Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Feministing
Welcome to the class blog! Here, we will discuss, analyze, debate, critique, and - sometimes - argue on how a "featured" blog goes about accomplishing its goal. (What its goal may be is open for discussion as well.) In keeping with the course theme of activism, we will look at feministing.com. Time and again, this blog is ranked as one of the best on feminism in the twenty-first century. It examines pop culture through the lens of gender and/or sexuality. I think you will enjoy what this site has offer. For your comments, do not spend a great deal of time summarizing an article or a debate; instead, focus on the rhetoric of this blog site. Think "how," not "what." For more information on how to do this, reference the posts on carmen under The Blog Project. I can't wait to read what you guys put. Best, Nick White P.S. Good posts are usually in the 200-250 word range; great posts--300 words; exceptional posts--beyond.
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After looking through several pages of the featured blog and trying to navigate my way through the numerous articles and comments, I have concluded one thing: there is a lot of information presented on feministing.com. I particularly focused on the articles and comments of a piece entitled, “Quick hit: Hugo Schwyzer on the connection between perfectionism and unhealthy relationships”, and a piece entitled, “Plagiarism is something people are expelled or suspended for, but there seems to be a near-infinite tolerance for rape.” I found these two posts particularly interesting because of their content. After reading through the comments, I do believe the blog seems to “do something”. The articles provided controversial topics in which people then commented and expressed their views on the particular articles. In the first piece about plagiarism, readers discussed their values and ideas about healthy relationships and self-esteem. In the article about plagiarism and rape, comments fixated more on knowledge of the individual readers’ schools’ policies and knowledge of sexual assault laws. This article also brought out a lot of peoples’ ideas and opinions.
ReplyDeleteI think the blog feministing.com does a successful job of providing a place for readers to educate themselves about current issues and then write their opinions and sometimes debate topics with other readers. However, I guess to be honest I was surprised at how little comments there were on the articles. I expected the blog to be bigger and well known. I think that it is unfortunate that it seems that not very many people know about this blog because it does have a lot of interesting information on it.
In conclusion, and to answer prompt #7, I think the blog does do a lot for the people that actually read it. I think it could do more, however, if it got it’s name out a little more so more people would visit the blog, read the articles and be able to benefit from the information on the site.
When looking at the home page of the Feministing blog, I found it to be very intriguing. Personally it made me want to scroll down and see what all it had to offer. It is very obvious that it is promoting feminism as an activist group. You see this first on the home page with the very “girly” color scheme, all of the contributors being women, and all of the articles being about women or women related topics. You can also tell by the articles and videos that they are encouraging women to take a stand for what they belief in. I visited the blog a few days in a row before I decided to write about it. I found that they are very good about updating their articles daily. Every day that I got on I found a new and interesting article to read. Also, when I first visited the site I found that the home page has a wide variety of things to read and look at this made me want to come back because it did not bore me. I was surprised to find that not many people commented or followed the blog, which is sad because I thought that they had a lot of good things to say and share with those who are willing to listen.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading and analyzing the content of some posts in feministing.com, I think the blog deserves to be awarded as one of the best blogs in feminism. This blog serves its function to promote feminism by bringing up numerous interesting topics about feminism that are worth to be discussed. I can say the posts are interesting because they are up to date with feminism issues that follow today’s world concern. For example, a post entitled “What We Missed” discusses the issue of the recent hot topic of Wal-Mart gender discrimination. Through this article and the suggested links which provides credible statistical evidence, readers are also encouraged to think objectively by evaluating the rational factors behind the Wal-Mart case before making a conclusion and giving a judgment. Not only informative, this blog also teach readers the importance of the quality of unbiasedness.
ReplyDeleteBesides, I think the blog is educative. It aids in cultivating and improving women self esteem. The article and comments of “Quick hit: Hugo Schwyzer on the Connection Between Perfectionism and Unhealthy Relationships”, shows different types of self esteem, how it affects love relationship and how each type of self esteems should be treated. This may help [female] readers to reflect on and to categorize themselves in which type of the illustrated girl they are. From this, they can take further actions how they should treat themselves. As a result, a better perception of intimate relationship and high self esteem are expected to be achieved. The phenomenon of low self esteem happens to most of females. Females tend to observe this to occur on others without realizing that they indeed experience the exact same problems. Through this post, [female] readers are reminded and become aware on such issue. This is absolutely an incredible source to promote feminism.
