Geez Louise! Another Wimmin’s Blog

Posted by SHAUN MULLEN, TMV Columnist in At TMV.
Oct 18th, 2007 | 5 responses

Slate has a new blog called The XX Factor. The blog is written exclusively by wimmin, and while I am sure it will include some first-class contributors, I have some issues with wimmin’s blogs in general and so-called feminist blogs in particular.

Some of that has to do with self-indulgent piffle like this (sorry, I couldn’t help myself), but the larger issue is that feminists need to be part of the broader conversation, as Dana Goldstein aptly puts it, and not segregated.

We’ll see.

5 Responses to “Geez Louise! Another Wimmin’s Blog”

1. Holly in Cincinnati says:

   October 18, 2007 at 9:10 am

   This feminist got rid of the rotten spelling decades ago!
2. DLS says:

   October 18, 2007 at 9:25 am

   Are there references to “womyn” there?
3. domajot says:

   October 18, 2007 at 9:45 am

   I don’t see that the need for feminists to be part of the ‘broader conversation’ is any different that the need for Afro-Amerocans or Hispanics to do the same. It’s a special interest group like any other.

   Do women talking together still seem threatening to you, Shaun? Hahahaha
4. Shaun Mullen says:

   October 18, 2007 at 9:53 am

   domajot:

   Everyone needs to be part of the broader conversation.

   That doesn’t mean there can’t be many side conversations, but the ongoing Balkanization of interest groups in the blogosphere ultimately does a disservice to the greater whole.

   Alas, The Moderate Voice is the rare exception.
5. krit says:

   October 18, 2007 at 10:06 am

   Unfortunately, even on here many can’t deal civilly with a diversity of opinion. Where is the love?