We were interested to read Pamela Paul’s list of academic blogs, “Big Blog on Campus,” in The New York Times Education Life section this last Sunday. We felt her list of seven blogs that have achieved “blogosphere fame” didn’t reflect the much wider diversity of academic voices that populate the blogosphere. In fact, with the exception of one female blogger and one collective blog, the rest on the list are penned by white men. In the spirit of expanding this list, we are starting a list of academic blogs (not just feminist blogs). This is very much a work-in-progress; please let us know about others in the comments!
Comments
Adina Nack — April 21, 2011
Excellent additions, and I've got to put in a plug for the ThickCulture blog's interdisciplinary blend of academics focused on "public discourse, multiculturalism, technology and civic engagement": http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/
Heather DuBois Bourenane — April 22, 2011
Great list - thanks!
I'd add Bitch, Ph.D.! Funny, smart, and necessary.
http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/
Shelley — April 28, 2011
Thanks! I hope some of these are (sigh) readable....
Jennifer Stoever-Ackerman — May 3, 2011
I edit a great academic blog called Sounding Out!, www.soundstudiesblog.com, that is about the understanding of sound in our culture--from remixes to noise laws. It has a very solid readership that is growing every month. We really work hard to make our pieces accessible and interesting while remaining rigorous and complex--and we have diverse guest writers from all ranks of academia.
Deborah Siegel — May 9, 2011
Jill Dolan (English Dept, Theater Dept, Director of Princeton's Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies) has a fantastic blog called The Feminist Spectator:
http://www.feministspectator.blogspot.com/