Holiday reading: a list of feminist blogs

Hello fellow researchers,

I thought it might be useful to share some links to Australian (and international) blogs that deal with issues of gender and feminism. They're an online space where lots of debates relevant to our research are carried out. They can be exciting to read and take part in! I thought they could also be useful to look at in terms of what we might like to use this 'TASA Familes Relationships and Gender' blog for.

Below are some links to feminist and sociological blogs that I like to read.

* Hoyden About Town (A group of Australian feminists write about a wide range of issues)

* Sociological Images (pictures and graphs coupled with sociological critique about a range of topics, with plenty of gender-related posts. A fantastic teaching resource).

* Blue Milk (Blue Milk writes about feminism and motherhood)

* Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony

* Musings of an Inappropriate Woman ("Philosophy, creativity and the politics of everyday life")

* The Hand Mirror (a team of feminist bloggers from New Zealand)

* Feministe (a mostly-US collaborative feminist blog, featuring some Australian authors)

* Women and Hollywood (discussions of women and gender in relation to film and pop culture)

* Fourth Wave (A collaborative US-based blog exploring feminism in the 21st century)

* FWD/Forward ("feminists with disabilities for a way forward)

* My blog: Pondering Postfeminism (where I discuss some of the material from my PhD thesis, alongside pop culture, politics and feminism)

There are many more gender/feminism blogs out there. Please comment with links to other blogs that may be of interest to members of our thematic group. Each of the blogs above also contain a "blogroll", with further links to great websites.

At our thematic group meeting at TASA in 2009 we had a few different ideas about what we could use this space for. Paula and I have been discussing how we might be able to use this blog to help connect researchers from around Australia. Perhaps it can be a space to discuss our research. Perhaps we can share stories about teaching. Maybe it can be a space to continue conversations that are started at the TASA conference each year... What are your thoughts? How do you want to use this blog? What do you want to see on here?

Unfortunately I won't be at this year's TASA conference, but I want to wish you all the best for a fun, inspiring and productive few days.