Ten great posts from 10 new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every Friday (more or less ..)
Starting on the political side, Lisa Goodman writing for On the Face reports on the detention of an Egyptian democracy blogger. And suggests what you can do.
Then a message to all gossips: Jen Gray explains what it feels like when virtual strangers feel empowered to comment on your life.
Turning literary, Cat on Goblin Markt identifies a new genre – mythpunk. Although the term might need to be wrestled from the gamers… Meanwhile on The Ice Floe, the problem is deciding what to wear to a poetry reading.
Generally, it seems to be a week for reflections: Jama on Pilgrimgirl counts her blessings as she answers the question: “Are you living the life you had planned for yourself?” The Caroline on Exponent II reports on the joys of ageing for women, from the perspective of her fifties.
Zephoria on Apophenia reflects on the pitfalls of becoming a media ‘talking head’: “truth can’t prevail in this system and that’s just painful to experience”.
On Laughtear, Amelia concludes that the nature of grad school is “not flying. it’s falling — with style”.
Robyn and friends on R’s Live Journal considers some of the possible pitfalls of martial arts training: “Low-to-mid belt is all about unlearning everything your mom told you about roughhousing.” (And there’s a bit in there about the advantages of female anatomy – good to focus on when it is so often seen the other way.
Finally, for a bit of navel-gazing, K. on Miscellany wonders about all of those soon-aborted blogs, and their links. Which reminds me – getting towards the top of my project list is a thorough clean-out and update of my blogroll. (Anyone know how I can close it up so there isn’t so much space between each line?)
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If you missed last week’s edition, it is here. (If you’d like to see all of them as a list, click on the category “Friday Femmes Fatales†in the righthand sidebar. That will take you to a collection of 560 (and counting) women bloggers.)
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Please: In the next week if you read, or write, a post by a woman blogger and think “that deserves a wider audience†(particularly someone who doesn’t yet get many hits), drop a comment. It really does make my life easier. (Thanks to Maxine and Holly this week!)
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