at http://rabbleprochoice.tumblr.com/ is hands-down one of my favorites. Jess is the main keeper over at http://stfuconservatives.tumblr.com/. SoBe http://sobeale.blogspot.com/ is one of my personal faves because she is local-ish to me. And lastly, http://robot-heart-politics.tumblr.com/ is always super right on.
Womanistmusings and JVictoriawrites
http://williamrockwell.wordpress.com/
http://madreblogs.typepad.com/mymadre/
I hadn’t read any feminist blogs in the past, so my experince with them begins and ends with the always excellent http://ethecofem.blogspot.com. Covering not only gender issues but also political, marketing and popular culture concerns, April’s blog provides opinion pieces and a variety of writers across the spectrum.
The Feminist Philosophers group blog is exactly what the title suggests, though it is not merely a social-justice outlet for it concerns itself with issues related to academic philosophy as well. If anyone knows of more feminist philosophy (or just philosophers who are feminist re: other topics) blogs — group or single-author — I’d really appreciate it. :)
Um, I’m going to go ahead and be self-promotional: At The Beheld, I blog about beauty and personal appearance through a feminist lens, exploring the relationship that women have with the choices we make every day in self-presentation. I think we’re all past the point of wondering whether feminists are “allowed” to wear lipstick, but that doesn’t mean that we’ve all come to a happy place about every choice we make. I interview a variety of women about their perspectives on beauty, plus analyze studies that purport to comment on attractiveness, beauty, etc.
http://the-beheld.com
http://angleboc.blogspot.com/
full disclosure: this blog is written by a friend of mine, but it’s still worth reading. not strictly speaking a feminist blog, though i know the author is hyper-feminist and i’m pretty sure she actually reads feministe, but it’s a good primer on a sex-positive attitude and it’s really funny in any case. and i know she’ll appreciate the advertising so i might as well.
Milkshake and Honey
http://womenborntranssexual.com – more about women and social justice issues that affect all of us
Feministe/Jill, *THANK YOU* for posting this. I’m bookmarking this page (while I eventually bookmark all the blogs suggested that I like) because it is a great resource. Additionally, it’s reminded me that there are so many blogs I know of and love that I probably don’t read enough (I definitely trust/rely on feministe as my go-to if I can only read one blog in a given day). So now not only do I have a bunch of new blogs to add, but I re-discovered some others. Yay!
A few favorites:
http://www.deeplyproblematic.com/ (love this name)
http://www.leewind.org/
http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/
Bluemilk (feminist motherhood, feminism, all-round awesomeness):
http://bluemilk.wordpress.com/
Geek Feminism (women, feminism, geek culture):
http://geekfeminism.org/
Spilt Milk (feminism, fat acceptance and body image, mental illness, motherhood):
http://mymilkspilt.wordpress.com/
Oooh, I love this thread and so many of the blogs getting love here. I would add fugitivus.net, though she’s not updating much anymore. It’s a blog primarily about the author’s experience of abuse and rape, though through a very well-tuned feminist and anti-racist lens.
I do think that Shakesville is worth mentioning. I certainly have learned a lot from it over the past 5 or 6 years.
However I think Melissa is under a lot of stress and takes it out on people who are not her enemies, but social justice activists who simply disagree with her. I suggest lurking but if you dare comment on the board make sure to agree with Melissa or you’ll meet the ban-hammer even when the subject is on very controversial people like Mary Daly or in my case Hillary Clinton.
Disagreement with Melissa on her blog is anti-feminist now, and while she seems to tolerate trolls to a degree, she won’t tolerate social justice activists who think she may have made a mistake.
I like http://gaildines.com/ but her blog hasn’t updated in a long time.
I like http://genderbitch.wordpress.com/
I miss http://disabledfeminists.com/ but there is still a lot of good stuff in the archives.
And Robert Jensen has a site with his articles that are worth reading. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/articles_gender.html
http://meloukhia.net/ Is a pretty good blog too but comments aren’t allowed there.
Kaz thank you for the blogs on asexuality.
