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excellent, welcome to the ‘sphere!
Cool! I’m really looking forward to reading this blog.
And, as Belledame said, welcome!
I hope you won’t mind me making a suggestion. Many blog readers use RSS feeds – especially other bloggers, who often read many dozens of blogs and thus find RSS an especially convenient way to read blogs.
So you’ll have more readers, and be more likely to be linked to by other blogs, if you provide full posts in your RSS feed rather than just the first sentence or two.
If you’d like to provide full posts to your RSS readers, in the admin menu go to “options” –> “reading” –> and then select “full text” under “syndication feeds.”
Thanks! Hopefully sorted out now…
Congratulations on the blog and thank you. This is a project that can only be helpful for all of us.
I look forward to reading it.
Kate
Thanks!
Thanks, Monkey! :D
Thanks a lot. I’ve just been reading for a couple of weeks now, but so far its really great.
Thanks— that’s lovely to hear!
Fanstastic blog! I’ve been reading since pretty much day one! Thanks for adding the blog roll, by the way, it is useful–Now I know about more great blogs!
-Jennifer
Thank you– that’s so very nice to hear!!
Thankyou for this site! I am very much enjoying the daily postings to it!
Kaete
How do I make myself a cute little icon? I’m tired of looking so anonymous….?? Inquiring minds want to know.
I think you can do it by just getting a wordpress account. It’s free and very quick.
May I add that you’ll need, of course, to add the icon once you’ve gotten your page. That’s done by clicking on a generic icon on the left part of the page, top third. Uploading is easy, a lot like flickr.
They generously offer to resize the icon. I’d turn them down. At least, when I accepted the offer, the icon vanished. Too irritating.
im doing a research project.. and i need to know the city of publication. thank you!
Tough question– we (the bloggers) are actually all over the world (3 continents), and I don’t know where wordpress is is– I guess they’re the publishers. But I think for this reason there are different conventions for citing works on the internet, and you didn’t need place of publication. There must be someplace you can find this out!
well im a high school senior, doing a research on my debate. due to my topic, “if gays and lesbians should be allowed to join armed forces?”, i found a little writing about it.. and i the city or place of publication for my citing. but if its not possible to give me an exact place, its okay!
Have a nice day !
Hi-
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Thanks for taking the time to publish a blog like this. I can see myself, and my work as a teacher, benefiting greatly from the issues you address here!
cheers
Thanks, Manjari!
Ampersand notwithstanding, does anyone realize that there are too many blogs, too much information (and non information, and wrong information) for anyone to read it all.
My philosophy (pun intended) is to read what I like.
You can ignore this post, if you like.
great blog.
Cheers, bentcrude.
Thrilled to find you! (And I love the donation to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name idea. Useful AND clever.)
I’ve been looking for blogs that talk about voting because I made a short video intended to encourage voting and voter registration. I’d be so pleased if you would post it.
You can preview it on Vimeo (better quality), http://www.vimeo.com/1768350,
or on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgGNqZy0Yis and you can embed it from either site.
Feel free to view it, link to it, share it with abandon! : )
It’s inspirational rather than informative, meant to address the disaffection and discouragement non-voters feel about their one vote counting.
I made it out of my own frustration about how to make an impact politically, as one lone not-rich, not-well-connected person. I realized I can commit to voting, and help others to do so.
Because voting is the one thing *anyone* eligible can do to influence the outcome of the upcoming election. And if enough of us vote, the tide will turn.
I hope you will consider posting it.
Many thanks,
-Elaine
Hi, I really enjoy your blog. I thought you might be interested to know that Feminist Majority just launched http://www.FeministsForObama.org which has a great side-by-side comparison of McCain and Obama on issues such as reproductive rights, health, domestic violence, the Fair Pay Act and breast cancer research. They also just released three striking web videos: http://feministsforobama.org/Videos.htm
Thanks and keep up the great work!
-Dorothee
Dorothee, Many thanks; I’m about to turn much of your comment into a post.
No problem jj! Looking forward to the post!