To sum up, I think this feminism blog has enormously done a remarkable job in providing support in feminism. The goal is achieved by providing the readers with plentiful valuable information and motivation. Readers are benefited through the articles. However, it seems that the blog lacks of response. The blog seems to have a one way communication that there is no interactive communication between writers and readers. It will be better if the feministing management can come up with a good solution to solve this problem.
Within seconds of first viewing feministing.com I clearly understood the message they were promoting. Through the feminine color scheme and the logo of a woman who seems to be sticking her middle finger up as if to symbolize that women can be strong and independent, I could clearly see that they were strong advocates for the feminist movement. After seeing that all of their editors and contributors were women and that throughout the majority of their articles there seemed to contain no good reference toward a man I began to feel as though these women were establishing their arguments through bashing other people rather than on facts. After reading through several articles and relating comments I found one recurring issue. The majority of these people tend to be ignorant angry people who complain in an attempt to justify why it is their choice to abort a child. In one post a pro life advertisement saying “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted” was criticized. One comment to this post was, “Every few seconds, our future leader is killed in a car accident. Every few minutes, our future leader doesn’t get the college grant that would get her the career that leads to presidency.” I find this response to be a weak argument. To compare abortion to the misfortunes in life is irrelevant. This is one example of how this site responds to the opposing force. Instead of answering the question, they mockingly pose a question of their own.
ReplyDeleteTo answer the question of what this blog does is difficult. I would say yes. It does offer an extreme view of a lot of issues but a good amount of these views seem to be misguided and don’t get to the point. They seem to answer things in a sort of roundabout way and bash as many people as they can while doing so. Now, I am not saying that the issues dealing with the discrimination of women, rape, or the terrible things happening in foreign countries is alright. These issues need to be dealt with in order to establish equality without a doubt.
I definitely agree with the previous posts that comment on how this website, feministing.com, demonstrates the power and independence that women have while still contributing to their feminine values and daintiness. Whereas the majority of this site obviously focuses on the issues involving feminism, plenty of the submissions revolve around topics other than “sisterhood”. For example, as I searched around the website I found blog posts targeting sexual assault, gay rights, racism, and more activist topics. I believe that this shows that although feministing.com is all for womens’ rights and defining womanism, they are still open-minded, and not limited to, the other obstacles in today’s society.
ReplyDeleteOne article that particularly stood out to me was called “Today, honoring the legacies of two civil rights leaders”. Within this post, the publisher explained how 43 years ago to the day Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, and also how the new biography of Malcolm X is being released. On a side note, I thought it was relevant to how we just read Malcolm X’s “Message to Grassroots” speech. The blog post goes on to talk about the legacy of the two extraordinary leaders and concludes with saying how we must not forget all they’ve done for society, and try to “resist the temptation to classify and categorize”, whatever the cause may be.
I like that this blog site doesn’t focus completely on one subject. They do an excellent job at getting their points and views across, however, I concur with Emory. They in fact, execute a plethora of bashing on the groups, opinions, and concepts that they don’t equally agree on. I also have the same perspective as Jovita, Tiffany, and Abbey. For such a progressive, important activist group, I expected many more comments on the blogs. Perhaps if the publishers spoke more to their audience, they would gather more opinions. In only one article I noticed that they asked, “What are your thoughts?” In conclusion, it could be that if the posts included their readers a little more, we could see more comments- argumentative and complaisant. I believe it would help the site to have more than one thought on a certain subject to make it more intriguing to the readers.
After thoroughly exploring the many facets of feministing.com, it was obvious the site heavily promoted feminism and activism in the feminist movement. The author of the blog does a very good job in treating his audience as a whole. They go to lengths to make the readers feel as if they are apart of a larger group of like-minded individuals, with the community tab up at the top leading to further posts. From simply scanning over the blog, I gathered that there is a weekly update blog post called “What We Missed” that summarizes current events of that week. I think the author chooses to use “We” rather than “You” to convey the feeling that all feminist community members are equals. This sort of mentality comes to no surprise since feminism itself strives for equality. The author knows that the audience wants to feel equal to others and grants them that respect. In the posts I observed, the author never approached the audience as an expert, but more as an informative equal.
