blogs! I love 'em
Reading blogs has helped me a lot in developing my feminist and anti-racist thinking. I thought I'd give a list of the blogs I currently read, in the hopes that they will help others. I'd also love some blog recommendations - general or in the specific categories I'll ask about below. Apologies to those of you who know about most of these and think this is "duh!" stuff, but I think most people will find at least a few they haven't heard of.
General feminist blogs:
Shakesville is your basic liberal blog, not as progressive as I like 'em, but great because it posts quite frequently and is good for keeping track of the news.
I Blame The Patriarchy is an extremely radical feminist blog and probably not great for those new to feminism/learning about male privilege. For the record, I disagree with the author quite a lot - but I also find it useful to read because that strand of feminism provides very valuable insights, even when I don't agree with it.
The Curvature brilliantly covers everything related to sexual assault, victim blaming, slut-shaming, abortion and contraception, among its main topics.
Sex, race, and queerness:
elle, phd is a southern black woman; I found her recent discussion of veganism as it relates to workers and race fascinating.
Racialicious is kind of the basic go-to racism in pop culture blog, and covers everything. I would point beginners here, as well as those who want to be up-to-date on the news.
TransGriot is a black transwoman who makes it abundantly clear that there is a major difference between the experiences of white transfolk and transpeople of color, and does good work on international issues.
AngryBrownButch doesn't post as often as I'd like, but is always insightful on the non-"mainstream" queer experience, where that involves race, class, performing gender differently, or otherwise being outside the "we're just like you, only gayer!" paradigm.
The Angry Black Woman also doesn't post as often as I'd like, but is awesomely straightforward and will get right to the point: this is racism, this is sexism. I love straightforwardness.
La Chola often talks about sexual assault and police brutality, and was also part of that fantastic veganism conversation.
Fat acceptance:
Shapely Prose has changed my life and worldview so much over these past few months. I hadn't even realized how much I didn't know about fat. I've known that "fat is a feminist issue" for a long time, but my thin privilege kept me from seriously engaging with it as much as I should have until lately. Please read this blog. It is relevant to you.
After realizing how important this was, I added The Rotund and The Story of Fat to my list; I don't know much about them yet but they're clearly going to be awesome.
Feminist motherhood:
blue milk is great. I think feminist motherhood is such an important and complex question, and one that often gets ignored in more "general" feminist blogs. She has great insight on the sexualization of children, guilt and hyperparenting, and cuteness. This is one of the areas in which I would love recommendations - anyone know of other good feminist motherhood blogs?
Polyamory:
The Polyamorous Misanthrope is mostly focused on advice for poly people, although it's always helpful for other kinds of relationships too!
Polyamory in the News would probably be more helpful for those who are wondering about perceptions of polyamory in monogamous society.
Also, if you take a look at my userinfo, you'll see a lot of great livejournal communities that mostly deal with topics like these.
So, here are the things I want recommendations for: do you know of more feminist motherhood blogs? What categories of feminism have I overlooked? Blogs about disability? Blogs about how to best oppose, deal with, and work toward replacing capitalism within a capitalist society (especially if these are also good at taking racism into account)? Or anything else you just think is awesome?
ETA: this is the version of this post over at feminist, where people have left comments with some great suggestions for additional blogs. Check it out!
General feminist blogs:
Shakesville is your basic liberal blog, not as progressive as I like 'em, but great because it posts quite frequently and is good for keeping track of the news.
I Blame The Patriarchy is an extremely radical feminist blog and probably not great for those new to feminism/learning about male privilege. For the record, I disagree with the author quite a lot - but I also find it useful to read because that strand of feminism provides very valuable insights, even when I don't agree with it.
The Curvature brilliantly covers everything related to sexual assault, victim blaming, slut-shaming, abortion and contraception, among its main topics.
Sex, race, and queerness:
elle, phd is a southern black woman; I found her recent discussion of veganism as it relates to workers and race fascinating.
Racialicious is kind of the basic go-to racism in pop culture blog, and covers everything. I would point beginners here, as well as those who want to be up-to-date on the news.
TransGriot is a black transwoman who makes it abundantly clear that there is a major difference between the experiences of white transfolk and transpeople of color, and does good work on international issues.
AngryBrownButch doesn't post as often as I'd like, but is always insightful on the non-"mainstream" queer experience, where that involves race, class, performing gender differently, or otherwise being outside the "we're just like you, only gayer!" paradigm.
The Angry Black Woman also doesn't post as often as I'd like, but is awesomely straightforward and will get right to the point: this is racism, this is sexism. I love straightforwardness.
La Chola often talks about sexual assault and police brutality, and was also part of that fantastic veganism conversation.
Fat acceptance:
Shapely Prose has changed my life and worldview so much over these past few months. I hadn't even realized how much I didn't know about fat. I've known that "fat is a feminist issue" for a long time, but my thin privilege kept me from seriously engaging with it as much as I should have until lately. Please read this blog. It is relevant to you.
After realizing how important this was, I added The Rotund and The Story of Fat to my list; I don't know much about them yet but they're clearly going to be awesome.
Feminist motherhood:
blue milk is great. I think feminist motherhood is such an important and complex question, and one that often gets ignored in more "general" feminist blogs. She has great insight on the sexualization of children, guilt and hyperparenting, and cuteness. This is one of the areas in which I would love recommendations - anyone know of other good feminist motherhood blogs?
Polyamory:
The Polyamorous Misanthrope is mostly focused on advice for poly people, although it's always helpful for other kinds of relationships too!
Polyamory in the News would probably be more helpful for those who are wondering about perceptions of polyamory in monogamous society.
Also, if you take a look at my userinfo, you'll see a lot of great livejournal communities that mostly deal with topics like these.
So, here are the things I want recommendations for: do you know of more feminist motherhood blogs? What categories of feminism have I overlooked? Blogs about disability? Blogs about how to best oppose, deal with, and work toward replacing capitalism within a capitalist society (especially if these are also good at taking racism into account)? Or anything else you just think is awesome?
ETA: this is the version of this post over at feminist, where people have left comments with some great suggestions for additional blogs. Check it out!