Take care,
Dorothee
Hello feminist philosophers!
I’m writing to introduce myself, or my blog: http://www.ethicsoup.com. This only the blog’s second month and I’m looking for readers. Ethic Soup discusses ethics in context of daily news and everyday life.
Take a look at a recent post on Saudi cleric’s edict (fatwa) that women must now give up being their two-eyed veils and show ONLY ONE EYE through their veils. Here’s the link:
http://www.ethicsoup.com/2008/10/yet-another-saudi-sheikhs-fatwa-women-must-wear-one-eye-veils.html
Hope you can visit,
Sharon McEachern
http://www.ethicsoup.com
there is no “contact” catergory.. am i tripping?
Hi,
This questionnaire is addressed to every feminist artist interested in
collaborating.
http://www.imow.org/dynamic/user_files/file_name_109.doc
The questions aim at helping to understand the conditions in which
feminist art is produced. This is a complementary study to a Ph.D.
investigation titled “Feminist Art Conditions of Production and
Reception Practices”, presently being developed at Facultad de Bellas
Artes Universidad Pais Vasco together with Instituto de Sociologia da
Faculdade de Letras Universidade do Porto.
If you are not feminist artist but you know someone who is, please
address them the link.
Best wishes.
Rui Pedro Fonseca
I noticed that the ‘contact’ category has vanished! Would you put it back again?
I think what actually vanished was the header ‘categories’., which is now back.
Hi. My name is asli and I really like your blog. If it wouldn’t be too much trouble I would love it if you would check out mine and leave some feedback.
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Very excited I found this blog :)
i feel very happy to sea this blog. i express full solidarity to your cause.
Hi, I am busy with my Masters and would like to ask a question on your site. How do I publish the question or make contact with you. I have tried the link, but no luck.
Thank you.
Christopher McCreanor
South Africa
hi christopher, did you choose ‘contact’ from the drop-down list on the right?
Hi! This is the Hockey Mama For Obama and the Moose! We saw that you enjoyed our video, and have a new one out in honor of Sarah Palin’s “Resignation”. (Oh, yeah. We’re pretty positive she’s running in 2012, hence the early start on the musical lampoons).
Here it is. We hope you enjoy it!
Sincerely,
Sandy and Richard
I know I’m late into the game, but I just found you and have been lurking in your archives – wanted to say a simple thanks. I’m muddling thru a lot of the harder issues of feminism and philosophy here in Saudi Arabia, and always appreciate more voices.
SGIME, thanks so much for letting us know you’ve visited here. Your blog is startling, among other things. I’ve bookmarked it. I hope you’ll comment here if and when you feel like it.
Congratulations ! In the man’s world , women must to know more things about the them and sex wars.
For your consideration:
PW Journal of Sustainable Development ~ October 2009
http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv05n10page1.html
This is Part 7 of the series on education for sustainable development, and includes four excellent invited papers. The focus is on gender equality and integral human development.
Outline:
Section 1. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Section 2. Combined Analysis of ESD Surveys V0 to V1.7
Section 3. Phases of Integral Human Development (IHD)
Section 4. The Nuptial-Family Context for IHD
Section 5. The Socioeconomic Context for IHD
Section 6. The Socioecological Context for IHD
Section 7. The Sociopolitical Context for IHD
Section 8. The Religious-Spiritual Context for IHD
Section 9. Suggestions for Prayer, Study, and Action
Critical feedback on this work is most appreciated.
Sincerely,
Luis
Luis T. Gutierrez, PhD
Editor, PelicanWeb Journal of Sustainable Development
http://www.pelicanweb.org ~ pelican@pelicanweb.org
A monthly, free subscription, open access e-journal.
Are feminists really necessary?
Leiter Reports blog has a post on More on Gender Imbalances in Philosophy.
Feminists love to demonize men. Putting down men must make feminists feel good about them selves.
Steve, sweetie, these women are feminist philosophers. If you’re going to impress them, you might want to try re-stating your premise and demonstrate how your concluding statement follows from it.