ReplyDeleteLess obvious is the author’s idea that his audience is composed of more than only feminists. In blogs such as “Florida governor makes severe cuts to programs for disabled people” or “Older women, blacks unhappy with their portrayal in film”, the author identifies with multiple minority groups who share a common discrimination by society. These individual groups can relate to each other’s struggles and appreciate progress for one another.
In all, I feel the author targets their audience in an effective way. By establishing the sense of unity, whether it be amongst other feminists or entirely different activist groups, the blogger effectively informs like-minded people of current events pertaining to the feminism movement and similar others.
First of all, I really like the layout of the page. It is very easy to navigate and search though the site. Also, the colors they chose to use make it extremely easy to find links and other pages to navigate to such as the community, video, campus, and events tabs at the top of the page.
ReplyDeleteI also love the personal aspect of the blog. The writers do not shy away from their view points, they clearly demonstrate their feminist and activist personality. I really like how they make it so easy to contact them and to view the personal/ contact information for each editor, writer, or contributer. Allowing for anyone to contact them with questions, comments, or concerns. Overall, the layout and set up of the page was done very well and makes navigating the site very easy and more enjoyable.
I found this blog very interesting. When I first heard the name of the blog, “Feministing”, I expected it so contain many blog entries from women who had very strong views of feminism. In high school, I studied feminism a great deal and I am familiar with many popular topics that feminists like to focus on. When I first visited the blog, it was not at all what I had expected. My first impression of the website was that it looked similar to a website you would visit to find the most recent world news. I found it very interesting that they had a section about campus tours. The blog writers travel around the country to speak about feminism and try to promote it on campus. The main thing that I noticed about the blog was that it did not just appeal to the female audience. Usually feminism is a word that most men try to shy away from. Many of the blog postings I read would be just as entertaining to a man as they are to a woman. They tie in feminism to all of their postings but it is not always obvious to the reader. I believe that the writer is trying to appeal to a large audience of both men and women, as opposed to some feminist blogs that may appeal more to women. They have postings about the governor of Florida, Barack Obama, and changing the world. I think this blog is taking a more modern approach to feminism. I think the writer does a good job of not forcing her opinion upon the reader. I did not feel like I was reading something that I did not believe in or want to hear about. Overall, I found this blog very interesting considering I am very interesting in feminism. It is definitely I blog I will visit frequently.
ReplyDeleteBefore entering the website and reading the blogs in it, i have not been congnizant of how narrowly i defined the feminism and things about it. in fact, i thought feminism is just something related to striving for women's rights and protect them in total before, however, after i saw couple of blogs, i eventually found it is something closed to our daily life and other fields,like economics and politics.
ReplyDeletefor instance, "Indiana lawmaker: Women will fake their own rape or incest to get an abortion", which is one of the blogs i read, talks about a defensive opinion about women may do the abortion from lying that they were raped or something like making them preganant though physical harm.i do agree with the author that the conculsion lawmakes hold is kind of rigid and in some aspects they do not comprehend what the women's ture feeling about unexpecable things which preganent bought. this blog is the first one i was interested in when i browse the webpages because it not only said some void words to express how profound influences feminism informed and how significant for us to know more about it. the author of this blog gives me a clear case whcih talking about women and how things going on in whole progress of this topic that really lead people have the inclination to get deeper to the incidents or kinds of phenomenon.
another blog that wholely makes me eager to entering is "Older women, blacks unhappy with their portrayal in films", which is describe that old women at about 50-75 age range and african thought films are sort of distorting the truth that old women also have sexual desiration and blacks are not such overly sextual. after i read the page, i just smiled because what the film said actually is the same as what i am thinking and this report also raises my interes about feminisim which is not always insipid and serious. in some cases, it also indeed let you know more and think more.
as a whole, feministing.com is a good resource for people who want get diversity topics about women no matter you are a feminism or not, just like me. it also provide a platform to make people around the world to post their views and thoughts which improve the communication among fans in this topic and push me to aware feminists are far more than i imagined before.
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ReplyDeleteWhile reading some of the posts and articles on the site, I noticed that many of the posts were about women and the roles which they play in society. Some posts were about rape, sexuality, and liberties given to women, but I believe that the blog speaks to more people than simply women. I believe that the blog targets minorities in general. There are tons of posts on feministing.com, many of them target women, but some posts do not. Some tend to focus on issues involving African Americans, Gays, Bisexuals and even disabled people.
