Diane at The Dees Diversion (previously known as DED Space) just celebrated the fourth anniversary of her blog! Here is an excerpt from a post she wrote on that topic:
Today marks four years that The Dees Diversion has been online. When I think about it–and I do think about it–it is extremely discouraging to spend countless hours making a case for such bizarre ideas as treating women as though they were people, just like men; or declaring that fascism is not a good system for our country, or suggesting that the daily torture of millions of farm animals is immoral and should be stopped. Writing about animal rights is especially lonely, since so few liberals care about non-humans enough to fight for their right to live without suffering. In fact, the fight to relieve animal suffering is not a liberal cause; those who are active in it tend to be both conservative and liberal, which is interesting, and which could serve as a link of understanding between opposite camps.
Here is an excerpt from a post she wrote about FEMA:
Here’s hoping you don’t have a hurricane hit your community. Unless you are one of those persons who mocked us for needing help. For you, it would be an educational experience.
Did I mention that she lives in Louisiana? Here’s something else that caught my eye:
I recently re-read (yet again) Gloria Steinem’s Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (this was the 2nd edition, in which there are updates), a collection of a number of Steinem’s essays. Several of them I had read in their original incarnations, in addition to having read them in the collection.
The wonderful thing about Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions is that the writing is intelligent, thoughtful, fresh, and often brilliant. The terrible thing is that every single subject tackled by Steinem is still a problem in the 21st Century. Whether she is writing about politics, body image, sexist language, the news media, or her mother, Steinem polishes each piece into a gem of feminist understanding and sociological/political meaning, and always with the trademark Steinem humor. Some of the essays are small masterpieces, putting into precise words thoughts and feelings that have sometimes been difficult for many of us to express.
So consider checking this blog out!
–Ann Bartow
