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An Farewell to One of the First

Miriam mentioned on Friday that Bitch Ph.D. is closing up shop, but I wanted to give a formal farewell post to this bad-ass blog of bitchery that has been one of the oldest blogs out there contributing to the online feminist conversation — it was certainly one of the only few I read when Jessica and I started Feministing back in 2004. The pissiness, wit and intellect that Bitch offered left it easy to understand why grew to be one of the most well-respected and admired feminist blogs out there, and the Feministing crew is very sad to see it go.

So from one old feminist blog to another, the best of luck to all of the ...

Miriam mentioned on Friday that Bitch Ph.D. is closing up shop, but I wanted to give a formal farewell post to this bad-ass blog of bitchery that has been one of the oldest ...

By Miriam • 13 years ago

Summer of Feminista

Veronica Arreola, the blog mistress at Viva La Feminista, deemed this the “Summer of Feminista.” She put out a call for any Latina feminists out there to write a guest post about their experiences with feminism–the good, the bad, the different.

Summer of Feminista is a project where Latinas are sharing what feminism means to them. Positive. Negative. Academic statements. Personal stories. Learn more or how you can join the Summer of Feminista.

What has emerged is an incredible patchwork that depicts the varied experiences of the folks in our community, and how being Latina impacts ...

By Rose • 13 years ago

Congrats to Gabi, MTV’s new Twitter Jockey!

You might have already heard, but MTV’s first Twitter Jockey is a young, fat and fabulous woman of color! Gabi Gregg, 23, was crowned by MTV on Sunday after a nationwide contest. In the Detroit’s native role as TJ, she will report on pop culture via MTV’s twitter account, blog, Facebook and the website. This is a huge event that marks the influence of new media and how legacy media is making changes in recognition of the power of social networking.

So who is this badass woman of color? Gabi is the founder of the blog Young, Fat and Fabulous. Check out her bio that has the backstory of this amazing project:

In October 2008, I decided ...

You might have already heard, but MTV’s first Twitter Jockey is a young, fat and fabulous woman of color! Gabi Gregg, 23, was crowned by MTV on Sunday after a nationwide contest. In the ...

By Miriam • 13 years ago

Howdy from Las Vegas: Netroots Nation 2010

Hi folks! Just wanted to give a quick shout out from Las Vegas where I am representing Feministing at this year’s Netroots Nation Conference.

I’m going to have video content up next week from some really interesting folks I’ve met here, including two politicians we know and one fascinating guy who is out, gay and running for President in 2012.

So far it’s been a great gathering of progressive bloggers from around the country. It’s my first time here but the other Feministing Editors have attending in the past. If you’re here, come find me I’d love to say hi.

Until then, if you want to follow along with what’s going on at Netroots Nation you can follow the twitter hashtag #NN10 ...

Hi folks! Just wanted to give a quick shout out from Las Vegas where I am representing Feministing at this year’s Netroots Nation Conference.

I’m going to have video content up next week from some really interesting ...

By Miriam • 13 years ago

What is the future for the queer community?

Continuing the queer 101 posts for pride month (hey it’s pride month somewhere), I had the honor of participating in a queer bloggers of color roundtable over at COLORLINES this week. Kai Wright (the amazing new Editorial Director at Colorlines) invited me, Pam Spaulding from Pam’s House Blend (swoon) and Rod McCullom from from Rod 2.0. I was stoked to be included with such amazing bloggers.
Kai asked us a series of questions about the queer community, blogging, Obama and what the future might hold.
An excerpt from one of the questions:

There’s been lots of talk about Obama and whether he’s delivered for queer (or is it just gay?) people. He doled out some new ...

By Jessica • 13 years ago

Feministing named one of Forbes’ Top 100 Websites for Women

Yay, us!
Forbes writes, “it would be hard to find feminist conversation as lively and engaging as can be found on Feministing.” We agree. Thanks to all of the amazing folks here at Feministing – writers, Community bloggers, commenters, etc – for making this such a great space.
Congrats to our friends at Feministe, Moms Rising, Our Bodies Our Blogs and Broadsheet for also making the list.

By Rose • 13 years ago

Tichina Arnold: From Sapphire to Matriarch to Nina Simone??

Tichina Arnold was on the Mo’ Nique show this week looking as glossy and fly as ever. And all I wanted to do was just pour some tequila out for her because it’s so hard out here for women of color actresses. She was up on that stage talking about acting for food and for free and admitted to the audience that she was out of work for 10 years. 10 YEARS! And for the first time, some light was really shed on the down-ass sister that was before my eyes and the characters that I have been embarrassed by throughout the decades. Put your feet up as we take a mini-tour through two of her most prominent roles ...

Tichina Arnold was on the Mo’ Nique show this week looking as glossy and fly as ever. And all I wanted to do was just pour some tequila out for her because it’s so hard out ...

By Courtney • 13 years ago

Guest Post: What It Means to be Seventeen

by Krystie Yandoli, not 17 but way closer to it than anyone else in the Feministing crew
Jamie Keiles is the much talked about 18-year-old high school senior who started the Seventeen Magazine Project. She started blogging as a means of documenting her attempt at spending one month “living according to the gospel of Seventeen Magazine.”
Jamie claims that she doesn’t frequent the teen magazine genre, but prom season prompted her to glance over a few glossies. That’s what sparked her initial project idea, “I was surprised by, bluntly, how stupid most of these magazines were. I wondered if anybody my age actually followed these tips, and what happened if someone actually did follow all of these tips.” ...