Comments on: 100th post, and a call to de-lurk

By: Jill--Unnecesarean

Jill--Unnecesarean — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:31:12 +0000

Hi there.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:17:48 +0000

Hello! I have just discovered your blog and I AM IN LOVE. I have just read backwards from your most recent post to this one and am most impressed. I like the way you think and I like the way you write.
And the funny thing is that I am in the process of setting up my own feminist-mother-of-son blog, but being something like a perfectionist, it is just sitting there with nothing on it yet because I can't think of what would be good enough for my first post. Reading your blog has – until this post – made me feel even less able to write anything as spectacular as you – but this post has knocked me back into reality, and I reckon I'll just start low and hopefully write something worth reading sometime. I'll let you know when it happens.
Well, congrats on post no. 100. I will be hanging around from now on.

By: Vittra

Vittra — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:43 +0000

A bit behind the masses since I'm catching up on backlog after a month of backpacking, but here goes:

I read, and love, your blog because you talk about issues I think are important for feminism/womanism as well as are fascinating, and give it a personal enough slant to make it feel like I know something about you.

I am not a parent and may never be, but I am interested in theories of child development and thus in parenting. The posts I have loved usually involve a specific event you talk about, like your son wearing black mary-janes, but you then explain in a wonderfully clear way how this relates to larger theories of femisism and just life as a real person.

This blog is a nice change from the feminist blogs that feel like endless stories of all the ways women are being damaged.

So congrats on the 100th post, keep them coming though only as often as you feel like, and I'll keep reading.

(and on a technical note I use an rss feeder, so design or domain make no difference)

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:04:07 +0000

Y'all with your "Profile Not Available" are killing me! How can I lurk back, er, follow you back if I don't know where on the web to find you?

Also, told y'all I sucked at comments (though you knew that already). I've just been sitting back and getting a kick out of who's showing up and how much thoughtful stuff y'all have to say. This will be my to-go comment thread for when I need a pick-me-up to keep posting.

So thank you!

By: missbehaving

missbehaving — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:09:09 +0000

I am new but plan to be regular.
Compulsive reading, my daughter just read a load of it too.

By: TVille

TVille — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:03:42 +0000

First things first - I have commented formerly as TMae, but am working on creating a more cohesive internet persona and so am moving all commenting to the new moniker.

Ok, now the good stuff! I started reading when I got pregnant, and was drawn in by your feminism, your parenting, and your intelligence. I was learning to integrate "mom" into my identity and reading your posts made me see that I could make the word work for me, I didn't need to smash myself into the "mother" mold.

I've continued reading, with renewed importance since I've discovered that I am going to have a boychild of my own in the fall. My initial response was fear, "HOW can I do this baby justice, when so much of ME is grounded in women?" Through a lot of thought, introspection, and a LOT of examination of the bias that exists in me, I'm beginning to think that being grounded in women, and intentional living will be a great gift for my son.

Thanks for articulating what I'm not able to yet.

By: Broodmother

Broodmother — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:31:48 +0000

Delurking to say congrats on your 100th post! I am excited to read them all and to read what you will be posting in the future!

By: Ursa

Ursa — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:56:17 +0000

Delurking! I got here from MDC and bookmarked it promptly. I think your feminist critique of society from the perspective of parenting your "boychick" is nuanced, subtle, constructive and non-polemical, all things that are sadly often lacking in radical analyses of all kinds. Keep up the good writing!

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:25:50 +0000

I'm not exactly "de-lurking" as I wasn't lurking in the first place…this is the first time I've been here and it's very much food for thought! I see much in common between you and I and that's fabulous! I LOVE to meet another "exception to every rule" tis awesome! We're a rare breed that's for sure. I very rarely write in my blogger…far too public for my rantings and ramblings. I blog quite regularly elsewhere…but I'll be adding you to my blogroll. That's for sure. Thank you for being you, and thank you for being here. Blessed be.

By: JohannaMM

JohannaMM — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:51:33 +0000

Love your writing. Love you. Spending way too much time reading you and your commenters and your threads. Afraid of getting lost in the blogosphere, but discovering a whole new world. I'm very proud of you, but don't claim any credit.
–Mom