ReplyDeleteAt first it would seem that feministing.com would appeal towards women and women only. When you get deeper within the blog and actually rid your mind of preconceptions given on the homepage, the website seems to open up and actually discuss topics unrelated to feminism. I found posts titled, “Honoring the Legacies of Two Civil Rights Leaders” and “Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus and Children’s Choir”. These posts explain situations about civil and gay rights and appeal to African Americans and Gay people. I found these diverse topics which leads me to actually disagree with Tiffany. Not all of the topics are about women or women related topics. There are topics that aren’t even related to women, yet people still discuss them on the blog. This shows that feministing.com is not entirely devoted to issues about women, but minorities and controversy as well.
I believe that the blog does many things. I believe that it is an important site for women to talk about issues particularly pertaining to themselves, but it also a place to openly talk about interesting topics that may necessarily not relate to women at all. This blog is a place for people (not just women) to come and express their views on many pressing topics other than simply “the vagina.” It opens people to a world of ideas, viewpoints and issues that are not necessarily related to women but everyone.
For the most part, feministing.com does not urge its readers to go out and throw rallies or hold petitions. Rather, its editors and contributors give resources and share experiences with their readers. Chloe brought up an article written by Hugo Schwyzer, a professor at Southern Community College, in one of her posts. The article was about college age girls feel a sense of rejection from their boyfriends if their physical aspects are not perfect. The excerpt included in the post caused people to think about why these girls would think and do the things they did. This caused a couple of people to comment on how these girls were still immature and do not understand how the world works yet. In another post, Chloe mentions that she is rereading a series which she read as a child. She points out, after rereading the books, that in Anne Of Greene Gables the main character was, “incredibly lonely”. Commenters extended Chloe’s idea of the main character being a, “model for those of us who work for social injustice” and give examples of their own memories from reading the series. In my opinion, feministing.com does have an affect on people’s values and ideas and their editors and contributors do a good job at voicing their concerns and ideas.
ReplyDeleteAfter a few days of watching the Feministing website, it is evident that readers can learn from the information given. An interesting feature is the “What We Missed” posts. This post contains links to news that was overlooked or unknown to the Feministing bloggers throughout the day or week. The comments to these posts reflect upon the fact that readers are learning and analyzing the current society as the writers wanted. For example, a comment on a “What We Missed” blog concerning Chris Brown analyzed that although people may feel sympathetic towards Chris Brown, people should not forget about Rihanna and the mental suffering she may be going through as well. Not only was this reader learning from the news and making her own analysis, but she is also forming views on the current society and activism for herself.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting facet of the website is that it also focuses on other types of activism than feminism. Through reading various posts, one finds the website has political, race, and violence information that does not always directly relate to feminism. An article about budget cuts for disabled people in Florida demonstrates the website is open to other activist topics. The website provides a platform for users to learn and create their own ideas about the world. And because the website focuses on other topics as well, an overall knowledge can be gained by the readers. Feministing can be used as another news website to be combed through by readers daily but instead of the posts being similar to sites such as CNN, the posts will reveal lesser known facts or articles that are still relevant. And due to the unisex interface of the site, Feministing is setting itself up to be a blog that not only provides news but also urges its readers to analyze society and suggest changes that need to be made.
Before entering feministing.com, I expected either overpowering feminine colors or some wild collage of feminist images consuming the background. To my surprise, the layout of the site was, in fact, simple. It was clean and organized, yet bold and eye catching. I was not overwhelmed in the slightest, and that was reason enough to continue searching the site. Having just finished a Women’s Studies class last quarter, I was particularly interested in reading through some of the bold titles and then continuing to examine the following articles. One that caught my eye in particular was the article about the correlation between perfectionism and unhealthy relationships, because it seems that this happens way too often. Reading this article made me want to just about scream! It’s so accurate because it actually happens but it is this poisonous lie that infects the minds of young girls everywhere. No where in the article did it mention that the male counterpart of the relationship was directly conveying to her the idea that she’s not good enough, which just goes to show that we are so trained to listen to what the world wants us to think before we even bother taking the initiative to ask the men in our lives if it’s really the truth and what they are thinking of us. The bottom line is, nobody is perfect, not even Megan Fox.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, this blog is fantastic. The articles weren’t incredibly opinionated; they were the cold hard facts of our society slapped across our face. I enjoyed learning about issues that I knew existed but never really took the time to engage in. I apprecated that the site did not once encourage its audience to go out and start a rally, but it most certainly got the reader thinking. I hope that one day, this site will grow and attract a heavier audience because it tells it like it is, and that's what we need.
