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Hey, readers!  I’ve missed you! You may have noticed, but I’ve been a little off the grid lately.  Tim and I moved in together this week, and that has been quite the adventure so far.  AND, tomorrow through Sunday, we’re… Read more ›

I originally started this blog last summer as part of a grad school project. I wanted to join the feminist blogging community and study it. And I did. And then I wrote my thesis about it. But I really had… Read more ›

See, blogging IS activism! It’s nice to see stories like these about activism on the internet. It gives bloggers validaion instead of allowing us to be pigeonholed into the all-bloggers-do-is-spew-information-about-their-personal-lives-on-the-internet stereotype. Related PostsSew-fragettes: Supporting 21st Century Girls with 19th Century Crafts… Read more ›

For those of you who have been following the thesis debacle, I am ALMOST FINISHED with this thesis.  The light is at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.  I’ve been busy staying away from my computer for a… Read more ›

This is part of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism.  I’ll be writing these responses every week as part of my graduate class about Topics in Rhetoric this semester, and I welcome any and all responses! I’m reading… Read more ›

Last week in my Theory of Rhetoric class, I left very upset over an argument that ensued over the use of the word “retarded.”  It was brought up in one of my classmates’ responses inspired by Rahm Emanuel’s recent comments. … Read more ›

This is part of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism.  I’ll be writing these responses every week as part of my graduate class about Topics in Rhetoric this semester, and I welcome any and all responses! To be… Read more ›

This is the beginning of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism.  I’ll be writing these responses every week as part of my graduate class about Topics in Rhetoric this semester, and I welcome any and all responses! This… Read more ›

A little while ago, I promised a few of you that I would write about the entire process-turned-fiasco that was the application for IRB approval for my thesis project. While I was very upset at the time, I am now… Read more ›

I’m breathing a sigh of relief. Remember when I blogged about my confidence taking a jab after some issues with my thesis research?  Well, it has finally been approved, which means I can get started with interviews NOW! My research… Read more ›

Because I must cite my sources! (To see the entire literature review, click here.) Works Cited Androutsopoulos, Jannis.  “Potentials and Limitations of Discourse-Centred Online Ethnography.” Language@Internet, 5 (2008), article 9. 7 July 2009 <http://www.languageatinternet.de>. Aronson, Pamela. “Feminists or ‘Postfeminists’?: Young… Read more ›

This continues a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research.  You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is a brief section that works to define blogging as… Read more ›

This continues a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research.  You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is a brief section about feminist activism and literacy.  Enjoy!… Read more ›

This begins a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research.  You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is the section on the feminist movement and defining feminism. … Read more ›

To follow up on my previous post on this subject, here’s something interesting from a more recent (2003) study by Pamela Aronson called “Feminists or ‘Postfeminists’?: Young Women’s Attitudes toward Feminism and Gender Relations”: I have shown that the feminist… Read more ›

“I’m not a feminist, but…” We’ve probably all heard this phrase spoken before, and we are definitely aware of its implications.  I personally know several women who align themselves with feminism and the women’s movement, but for one reason or… Read more ›

Once again, I’m sharing my research for my Literacy in the Feminist Blogging Community thesis project with you!  (You can see the previous draft here.) These are some really great sources for anyone interest in feminism, blogging, or literacy –… Read more ›

As most of you know, my thesis project is about Literacy in the Feminist Blogging Community.  As part of this project, I am required to create an annotated bibliography and write a literature review.  I haven’t made it through nearly… Read more ›