Everything you need to know about the new Feministing!

Hey all, we hope you’re enjoying the new site as much as we are!  While Feministing sure does look pretty, there’s a lot more to this redesign than aesthetics.  We have a ton of new features on the site – from a brand new Campus blog to social networking capabilities.

Throughout today and tomorrow, we’ll be publishing instructional videos and posts detailing how you can use each of these features. We’ll also tell you more about our new comments policy and community standards.

In the meantime, here’s a breakdown of the new site and what you can expect.

Feministing: Our main blog that you know and love will remain pretty much the same.  The biggest change is that our usual “quick hits” won’t be in post format – but instead will be listed in our sidebar.  This way, we can bring you as much breaking news as possible!  You can also find out more about your favorite bloggers through our schmancy new sidebar masthead.

Community: Feministing’s Community blog will also continue to function in the same way – the blog will remain an open forum for feminist and pro-feminist discourse.  Please familiarize yourself with our community standards – even if you’re a regular Community blogger, a little refresher couldn’t hurt!

Video: The Video blog will be a combination of cross-posted pieces from our other sites (Feministing, Community, etc) that contain videos, as well as original Feministing videos.  Consider it your one-stop-shop for feminist TV!

Campus: We are incredibly excited about the launch of our new Campus blog!  The brainchild of our fabulous contributor Lori, Feministing Campus will be a space for college activists to write about their work, connect with feminists on other campuses, and develop support for their local initiatives.  We’ll also cross-post related pieces about campus activism to this blog from Feministing and Community.  While we get Campus off the ground, the blog will not be open to the public – but if you or your campus groups is interested in joining, you can email us and let us know.

Events: Want to promote a feminist event?  Well, this is the space to do it!  You can find out about local talks, actions and events here, as well as add your own.  Feministing staff will approve events before they’re published, to ensure that nothing spammy or anti-feminist gets through.

My Feministing: And now for something completely different!  My Feministing is pretty fabulous – and will be explained at length in a separate post and video.  But here’s the short version: It’s your own Feministing profile, where you can add friends, post updates (kinda like on Facebook or Twitter), follow your favorite bloggers from any of the Feministing sites, and send messages to other users.  It’s pretty bad ass.

So there’s a quick-ish run down – please come back throughout the day to get more info on how to get involved on the new site!