More with the Thinking! I'm all Thunked Out.

Emily Elizabeth and LauraJ went ahead and gave me a Thinking Blogger award. Really. I'm going to have to expand my bookshelf to hold them--thank you, and quit it.

I could have ignored them, since they weren't the first, but I didn't want to because I really admire both of these women. Emily Elizabeth is a compassionate and intelligent person who writes beautifully about so many things; she was one of my first forays into the world of T21 (Down syndrome) blogs and if I could just print out her whole site and pass it to everyone who uses "retard" as a slur in my presence, it would make my life much easier. Just--"here! Read this. Feel like a heel." Here's a recent example.

Laura joined the world of blogging because of me, so I feel responsible for her experience here, and it's been great to watch her insinuate herself into a friendly and welcoming corner of the momosphere. She's been swapping crafts and making friends like nobody's business. And I know so many people who have great lives except for one little thing, and who are perennially pissed off with the world about it--but Laura's been kicked in the guts so many times, and she just gets up and keeps smiling, and she means it too.

So they're both special to me, and I didn't want to let their request pass by without notice.

The only thing is, I've already done this once, and who am I going to point you all at this time? Five blogs. Five blogs I'm pretty sure none of you read yet, but are worth reading. FIVE. There are fifty million blogs on the internet and so this should be easy, but it's not.

1. NOBODY PASSES, darling. Nobody Passes is this great book of essays written about gender, conformity, performance and "passing" in a variety of ways, from class to race to ethnicity to gender to everything else you can think of. I'm not finished it yet, but when I am, I'll review it. This blog is by the editor of the book, mattilda, and is well-written, thought-provoking, and very honest. Read both the book and the blog.

2. Angry Black Bitch. Funny, smart, well-written, by a woman who does everything. I really think she does. At least read far enough back in the archives to find the latest "dream" post, where she writes out a fictional dream, usually involving the corporal punishment of some uber-annoying hypocritical politician. Usually Bush.

3. Lee's Doodles. OK, it's not exactly a thinking blog, but this talented artist is a friend of mine and I've been looking for an excuse to tell you all about this great idea for a while now. What is it? A collection of doodles that can be used as blog illustrations. Like this:

Doodle by Lee. Other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.

Fun!

I drafted this last week, then found myself nominated for a Thinking Blogger Award by Nicole as well. And so now I feel even guiltier for not having five blogs to point you at. Except that I've already done five, so this is really eight. Right?

Posted by Andrea at April 17, 2007 7:57 AM under Friends and Others

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