That was a few weeks ago, and since then, we've come up with a name (let me give a shout-out to Ryan, follower of this blog, for suggesting the title!), set up a blog, and are working on that in preparation for a launch in early December. If you'd like to stay up-tp-date on it's progress, read interesting linked articles, and know right away when the blog goes live, you can follow it's Facebook page:
(Don't worry if you don't have Facebook, you won't get all the updates,
but I will post on this blog letting you know when Sistermatic Response
is active!)
Just saying "it's a feminist blog" may not really tell you if it's something you'd be interested in or not (though it might), so here's a bit more info. Our tagline is Two feminist sisters on sexuality, gender, pop-culture, and resistance, and part of the About page reads:
Sistermatic Response came about when two sisters, sisters who spent many
hours swinging on swings and staying up into the wee hours of the
morning, realized that all the things they regularly discuss--such as
sexism and gender oppression; sexuality; gender identity; gender roles
and expectations; racism, heterosexism, cissexism, classism, and how
those all tie into each other and tie into sexism; the
problematic (and positive) themes and tropes they regularly saw in
their favourite (and least favourite) TV shows, novels, movies and comic
books; and the dismantling of and resistance to the various and complex
systems of oppression that make up this culture--could be written
about, too, and shared with others.
And so this blog idea was born, as a place for us to publicly discuss, dissect, and rant about the world we live in and the things we experience on a daily basis.
And so this blog idea was born, as a place for us to publicly discuss, dissect, and rant about the world we live in and the things we experience on a daily basis.
All issues and movements and subjects overlap and interweave, and I'm sure there will be occasional cross-posting of posts on I'm Unschooled. Yes I Can Write. and Sistermatic Response, but largely, this blog is my education blog, and Sistermatic Response will be my (shared with my sister and best friend) social justice and political blog.
I hope at least some of you share at least some of my excitement about this project! If you do, come join us on Facebook, and look for news on this blog about SR's launch in December.