{"id":5871,"date":"2013-04-29T05:50:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T05:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/?p=5871"},"modified":"2013-04-30T08:36:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:36:22","slug":"girl-wpen-joins-the-society-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2013\/04\/29\/girl-wpen-joins-the-society-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl w\/Pen Joins The Society Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"6251499620_dab1f2b75c\"<\/a>We\u2019ve made the society pages!\u00a0 No, not those <\/i>society pages.\u00a0 These<\/i><\/a> <\/i>ones.<\/p>\n

For those of you know us already, the only thing that\u2019s different, really, is our url.\u00a0 Our content will remain unchanged. For those who are meeting us for the first time, allow us to introduce ourselves\u2014and what we\u2019re doing here.<\/p>\n

Girl w\/Pen is a group blog dedicated to bridging feminist research and popular reality. We publicly and passionately dispels modern myths concerning gender, encouraging other feminist scholars, writers, and thinkers to do the same. We\u2019re a collective of feminist academics, crossover writers, and writers who have left the academy to pursue other thought leadership forums and forms.<\/p>\n

Like researchers and writers themselves, blogs grow up, evolve, and shift shapes.\u00a0 Such has been the story of Girl w\/Pen, which began in 2007 as a way for me to keep friends and family posted as I hit the road on book<\/a> tour. The name, Girl w\/Pen, came in a flash, an easy way to describe myself at the time\u2014an academic transitioning to an identity as a writer in a different realm.<\/p>\n

Girl quickly became girls (I know, I know, women<\/i>\u2014but it was the youthful blogosphere, right?). When I started giving workshops<\/a> on translating academic ideas for trade, participants of my seminars contributed guest posts.\u00a0 Some became regulars.\u00a0 Other fellow travelers followed suit, coming in and out as interests and workflow allowed.\u00a0 In 2009, <\/b>we decided to turn GWP into a full-fledged group blog, with a full roster of columns, and the name stuck.\u00a0 Though admittedly anachronistic, our name continues to speak to the writerly journey many of us have taken, are on, and aspire to, as we put our thoughts to metaphorical paper, raise our collective voices, experiment, bridge research and reality, rabble rouse, and inform.<\/p>\n

GWP has become a true interdisciplinary forum, enriched by its range.\u00a0 Our current lineup of columns includes:<\/p>\n

Bedside Manners<\/strong> (Adina Nack): applying the sociological imagination to medical topics, with a special focus on sexual and reproductive health<\/p>\n

Body Language<\/strong> (Alison Piepmeier): Because control of our bodies is central to feminism. (\u201cIt is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right.\u201d \u2013Lucy Stone, 1855)<\/p>\n

Body Politic<\/strong> (Kyla Bender-Baird and Avory Faucette): A co-authored column on queer bodies, law, and policy.<\/p>\n

Girl Talk<\/strong> (Allison Kimmich): truths and fictions about girl<\/p>\n

Mama w\/Pen<\/strong> (Deborah Siegel): reflections on motherhood, feminist and otherwise<\/p>\n

Nice Work<\/strong> (Virginia Rutter): social science in the real world<\/p>\n

Off the Shelf<\/strong> (Elline Lipkin): book reviews and news<\/p>\n

Second Look<\/strong> (Susan Bailey): a column on where we\u2019ve been and where we need to go<\/p>\n

Science Grrl<\/strong> (Veronica Arreola): the latest research and press on girls and women in science & engineering<\/p>\n

Women Across Borders<\/strong> (Heather Hewett): A transnational perspective on women & girls<\/p>\n

We\u2019re delighted to be teaming up with The Society Pages, where we join an active and far-reaching multidisciplinary blogging community<\/a>, supported by publishing partner W.W. Norton.\u00a0 When we first started looking for a home, TSP was the first that came to mind.\u00a0 Major props to Adina Nack for suggesting it, Virginia Rutter and Heather Hewett for seeing it, Lisa Wade and Letta Page for brokering it, Jon Smajda and Kyla Bender-Baird for so beautifully executing it, and Doug Hartmann and Chris Uggen for having the vision in the first place\u2014and for welcoming us in.<\/p>\n

Here in our new neighborhood, you\u2019ll find long-established and esteemed blog neighbors like Sociological Images<\/a>, Thick Culture<\/a>, and Sexuality and Society<\/a>\u2014blogs that in many ways share our DNA. \u00a0You\u2019ll also find here roundtables, white papers, teaching resources, and Contexts <\/i>magazine. Everyone here is invested in bringing academically-informed ideas to a broad public, to speaking about society with <\/i>society\u2014just like we\u2019ve always been.<\/p>\n

Those of us thinking in public about the way feminist research informs our surroundings and shapes our world look forward to settling into our new digs.\u00a0 As ever, we invite you to join us.\u00a0 We welcome your comments and critiques, your follows (@girlwpen<\/a>) and your shares.\u00a0 We welcome pitches for guest posts<\/a>. We\u2019ll keep evolving, enriched by our TSP neighbors, and by you.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re honored to be here, and to be a part of your<\/i> society. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch, and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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