I thought that the whole feministing website was very interesting. The first impression, from the girliness of the page, to the actual blogs, I found that these blogs show how people really feel. The site does not have many followers, which I thought was weird, because it was fascinating to me. The site is obviously about feminism, and I feel like the posts vary from different aspects of feminism, and are up to date with what is going on in the world right now. Some of the articles had some stats, which I thought was a great part of the blog. I hope that the site grows, because I feel like it has so much more room to grow.
ReplyDeleteAfter exploring feministing.com, I realized the title of the website is very deceiving. At first I believed the blog would only consist of articles dealing with the treatment of women, women's rights, etc. However, the blog covers a plethora of world events and issues dealing with feminism. With that being said, I find the blog site very misleading and not effective in the way it was intended. Yes the website puts out information dealing with women but to me, the authors of the website or not so much as true activists. For example in the Hugo Schwyzer article, Schwyzer explains why women feel like they can't have relationships and get jealous; he states women don't feel pretty enough to have boyfriends and so on. The thing is, guys can feel this way too and I know girls who do yell at their boyfriends when they look at another girl. I had a hard time finding an article that fought for the equal treatment of women; instead I found articles that made, in my opinion, women look weak instead of strong independent women.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, because the blog does not just gear towards feminism, this allows for a bigger audience. In the beginning I thought the authors of the blog would be strong headed feminists but it turned out they were not. The authors write in a way where anyone can have their own opinion which i found interesting and refreshing.
All in all, I thought the blog was interesting but does not fulfill its intended purpose. The blog to me did not seem to serve as an activist for feminism but more as a way to get information about feminism. However, because of that, the blog is able to reach out to a wider range of people thus making their message more acceptable to a bigger audience.
Feministing.com is a very well conducted blog. I was surprised that it wasn't just articles about women's activism and women fighting for what they believe in. It is more of how women today respond to things in the world today and also things that have happened in the past, from economics to politics. I like how they have a weekly update of what has been going on in the world. This allows the people on the sight to be able to keep up with the world's news which allows them to make more accurate arguments. I like how instead of arguing for women activism, they are instead commenting on the women's role in everyday life and everyday situations. There is also some feminist postings on the website and I think this is the perfect place for it. Not saying that I am against women activism, I just think that some of their ideas are a little bit too intense and sometimes how they express that is a little extreme. I am just surprised there isn’t that right here on the website because it seems to me that this is what this blog is/or should be about. All in all though this is a very inviting and interesting blog to read.
ReplyDeleteAt first glance of this website, my initial thought was on the fact that it discussed many different topics, not just feminist ideas. The website deals with race, politics, sexual assault, and morals, along with many other topics. The first and most obvious reason is to get as many people as possible to comment and discuss about the various topics. The blog was made so that everyone would have something they could discuss with interest about. The audience for this blog is everyone. Even though it is a feminist blog, there are plenty of articles that men can comment on.
ReplyDeleteI think that the website as a whole is too jumbled. The lack of organization and even categorization is not appealing to me as a reader. On one page, it goes from an article on civil rights, to a video on a gay men's choir, to a picture of a uterus. It goes back to my first point, the blog want as many different readers as possible. In answer to number 1 of the suggested prompts, this suggests the theme of the blog as being diverse and open to every topic, as tough as they may be.
I personally think that it hurts the overall website, but in answer to number 7, it does do something. After reading comments from people, I do see that it makes certain subjects such as sexual assault in schools aware to people. In an almost secretive way, this blog puts different topics out there so that people that may not usually care about gay rights, and may be on this blog for a different topic, has the chance to see it. This may or may not spark interest in that person, but the blog does its part in putting that opportunity out there.
In conclusion, as far as a feminist blog goes, I think that it does a bad job in this purpose. It does not serve as a good enough resource for feminist activism, but rather as a blog for people to discuss many different ideas.
