Yeah. I'm wary of discussions of feminist issues in cultures the participants are not very familiar with. I'm fine with, in fact grateful for, disseminating knowledge, especially the kind of knowledge I need to know as an informed consumer. I just don't like paternalistic, white man's burden, now let me explain your own culture to you, etc. kinds of discussions.
On the other hand, you and I are in the anglophone blogosphere. Why should we assume that our own experiences and points of view are not relevant to discuss in English? Sure, we could talk about it in German, but that would perforce keep it on the kindergarten level, and I am personally quite interested in exchanging experiences with other Europeans. I do read some new feminist thought from other countries, but only filtered through newspapers, and only in connection with the major issue of the day, such as surrogacy, religiously and/or culturally mandated gendered dress, paternity leave (argh, is there no gender-neutral inclusive term for that in English?) and so on.
A new to me blog I am enjoying for its European perspective: pennyred_feed. I haven't been following it for very long, and haven't had time to read back in it very far, but she seems to be a very active and hard-core feminist activist, and I think she's really awesome.
A company blog, lunapads_feed, which promotes the company's products obviously, but also has interesting posts about green economy (especially in Canada and the U.S.), feminism and menstrual activism. I particularly like the posts about menstrual activism in African and Latin American countries. Some of the projects are faily in a kind of pathetic and funny way, like getting a bunch of North Americans to sit around and sew menstrual pads, putting them in a big suitcase, and taking them to the poor people in need of rescuing; other projects are really cool and inspiring, with local women's grassroots organizations doing it for themselves and reaching out to the international feminist community when and how they feel is relevant for them.
(And it's not even Friday!)
Sadly, I'm woefully ignorant about where online the Danish feminist discussion is taking place. I've found some message board forums that had very low traffic, very poor and to me barely accessible formatting, or a tradition for hard to decipher text speak. Recs are very welcome. Also Swedish, Norwegian (bokmål), German and Spanish (castellano) language recs.
Euro and international feminist recs
On the other hand, you and I are in the anglophone blogosphere. Why should we assume that our own experiences and points of view are not relevant to discuss in English? Sure, we could talk about it in German, but that would perforce keep it on the kindergarten level, and I am personally quite interested in exchanging experiences with other Europeans. I do read some new feminist thought from other countries, but only filtered through newspapers, and only in connection with the major issue of the day, such as surrogacy, religiously and/or culturally mandated gendered dress, paternity leave (argh, is there no gender-neutral inclusive term for that in English?) and so on.
A new to me blog I am enjoying for its European perspective:
A company blog,
(And it's not even Friday!)
Sadly, I'm woefully ignorant about where online the Danish feminist discussion is taking place. I've found some message board forums that had very low traffic, very poor and to me barely accessible formatting, or a tradition for hard to decipher text speak. Recs are very welcome. Also Swedish, Norwegian (bokmål), German and Spanish (castellano) language recs.