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"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist." --Gloria Steinem
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May
4
Very Short Break
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As I suggested I might, I’ll be taking a short break this week. Just a few days, and I’ll still be around moderating comments and such. In fact, taking time off from writing may give me a chance to finally get caught up on my blog reader and to go through the news for what is honestly the first time in a week.
Popularity: 12% [?]
Apr
13
Moving Up
Filed Under blog news, blogging, self-promotion | 26 Comments
This post is an announcement. It will stay at the top of the blog for several days; newer posts will appear below.
Today, I just so happened to reach my 200,000th visit on the blog. And this Friday, April 18th, will be my one year anniversary of blogging and the one year anniversary of The Curvature.
I know it’s cliché, but in some ways I feel like I’ve been doing this forever, and in other ways I feel like I’ve just started. A lot has happened in the past year and I have been far more well-received than I ever could have dreamed. Thank you, everyone, for reading, commenting and/or linking to me.
And things are changing! This week, I will become a contributor over at Feministe. Feministe is, without a doubt, one of my all-time favorite feminist blogs. It’s filled with great writers who deal genuinely with intersecting movements and more than just “white women’s issues” on a daily basis. It includes the views of trans* women and men, sex workers and other marginalized groups who are regularly spurned in other feminist spaces. Its writers listen to their readers and engage with the difficult topics that it’s often easier to ignore. I see a comment on the site at least once a week from a reader who explains that these are the reasons they read Feministe. And I am personally honored to have been asked to be a part of it.
I will not be abandoning The Curvature. It’s my home, and after a year I’m certainly not ready to abandon it. I still intend to write here my usual six days a week, while contributing two or three posts to Feministe each week. A lot of what I post at Feministe will probably be cross-posted here.
I’m sure that figuring out how to get it all done will take me a bit of time, so I hope that you’ll bear with me. And while I’m sure that most of you read Feministe already, I hope that those of you who don’t will start — and not stop reading The Curvature! Wish me luck.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Mar
22
The Computer Has Arrived!
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It’s much prettier, quieter, faster and best of all, it actually works! What more could a person want?
Popularity: 13% [?]
Mar
13
Technical Difficulties
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UPDATE (3/19): Unfortunately, the computer’s delivery date has been pushed back to Friday. So, I imagine that I’ll be using the weekend to sort through the giant mess I’ll have on my hands, and normal posting should hopefully resume on Monday.
UPDATE (3/15): I have a new computer coming, but it’s still going to be a little while. I’m anticipating that it will be here on either Wednesday or Thursday, which means I should hopefully be back to semi-regular blogging by Thursday or Friday. I might be able to get a post up on either Tuesday or Wednesday by going into work early or staying late. As my online reading is obviously extremely limited, sending me news stories will most likely increase this possibility significantly. Until then, try to be patient with me if your comments get stuck in moderation, etc.
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My computer is broken. Extremely broken. The good news is that it died approximately 20 minutes after I put up my last post. Lucky, huh? I’m typing this right now through a Playstation internet browser. It makes me feel like I’m learning to use the internet all over again in a world where the internet is really, really stupid.
Anyway. That means I won’t be able to post or respond to comments (though there are some that I would like to respond to right now). I’ll be at work tomorrow, so I’ll at least be able to deal with comments then . . . and otherwise, I’ll be working on getting a new computer. Hopefully very soon. Wish me luck on that, and I’ll keep you updated when I can.
Popularity: 17% [?]
Jan
23
New Blog!
Filed Under blog news, blogging, feminism, reproductive justice, self-promotion, sex and sexuality, women’s health | 1 Comment
Last night, I volunteered at a Roe event by Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region. We had First Lady of New York Silda Wall Spitzer there, and she gave an excellent speech about the importance of reproductive rights and the new bill that the governor has introduced called the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protect Act.
You can read all about it at PPRSR’s new blog: Sex. Justice. Change.
The blog launched today with our first post and we’re really excited about it. Yes, I will be the main blogger, though obviously my writing there will be a bit different (for some reason, they don’t want me calling people asshats. Go figure). So hey, go check it out and add it to your blog readers and your blogrolls if you feel so inclined. We’ll be updating at least once a week on reproductive and sexual health issues both local and national. And it’ll help me out a lot. The whole thing was kind of my idea and is my responsibility, so I’ll look pretty damn bad if it tanks. (I kid. About the me looking bad part. But not about the you going and checking out the blog part because you should totally go do that right now).
Also, I want it to be good. So if you lovely, intelligent, blog-type folks have any suggestions for me, please pass them along. Due to our non-profit status we can’t discuss or endorse political campaigns, but everything else is pretty much up for grabs.
For the record, this new blog and the event are why my posting has been kind of light over the past few days. But with any luck, I will get caught up and things will return to normal very shortly.
Popularity: 12% [?]
Dec
24
I’ll be taking the next couple of days off. I’ll be back on either the 26th or the 27th, depending on my mood (and the news). It’s Xmas, and hey, I could use the break. To those of you who celebrate, have a Merry Xmas. And to everyone, I’ll see you soon.
Popularity: 20% [?]
Nov
14
Guest-Blogging at Feministe
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So, remember last week when I said that there would be big news? [No? Work with me here, people.]
Well here it is: Starting tomorrow, I’ll be guest-blogging at Feministe!