I enjoy FeministFrequency.com. Great blog (mostly video) dealing with the issues of feminism, social media, and includes some good analysis of sexism present in ads, tv, movies, and online communities. She also has great videos about positive role models in tv and movies. It might be more popular than I think, though.
I don’t think any of these is obscure enough to qualify me as a hipster activist (I kid, I kid!), but I like them and I’m sure some other people will too, but just don’t know it yet.
Mercedes Allan @ Dented Blue Mercedes
Michelle @ The Fat Nutritionist
Ladysquires @ Shitty First Drafts
(All quotes are from the blog’s self-descriptions – I thought I’d let them speak for themselves!)
Ditto to the thanks for this post! I’ve added some to my reader as a result, and I look forward to reading them.
Go for it, Nightsky!
I also rec all the blogs AnotherTracey recced.
I want to recommend the blogs of my cobloggers Cara and Sally, namely The Curvature and Jump off the Bridge. I also like Flat 7, Wildly Parenthetical, and random babble…. For a start! :)
http://pink-scare.blogspot.com/
A Feminist/Socialist take on current events, political theory and culture.
RH Reality Check is a great blog about reproductive rights — I highly recommend people sign up for daily updates:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/
Yay! In that case, check out GeekaChicas.
And I second Geek Feminism, which is terrific.
I love you, clairedammit! Thanks for the shout out and for ALL the amazing images and links you send me.
I can’t believe I didn’t mention Hugo Schwyzer. A sometimes long-winded, sometimes thematically limited, but always smart male feminist. I wish all
male feministsmen displayed such humility and forthright feminist sensibilities.Fantastic young radical feminist who knows how to write:
http://rageagainstthemanchine.com/
I’d like to put a shoutout (and a tip of my Irish curls) to Shark-Fu at Angry Black Bitch on the other side of Missouri from me, as well as Racialicious where a lot of good substantive work on the intersection of gender and race takes place. Those of us who are melanin deficient often need the reminders these sites give us.
(and in an act of shameless self promotion), I have started a new blog, Am I the Only One Dancing that takes on the “home” sphere with a feminist bent, and resurrected my old blog, Walking Upstream to talk about politics and social policy from a feminist, poverty activist perspective.
Ugh. Apologies for the bad html. Sunday morning before coffee and all that.
Oh, and I almost forgot Hoyden About Town. She has a fresh perspective on things that is really good at cutting through the BS.
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Thanks for this post! There are so many great blogs to read on here. Most of the blogs I read have already been posted, but I have to mention Native Appropriations.
Also, I assume this hasn’t been posted because most people already know about it but Muslimah Media Watch is a fantastic read.
Hopefully it’s okay that I recommend my own blog. The Border House is a collaborative feminist video gaming blog with over 20 contributors. We talk about intersectionality in video games, including issues involving disability, sexism in games, LGBT representations in games, and sex in games. :)
Wow–great suggestions from everyone! I love so many of the ones suggested here, especially The F Word, Shakesville, Feminist Frequency, and Womanist Musings. The other one I suggest is Gender Focus, which is run by a friend of mine (full disclosure) and has great content from a bunch of Canadian feminists.
HOW has no one mentioned I Blame the Patriarchy yet?! http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/
I know it already got mentioned, but Asher Bauer’s blog at is well worth reading and hasn’t really been crossposted as much as it deserves.
Questioning Transphobia also hasn’t been passed around nearly as much as it should have been lately.
Refuse The Silence, an excellent forum documenting the experiences of Women of Color in Academia http://www.refusethesilence.com/
Also check out the founder, Morgane Richardson’s blog at http://www.morganerichardson.com/?51ffaf28
Becca, I’ve been reading Gender Focus for about six months now and love it. I’m glad you mentioned it. :-)
Many thanks for all the awesome links to so many cool looking blogs!
I thought I’d recommend a blog that’s less specifically feminist, but one of the few that I always take careful time to read and also where I never fear to read the comments. (I’m largely comment-phobic everywhere else).
You may be interested to read Havi’s blog over at The Fluent Self
From the site:
I find the tools useful to approach my study, my activism, and how I’m being in the world in general both for myself and for others.
Aarrgghh, apologies all for my messed up comment html.
Fixed, Ju. :)
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