So, a while back, Aspazia of Mad Melancholic Feminista bestowed upon me a Thinking Blog Award, with great honour.
And a little while ago, Max of Celluloid Blonde also included me in her list of recipients, for which I was very flattered, but I didn’t respond yet, mostly because school was getting busy, I was in the middle of that anti-racism thread, and also the PUA thread started picking up again (pun kind of intended).
Then today, Dave of Wandering the Ether added me to his list as well, so I thought it was time I respond. So, as far as I can tell, that leaves me with 10 slots to fill on my list of Thinking Blog Awards – which is great, since I read so many wonderful blogs by so many talented and clever folks, I am delighted to expand the original list of 5! (who were, BTW, Freeslave, Brownfemipower, Sage, Queer Dewd, and Renegade Evolution. Love to you all!)
So, before I begin, thank you to Max and Dave for your support of my work here, and here are my ALL NEW 10 Thinking Bloggers!
1. Sylvia of Anti-Essentialist Conundrum -she’s one smart young black woman with a helluvan analysis of north american culture. I love reading her blog.
2. Defenestrated of Muttering in a Corner – Def started out as a commenter, who decided to get her own blog. she’s still an active commenter, but she writes some wicked posts too! she’s very insightful indeed.
3. BlackAmazon of Having Read the Fine Print… - again, super-smart young black woman. Holy shit, this girl can flip it. Her posts read like stream of consciousness, calling out your ass on your bullshit, awesome you will listen to me rants, and I love every minute of it. She’s fearless, and she pretty much blows my mind. Did I mention she’s 22?
4. Rainbow Girl - I only recently discovered RG, but I feel like I’ve known her for years! She’s very dedicated and has actually succeeded in taking academia into activism in the real world, which rocks. Go Team Rainbow!!
5. Liberallatte of Between the Linds and Realities – I’m kind of like LL’s fairy blog-mother (a term SteveG thought up for Aspazia). I “met” LL when he began commenting here, and when he started his own blog up, I was thrilled to add him to my blogroll. He offers up a very insightful analysis of media representations, and I think he’s just great!
6. Darkdaughta of One Tenacious Baby Mama – I only discovered darkdaughta recently, but I have been avidly reading since. I can’t even describe what she does adequately enough to do it justice. Just go and read, and look, and you might understand. She’s awesome.
7. Kevin of Slant Truth – I’ve been reading Kevin for a while now. I gotta tell you, I really dig his style. He spins it like he sees it, and I definitely admire that.
8. Nezua of The Unapologetic Mexican – again, newly discovered, but I’m lovin’ it over there! Nez is one smart, smart man, and his site is lovely to behold. Check it out, you won’t be sorry. Make particular note of his White Lens series – that’s some excellent blogging happening.
9. Julie of The Pinko Julie Show - wow, can Julie ever write. She is a very powerful voice for the alternatively abled in our slightly leaving something to be desired although still a million times better than the freaking US health care system. I love her writing style, she’s brilliant, go check her out.
10. Last but most definitely not least, my partner in so many comment sections of so many posts here at Thinking Girl, Ruxandra of Strength Never Power – she’s smart, articulate, eloquent, vegan, activist, sciency, feminist, punk music afficionado, lover of Jane Austen, and lucky for me, now a friend. Thanks for everything Ruxi!
Geez, I think I could go on… so many intelligent bloggers out there who make me think. Thank god!
If you’ve been tagged here, and you want to participate, please follow these instructions:
The idea is to name 5 blogs that make you think. Here are the rules for participation:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).
That’s it! Now everyone – get to reading!
zomg thank you! Both for the flattery and for the new link list
Why you so good to me?
Thank you
Thanks Thinking Girl! Wow, my first blogular honour!!!!!
Wow thanks so much TG, I’m incredibly honoured and humbled to be awarded as such; you are indeed my “fairy blog-mother” and philosophical godmother:) I started my blog just as a media analysis blog but these days I can’t finish my post without mentioning patriarchy or something feminist!
oh, wow, i’m so beyond flattered. and amused by my description. thanks for the kind words, same here, and you know you’ll be in my top!
i said i wouldn’t do tags anymore but this is a good opportunity to praise and recommend awesome sites, and i’m all about that (though i’m not sure how soon i can get to it because the whole moving thing is eating up all my time, argh!). i must say i’m also pretty embarrassed, as my blog is pretty unsuitable to the great company; i still declare i’m not really blogging, 
just storing and organizing links and texts, with occasional writing/ranting from me and, other than that, random personal things… i hope no one expects anything more – it’s not even a public blog listed by search engines.
I appreciate what you’ve done. Given what has transpired during my time in blogland, I understand you didn’t have to do this. Many thanks.
FS – who loves ya, baby?
Defenestrated, BlackAmazon, RG, LL, Ruxandra, and darkdaughta – believe me, it’s my pleasure. It’s my pleasure to read all your hard work on your blogs, and it is definitely my pleasure to toot your horns for you!
Wow, thanks for the props. I’m honored to be included amongst so many wonderful bloggers. I’m honored that a blogger that I read on a regular basis yet never comment on much actually knows who I am.
Kevin – likewise! who knew we were reading each other’s stuff, yet didn’t really know the other was reading ours!
hi thinking girl! I only just saw this because I’m still short on the blog101 skills. thanks so much! you inspire me to keep posting with your ongoing commitment to political debate and your wise and funny responses to the world.
can’t wait to meet you in the t-dot,
xox jules
Thanks Julie! – likewise, I’m sure!!!
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