I do think that feministing.com does something. Feministing.com not only offers articles and features about things relating to feminism, but it also provides information on other things. The blog features many random things, such as a video on the Columbus Children's Choir. I think that feministing.com incorporates other things into their blog to implicitly show their readers ideas and offer knowledge on subjects that readers would most likely not know about, such as an article that was featured on assault. As to whether or not their attempt in sharing this knowledge to other people is questionable. It is questionable because not many people have been commenting on their posts lately. I went through several posts and the most comments that I found was five. I found this disappointing because I really do think that the blog generates some great ideas and tries to have an effect on people's knowledge and values. However, I feel that the blog may be losing some power by incorporating so many other ideas. You can tell by the layout that it is about women's rights, but they incorporate some many other ideas in their posts that I think sometimes the theme of their blog gets lost. Personally, when I read the articles, the blog definitely had an effect on my knowledge. It opened my eyes to many things that I had no idea were going on, such as the Florida governor making severe cuts to programs for people with disabilities. Although there are some flaws, overall I think that the blog really does do something. Even though through looking at comments and such that it does not appear to be having too much of an effect on people, it most definitely has the potential to. I also may be putting too much emphasis on comments because I know that many people read blogs and do not comment. People may not be voicing their opinion, but they are most likely definitely reading and taking in what the posts in the blog have to say.
ReplyDeleteDespite the contrasting logo, the site feministing.com focuses on empowering women. The logo appears to be a naked silhouette of a woman raising her hand in objection. However, this site provides people with information on various topics. This blog uses images that would typically seem a bit offensive to the public. In the article “Uterus Uterus Uterus Uterus Uterus”, a diagram of the female reproductive system is displayed. This picture has been modified with a censorship box and renamed anatomy. The reason for this image is the Florida House of Representatives floor has banned the word uterus. The ban occurred after a senator referenced the anatomy. His reference was even in a debate about abortions. An individual of the feministing community seemed to be very irate with this ban. They mention how it is nothing but medical terminology and should not be seen as offensive. The authors, as well as the community, seem very comfortable with these issues. They use humor to make the House of Representatives seem ridiculous. It question to if arm and leg will also be banned. In a debate about abortion, the female reproductive system is everything. This blog has an art of persuasion that makes their cause heard. When bouncing around articles, I noticed the great variety of subjects. Each article helps inspire and promote equality between men and women. Ultimately, feministing.com does a fantastic job of making their voices be heard, while managing to be unbiased.
ReplyDeleteWhen first going on the blog it is very clear to see that it promotes feminism yet not all of the articles tie into feminism. There are different types of activism articles such as the article about the Florida governor making severe cuts to programs for people with disabilities. The subject of the articles varies, which creates a nice atmosphere for the blog because the viewers are not reading the same thing over and over. The types of articles posted on the blog are also all interesting. They are the kind of stories that people want to read about, to know what is going on in the world. They are attention grabbing and really capture the readers interest.
ReplyDeleteOverall this blog is persuasive when it comes to feminism. Some articles are heart wrenching that really make you want to fight for this cause. One of these articles is the one about the 14 year old girl who was accused of adultery and lashed to death. This girl was raped by her cousin, but was also seen as one of the guilty party and sentenced to 101 lashes. After 70 she died. The sheer injustice of situations like this really speaks out to me. Its these kinds of articles that make this blog powerful and show what feminism is truly about.
In the long run, feministing.com does a wonderful job of keeping readers up to date with the latest activist news. The layout of the blog is easy to read, and the articles really reach out to the reader. The blog is open minded and awe inspiring.
Great comments, guys!
ReplyDeleteSorry this is a late comment because I was confusing where I should post my comment. When I first look at the name of this blog I feel it may not be interesting. My initial thoughts and views about feminist are very limit so I through it may be just a place for some women to cry out like crazy. However, after reading several blogs I changed my mind. It is a really good website. Every article in it is related with women but not just focus on feminizing, it is more like a news website. The articles are quite open mind. The author is not like forcing the reader to agree with his, probably her opinion, and the commons are also interesting to read. Another reason I like to read the blogs is that the website is very well organized and the pictures are amazing. In Feministing.com, a lot of articles have special picture or a video after the title which gives the readers a first impression of what the article are going to talk about. They usually provide an emotional feeling to catch the audience and help them understand the article better. These pictures are well chosen. For example, the picture of "Single mothers of color in the spotlight" shows a warm and happy mother with her child, which easily call up people's sympathy.
ReplyDeleteI feel that this feministing blog is very interesting and well organized. To me it seems as though the whole blog is well thought out. It may change some peoples views on what being a feminist is
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