Small Strokes Big Oaks

This is a section from my Diversity paper (intro here) about what it means to be a “good woman” or a “good wife” and why a few women seemed to feel the need to coach me toward their idea of… Read more ›

Bio Name: Amanda ReCupido Age: 23 Location: New York Occupation: Public & Media Relations, secret blogger, Twitter-er extraordinaire Education: BA in Writing from Illinois Wesleyan University, Graduate Certificate in Publishing from NYU Blog: http://www.undomesticgoddess.com 1. Define the online feminist blogging… Read more ›

This is a section from my Diversity paper (intro here) about what it means to be a “good woman” or a “good wife” and why a few women seemed to feel the need to coach me toward their idea of… Read more ›

Bio Name: Sharna Fulton Age: 48 Location: Loganville, GA; (originally from Denver, CO but a Bostonian at heart) Occupation: PR & Marketing, Cartoonist Education: BA English Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder 1983 Blogs: www.chloepinkcartoon.blogspot.com (main blog!); www.peaceofthepie.com 1. Define the online feminist blogging community.… Read more ›

Bio Hi! I’m Esmeralda Tijhoff, a 28 year old woman from an average city, Groningen, in the Netherlands. I’ve studied history at the university of Groningen and specialized in women’s history and genderstudies at the University of Utrecht. Since my… Read more ›

What follows is the revised proposal for my interview about the literacy practices of the feminist blogging community.  Comments are, as always, welcome. Topic and Background I am fascinated by technological literacy and how social media, blogging in particular, is… Read more ›

Borders are difficult things to manage; they are not real in the sense that this computer or this desk is real – they are not tangible.  When two groups meet, however, an inevitable border is formed, and when cultures clash,… Read more ›

The eminent scholar “took the bull by the horns,” substituting urban black speech for the voice of an illiterate cop in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae. And we sat there. Dana’s purple eyes deepened, Becky twitched to her hairtips and Janice in her… Read more ›

This post is intended to be part of the Fem2.0 blog carnival about caregiving. For more information, or to participate yourself, click here. Women are, by nature, multi-faceted. This isn’t to say that men aren’t, but that society dictates that… Read more ›

I have just finished reading White Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness by Maurice Berger for my class on the literature of diversity.  It is a decent read, especially for anyone interested in the problems surrounding race in our… Read more ›

I just want to take a moment to pause and mourn two important people, one, a feminist icon, and one important to the issues of race and pop culture. I don’t really know enough about either to create a really comprehensive… Read more ›

What follows is the proposal for my interview about literacy practices among feminist bloggers. Any one else want to participate? Any suggestions for improvement? Project Proposal I am fascinated by technological literacy and how social media, blogging in particular, is… Read more ›

Tonight, I was going to blog some thoughts about Toni Morrison, identity, and otherness.  I might still if I have a chance, but tonight  I am particularly interested in a conversation that ensued today on Twitter.  Jay Breeds, (@objectifychicks) started… Read more ›

OK, so here is where this project might get really cool or really tricky… or both. I want to combine this blog with my literacy class.  I would like to research (via interviews) what literacy means within the context of… Read more ›

What follows is the introduction to my paper for this class.  It is what is called a “quest paper,” meaning my thesis is a question that will be answered by using specific examples from our readings in class, as well… Read more ›

For Eden Abigail Trooboff, the loss of gravity happened the first time she felt her body in relation to a man: …But I was wearing a pink dress with a big V in back and I felt too female to… Read more ›

I was originally attracted to this essay because of the title.  Over the past few months, I have had several discussions with friends and participated in a few interviews and conversations about feminism, and immediately I knew that this essay… Read more ›

Let’s start with a story and a few questions.  All comments welcome. My first teaching job was in a very small town. I was far away from my friends and family, living by myself, and feeling as if I didn’t… Read more ›