Awards for blogs are generally silly things, and I don’t pay much attention to them. For the same reason as I don’t pay attention to online polling. I’m just a little too familiar with who is deeply invested (“you can vote once every 24hrs!”) in such things, who constructs them, and how they are used, to think them worthy of serious consideration. Anway, it warms my heart to find some purity left in the blogosphere, and I think the woman has a point. 49 categories, but not one specifically for da wimmin? That’s a head-scratcher.

Do you note the glaring omission of feminist blogs or a “Feminist Blogs” category? Pandagon, Feministing, and Shakesville were nominated under “Liberal Blogs” (and the winner was a white male liberal blogger, of course). There is a “GLBT” category which includes Pam’s House Blend (and the winner was Joe My God, a white gay male blogger, natch). Not only is a “feminist” category glaringly omitted, the nominees and winners are overwhelmingly white and male. Surprise.

Feminism, however, does not seem to exist in its own right for these guys. And, I guess, really, that’s about right. If a whole lot of people had their way — including many self-identified feminists– feminism would be subsumed, erased, hidden by these penultimately male categories, i.e., “liberal” and “GLBT”.  Read more 

Hey Kidz, it’s another chance to express yourself in a completely meaningless gesture. Go vote for our friends at Team BIO.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t really take these things too seriously. But it warms my heart to see good work being recognized; perhaps someday we’ll have an awarding entity that everyone can respect. In the meantime, three cheers for the BIO crew, and while you’re over there, I dare you to vote for Free Republic as the “best” community on the interwebs, and Altmouse for best “centrist” blogger.