Since Steve has resurrected a post that I haven’t seen yet, I might as well offer up some feedback. I found this site because I was busting with frustration over the way formal classes at a university with a world-class reputation nearly ruined a course of study that I enjoyed at my “little” community college. That was a pisser on so many levels.
Thank you, Jender, Monkey, Noumena, JJ, H.E. Baber, Vishal Lama, Jean and Moira for your enlightening responses. I’ve had more person-to-person feedback in 2 months on this site than I had all 08/09 academic year in a class that I borrowed an obscene amount of money to pay for. Thanks for demonstrating that one annoying git who turns an analytic tradition into something that comes off like a round of rooster-pecking doesn’t necessarily reflect the methodologies of the entire department, or the aims of any branch of the discipline itself.
It looks like you guys might be stuck with me for a while. Should I be so bold as to replace my little blue square with a picture of me in my “Warrior Princess” costume?
Xena, thank you so much!!! (Though sorry to hear about your other, less good, experiences.) And yes, *definitely* get us that Warrior Princess costume pic!
OK, Jender, will do. I am SO procrastinating on studying for exams right now, though. I keep telling myself to “be good” and stop chatting. I HAVE TO take my own advice now, so I don’t totally flunk out of archaeology tomorrow morning.
I’ll post the costume pic in about 2 weeks when the rush is over. Take care and keep up the good work.
Happy holidays!
Greetings:
I have published a book ‘Demeter’s Wheats’ (visit http://www.grassrootsolutions.com) and have attempted to define a feminist paradigm of agriculture. If we can bring ‘nurture’, ‘collaboration’, ‘abundance’, ‘cooperation’ into our agriculture we will begin to bring ‘culture back to agriculture’.
I am collecting stories and songs about seeds and the names of varieties of plants. For example ‘Red Fife’ wheat is an old landrace that fed Canada from 1860s to 1900s. I revitalized it (read Red Fife in Wikipedia for the story) and a musician created a song ‘Red Fife Wheat’ for it’s return to our food system. I think women have been the carriers of traditional wisdom and I think there are songs and stories about seed and agriculture that need to be brought back to culture of food crops.
The heart of food security is seed. The hands that hold the seed control the food supply. Women have been the seed selectors around the world and I think probably women are still carrying the stories and songs in their memories.
I would like to bring ‘folk back to food’ and I would like to hear from you if you are aware of a song that relates to a food crop.
Thanks! Sharon Rempel, founder of Canada’s Seedy Saturday movement (www.seeds.ca for a list of seed exchanges in Canada)
http://www.grassrootsolutions.com
http://www.tgibc.org
Nanaimo, BC Canada
Hi! Thanks for your awesome blog. I can’t believe that it has taken me so long to stumble across it! I am just learning how to navigate the site. Looking forward to some interesting chats.
Caitlin
University of Victoria
Canada
Your blog is refreshing and inspiring. Keep up the good work.
—Tami
I thought you might be interested in a series of blog posts I’ve done on The Man Gene and its impact on the workplace.
http://www.wordonemploymentlaw.com/category/blog/man-gene/
May 5 is midwife international day.
http://www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=93499
On Monday, the Afghan Midwives Association hosted the sixth annual conference allowing the midwives to gather and share tips (Pajhwok). 350 registered midwives attended.
–Katherine Tiedemann
I have something I want to send to the blog, but can’t find the “contact” category. Has it been taken away?
Jack,
You need to go to categories and click on “contact.”
Hi. I’ve been following your blog for about a month now. I just wanted you to know love this blog. I find valuable insights and food for thought daily. I have referred this blog to some fellow Women’s Studies majors here in Southern California. So much here is so relevant to our studies. Thanks for being here.
Thanks so much, Katherine!
An excellent and impressive site! Keep up the great work! Best, Sascha
Hi, nice to meet you !
I LOVE this website. Thank you for building it. It rekindles my joy of living as a woman. :)
Are boys allowed here as well?
Andreas, are you joking? Even some of our writers are male.
I think Andreas is often joking. Welcome, Andreas!