A Shout Out to Feminist Bloggers!

Sorted under random acts of activism on December 7, 2008

Whenever you bring up politics or opinions on world events, you are bound to receive a myriad of disgruntled and downright rude comments, but when you’re an open feminist blogger, the comments tend to escalate to something very, very ugly. Every feminist blogger I have spoken to for a little while have shared stories about the outright madness that occurs in the comments section of their blogs; our blogs tend to be playgrounds for the sexist and misogynist masses and there is likely no end in sight.

It is for this reason (and I’m willing to bet several hundred other reasons) that I was overjoyed when I saw this awesome video over at Feministing by Samhita.

Being a feminist blogger takes passion and intense dedication, otherwise we’d all start blogging about shoes and Sarah Jessica Parker (hey, that’s why I made a fun women’s interests blog!) and while it’s apparent that we don’t always get the appreciation we definitely deserve, all you feminist bloggers out there, know that you are doing excellent work.

And don’t forget to check out Samhita’s video:

I also found this really great comment on the Feministing YouTube page that I feel the need to share because while we do see a great number of female feminists out there, male feminists are a bit more scarce:

It takes strength to be a male feminist — to say, “I will stand aside and follow my sisters; because for too long, they have only been allowed to follow.” To be a male feminist advocate (like a blogger) is to say, “Society stacks its deck in my favor, and that is wrong.”
–dasneonlicht



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