Reading Blogs!

[sasha_feather]

Blogs that I LOVE LOVE LOVE. Today I am not feeling so hot so I had some more time for blogs.

1. FWD: Feminists with Disabilities for a Way Forward

This is a high-output blog, so I recommend using the tags. Lately I have appreciated these articles in particular:

On Language, Again which is basically an ableist-language bingo card, with explanations for each of the counter-arguments

Disabled Sexuality and Disempowerment through fetishization

2. The Fat Nutrionist

I just started reading this blog, and I love it already.

3. Geek Feminism Blog

Have rec'd before, will rec again.

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A blog that I am skeptical of is Bitch Magazine's new Sapphic Salon, about "queer women's representation in pop culture". I feel that my fannish friends list does a better job at analyis on this topic-- really about representation of marginalized groups in general-- than Bitch Magazine is doing, based on the one article linked above (about Adam Lambert's AMA performance and double standards). Seriously. Why are they quoting the View, instead of quoting various queer women? The women of the View already have a platform. Why don't they do any deconstruction or analysis of those arguments? I am spoiled by these other blogs, and by the journals that I read on LJ and Dreamwidth. (also, frankly, I find their blog navigation confusing.)

Comments

[so-patriarchal.livejournal.com]

FWD is fantastic. They've got such an impressive roster of writers over there - I never feel like there are any weak spots, as I do with most collaborative blogs. I'm particularly fond of the Ableist Word Profile.

Love Bitch the magazine, hate Bitch the blog. Bitch Blog's output is consistently lazy, backward-looking, narrow, tired, and sometimes only tenuously related to feminism. I'm sorely disappointed by that blog on a regular basis - eg, one writer recently claimed South Park was a feminist show. I enjoy South Park, and certain episodes/elements are somewhat feminist, but that's like 5 out of 195 episodes.

Why don't they do any deconstruction or analysis of those arguments?

Exactly! Jezebel is more insightful and rigorous than they are (again, I read Jezebel, but I've always seen them as more Bust/Jane than Bitch in the feminist ladymag dichotomy).

I've been encouraged lately by their guest writers - the FWD women, of course, and I also liked Sady Doyle's stint(though I fear I may be getting a bit tired of her).

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Agreed! I mean, it's like Bitch's blogs are an afterthought, unless they are the guest blogs. Their good content goes into the magazine. Whereas the other ones I listed, the main content is the blog.