Have a beauteous weekend.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
My reads of the week.
Every Friday I will be posting a few items that have caught my attention online over the course of the last week. Might as well start today:
Jezebel is one of my absolute faves. This week, we got to swap stories on the best (most effective) pick up lines that we've ever heard. We were also reminded that the sex poodle lives, and is about to get all cutesy all up in your face.
We mourned the loss of another Canadian soldier in Afghanistan, and found out that Conrad Black is a free man again, but might be stuck in the U.S.A.
There was also a lot of noise over at fellow YFC blogger NotGuilty's Finding My Feminism over the "Show the Truth" Tour and women's rights. After tracking, chasing, counter protesting, and having coffee with Show the Truth, there was an engaging, lively, and, at times, offensive argument played out in the comments over women's rights and abortion. NotGuilty has since instituted a new policy of no longer accepting antis/anti-abortion/pro-life/anti-choice comments, and has reinforced her blog as exclusively pro-choice territory.
We also read about Gardening with Kids 101. You don't need to have kids or a garden to love this blog as much as I do. Plus it's Canadian. Need I say more?
We also wasted copious amounts of time on Facebook, checking emails, and reading celebrity gossip. I guess my goal for next week is to use my time more constructively, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Yo, how's your week been?
Jezebel is one of my absolute faves. This week, we got to swap stories on the best (most effective) pick up lines that we've ever heard. We were also reminded that the sex poodle lives, and is about to get all cutesy all up in your face.
We mourned the loss of another Canadian soldier in Afghanistan, and found out that Conrad Black is a free man again, but might be stuck in the U.S.A.
There was also a lot of noise over at fellow YFC blogger NotGuilty's Finding My Feminism over the "Show the Truth" Tour and women's rights. After tracking, chasing, counter protesting, and having coffee with Show the Truth, there was an engaging, lively, and, at times, offensive argument played out in the comments over women's rights and abortion. NotGuilty has since instituted a new policy of no longer accepting antis/anti-abortion/pro-life/anti-choice comments, and has reinforced her blog as exclusively pro-choice territory.
We also read about Gardening with Kids 101. You don't need to have kids or a garden to love this blog as much as I do. Plus it's Canadian. Need I say more?
We also wasted copious amounts of time on Facebook, checking emails, and reading celebrity gossip. I guess my goal for next week is to use my time more constructively, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Yo, how's your week been?
The day I started talking.
Despite the fact that there are currently millions of blogs online, I couldn't help but notice that there is a void. There are all kinds of people exploring different areas of everything via their blogs, but there doesn't seem to be anyone exploring what it means to be young, female, and Canadian in the 21st century. Things have changed, and while these millions of blogs may be proof of that change, there doesn't appear to be any young female Canadians reflecting upon that change.
There is a lot going on in Canada that is going unreported and unexpressed. That is this blog's raison d'être: to explore what it means to be young, female, and Canadian today. It won't always be interesting, it might very occasionally be insightful, and will probably often be shallow. But it will always be honest from my standpoint. I can't speak for all of us, but I can speak for one of us. I encourage discussion, and if you have an opinion that differs from mine, don't be afraid to share it.
And in case I haven't already said this enough: young, female, Canadian.
PEACE!
There is a lot going on in Canada that is going unreported and unexpressed. That is this blog's raison d'être: to explore what it means to be young, female, and Canadian today. It won't always be interesting, it might very occasionally be insightful, and will probably often be shallow. But it will always be honest from my standpoint. I can't speak for all of us, but I can speak for one of us. I encourage discussion, and if you have an opinion that differs from mine, don't be afraid to share it.
And in case I haven't already said this enough: young, female, Canadian.
PEACE!
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