Posts Tagged Blogging

The Wednesday Weigh-In: Are female bloggers more ‘positive’ and ‘happy’?

You may not have heard of him prior to this week, but Felix Salmon is one of the most influential business writers in, well, the biz. He drew ire last week, including from prominent feminists such as Irin Carmon of Salon, for publishing the following comments in an essay on Maria Popova and her “blogonomics” (read: her blog’s business model):

“The consistently positive and upbeat tone to Popova’s blog might generate healthy Amazon income as a side-effect, but it’s also genuine: she’s one of those bloggers – Gina Trapani is another very successful example – who have no time for snark and who naturally look for things to celebrate rather than things to tear down…

To a certain extent, this is ...

You may not have heard of him prior to this week, but Felix Salmon is one of the most influential business writers in, well, the biz. He drew ire last week, including from prominent feminists such as ...

Netroots ’12: watch Blogging for Transgender Equality

Update: I’ve replaced the live stream video with the recording of our panel. (The video is long, and there’s not a transcript yet. If there’s a reader out there who is able to transcribe the video you can get in touch with me at jos AT feministing DOT com.)

I’m on a panel at Netroots Nation this morning about blogging on transgender issues, and you can watch the panel right here – it’s streaming live at 10:30am. The panelists are a badass group I’m proud to be a part of: Autumn Sandeen from Pam’s House Blend, Dr. Jill Weiss from Bilerico, Monica Roberts from TransGriot, and  Jennifer Levi from GLAD, the organization that made this panel happen. The live streaming is ...

Update: I’ve replaced the live stream video with the recording of our panel. (The video is long, and there’s not a transcript yet. If there’s a reader out there who is able to transcribe the video you ...

Feminist bloggers featured in New York Magazine

The very awesome Emily Nussbaum has an article in this week’s New York Magazine featuring feminist bloggers. The article is running in conjunction with a feature about the 40 year anniversary of Ms. Magazine and gives a brief history of the rise, importance, paradox and evolution of blogging. Similar to the conversations surrounding Ms. Magazine, blog conversations are diverse, sloppy and the very basis of current feminist activism.

Ms. magazine was a crucial publication, and I read every issue of it up until 1994, when its out-of-touch porn-debate issue irritated me sufficiently that I put it down forever. But as many women as Ms. spoke to and for, it rarely featured the kind of swashbuckling manifestos that supercharged so much of ...

The very awesome Emily Nussbaum has an article in this week’s New York Magazine featuring feminist bloggers. The article is running in conjunction with a feature about the 40 year anniversary of Ms. Magazine and gives ...

The feminine mistake of blogging unsustainably

I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of veteran feminists in Santa Fe while I was visiting my parents. Many of them had heard of Feministing, and had minimal familiarity with the blogosphere in general, but few of them really understood the ways in which our blog and others function to analyze the news-of-the-day through a young feminist lens, make news that has been neglected by mainstream outlets, mobilize readers for various actions (corporate responsibility, legislation, and other kinds of advocacy), and learn about and support grassroots organizations. When I described some of our successes and challenges, there was a palpable sense of relief in the room. Imagine fighting for the feminist movement for decades and truly not ...

I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of veteran feminists in Santa Fe while I was visiting my parents. Many of them had heard of Feministing, and had minimal familiarity with the blogosphere in general, ...

What We Missed

Well, that didn’t take long — a video game has been introduced simulating the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Shocker: Just one of the eight contenders for The Week’s Blogger of the Year award is a woman.

A recent study found that gay men are 1.9 times more likely to have had cancer than straight men. Lots of questions here.

Here’s some random bizarro news: Norma McCorvey, or “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade, has apparently landed an acting role as an anti-choicer in a British thriller.

Well, that didn’t take long — a video game has been introduced simulating the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Shocker: Just one of the eight contenders for The Week’s Blogger of the Year award ...

Congrats Chloe, New Feministing Editor!

We’re thrilled to announce that the editorial team at Feministing has invited our dear friend and co-blogger Chloe Angyal to join us as our newest Feministing Editor!

Chloe has been blogging for Feministing since August of 2009, when we brought her on to be our interviews contributor, soon thereafter inviting her as a regular contributor. Her raw, personal writing style and incredible wit has been a huge asset to Feministing and we’re ridiculously excited for her to bring her skills and general awesomeness to the editorial crew.

An integral part of Feministing’s mission is to showcase and propel young feminist voices, and we’re so happy to have such a strong voice as Chloe’s be one of many in Feministing’s ...

We’re thrilled to announce that the editorial team at Feministing has invited our dear friend and co-blogger Chloe Angyal to join us as our newest Feministing Editor!

Chloe has been blogging for Feministing since August ...

Reflections on the losses of online revolution

My relationship to the country has transformed. People never used to talk to one another. This has been broken, and this is why I now want to stay — because I have a right to be here, I have a right to my identity, I have a right to this place.

This is a quote from Omar El-Zuhairy, a 22-year-old film director, told to a New York Times reporter about how he was changed by the revolution in Egypt. While reading the deeply moving piece, in which he was featured, I began to think about a conversation I had last week with a group of diverse feminists in a St. Louis living room while on a speaking trip. Bear with ...

My relationship to the country has transformed. People never used to talk to one another. This has been broken, and this is why I now want to stay — because I have a right to be here, ...

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Comic about discussions of sexism on the internet provokes anti-feminist backlash, proves its own point

This past weekend, I was forwarded this comic about discussions of sexism on the internet. Perhaps you’ve already seen it too—apparently it’s caused quite the sensation.

Now, when I read it (what’s pictured above is just the couple of panels), I laughed and nodded and made little sighs of agreement—and then my roommate and I immediately contacted the creator to request a high-quality poster version that we could frame and prominently display on our wall.

But others—in particular some men’s rights activists who were alerted to it—read it, flocked to the creator’s blog, and left hundreds of hateful, anti-feminist comments before the comments section was closed. They called the comic’s creator Gabby Schulz (who happens to be a dude, which ...

This past weekend, I was forwarded this comic about discussions of sexism on the internet. Perhaps you’ve already seen it too—apparently it’s caused quite the sensation.

Now, when I read it (what’s pictured above is just the ...

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