I’ll be there this Thursday-Sunday and next Thursday-Sunday. Which is pretty damn cool. I have to say that I’m stoked about the opportunity to hang out on one of my all-time favorite blogs and blog alongside some of my favorite bloggers. I’m also kind of intimidated! Though things seemed to go quite well when I guest-blogged at Feministing a couple of months back, the two blogs do have slightly different audiences, of course. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my relatively-short time blogging, it’s to expect the unexpected (the posts you think are mediocre and insignificant will become big hits, the posts you think are benign will be controversial, etc.). But I’m sure that it’s going to be a ton of fun, and like just about everything in the blogosphere, a great learning experience. And hopefully I’ll pick up some new readers. That would rock, huh?
Anyway, all of this is to say that sorry, it’ll just be the one post today. I’ve got an introduction to write, and I need to rest my poor little feminist brain in preparation for tomorrow. Also, I will be cross-posting most stuff here, but it will probably be delayed and I probably won’t have the time to actively participate in the notes on more than one blog. None of this to discourage you from visiting The Curvature (”I make money from the ads when you do,” she sheepishly admits), but just to let you know what’s up and what to expect.
So, check me out at Feministe over the weekend, I’ll see you back here on Monday, and then we’ll do it all over again. Cool? Cool. Wish me luck, tell your friends and send me all the good news stories! :)
Popularity: 14% [?]
Nov
7
Housekeeping
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A few things:
Firstly, I have updated my comment policy, asking all of you who include links in your comments to please use HTML code to do so. It has recently come to my attention that when viewing my blog from Internet Explorer (I use FireFox), a link that is longer than the comment box will throw my entire right column down to the bottom of the page. It doesn’t look very nice.
I in no way want to discourage leaving links in comments — I think that they’re useful, and they even give me an idea for a blog post, on occasion. Just please, use the code! I have provided it for you in the Comment Policy for anyone who doesn’t know it. If you don’t use it, please just know that I will probably edit the comment and change to URL to linked text for you.
Also on the topic of using Internet Explorer, yesterday I viewed my blog from work and saw that my entire blog — sidebars, posts, everything — was centered. When I figured out what the problem was, I realized that it had to have been that way for around a week. Not good! Please, considerate readers, I implore you — if you use a browser different from Firefox and these things happen, tell me. It’s not at all rude, in fact it’s very helpful. Even if you do use FireFox and have problems, it’s fine to tell me in case I don’t already know. You can just leave a comment, or email me if you want to get fancy. Just say something!
On a completely unrelated note, there is an article in an online gaming magazine that is kind of entirely about my Guitar Hero post. It’s particularly strange since I only found out by reading Racialicious. I mean, it’s cool — great, in fact. Just mildly disorienting.
One last thing — I apologize for the fact that posts are not as frequent as usual. I was the organizer of a Planned Parenthood event this week, which took some time. I’m also finishing up an article (one that I might actually get paid for), the deadline for which is Friday and is leaving me scrambling. So I’m a little short on time. But after that, things should return to normal. Well, mostly. But what’s going on next week is a whole different (and exciting) set of news that you’ll just have to stay tuned for!
Popularity: 13% [?]
Oct
16
Just a quick not to say that I’ll be on a day trip for my work with Planned Parenthood all day. That means it’s highly unlikely that I’ll get up a second post today, and that I won’t be around to do things like moderate and respond to comments. So be patient.
Yes, I’m aware that I just put up a post about rape before leaving my blog alone for over 10 hours. Perhaps not the smartest move, but I’ll try to have some faith. Don’t blow up my blog while I’m gone, okay?
Popularity: 7% [?]
Sep
20
Hi everyone, I just wanted to acknowledge the new ads on the sidebar. I’m actually pretty excited about them, because even though they take up more room, I think that they look a lot better. I also have the opportunity to chose any industries or companies that I do not want to receive advertising from, not to mention the fact that it’s based off of impressions, not clicks, so it might actually make me some money (enough to cover the hosting fees would be GREAT).
I just wanted to ask for your patience while any glitches are worked out. For example, an ad for Uncle Ben’s Rice has been appearing, and I know that the image (or the history of the image) of Uncle Ben is considered by many to be racist and offensive. I apologize for that, and it’s being taken care of. Since all of the other ads seem to be very tasteful, and I have already excluded other potentially offensive industries (cosmetics, dieting . . .), I imagine that it will be a fluke. But if you see something that you consider questionable, please let me know and I’ll have it removed ASAP.
Much love.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Sep
14
Break
Filed Under blog news, blogging | 3 Comments
Hey everyone. I’m on my way to Maryland to participate in a wedding. Unfortunately, I don’t have a laptop and will probably not have access to any computer over the next few days. So that means no posts. Sorry! [Though I'm sure that the separation is going to much more difficult on my end.]
Posting may resume on Monday evening, but definitely by Tuesday morning. In the meantime, I will be praying to the Blog Gods to not break the site while I’m gone. See you soon!
Popularity: 8% [?]
Aug
3
Announcement!
Filed Under blog news, blogging, feminism, media, self-promotion | 5 Comments
Next week, I will be guest-blogging at Feministing.
It’s crazy, but true!
I’ll continue posting today and over the weekend. Starting Monday, I’ll be blogging at Feministing, but should be cross-posting everything over here. This is about as huge as it gets for me, and I’m extremely nervous/excited. I hope that everyone will be checking me out (and spreading the word!). Wish me luck!
Popularity: 6% [?]
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