From 2013-2017 I blogged pretty regularly at Feminist Philosophers. They’re closing their virtual doors and while I understand it’s making me sad. I went to “like” their recent post and accidentally reblogged instead. Here it is!
As we announced April 23, Feminist Philosophers is shutting down. This is one of a series of posts by FP bloggers looking back on the blog and bidding it farewell.
I began my first ever post for Feminist Philosophers on June 4, 2012 with the following words: “Here at Feminist Philosophers, we love…”
It doesn’t matter how that sentence ends. What’s striking to me about it now is that in my very first post for a blog that had by then already existed for five years and had already received about four million site views (not a spitball; I just looked it up!), I was cocky enough to make myself perfectly at home in this way.
Some of that was no doubt due to my own bravado, but I think that a larger reason why I acted at home in my first Feminist Philosophers post is that by…
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FIT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE 
I’m sad they’re stopping also. The post was saying that they didn’t think a blog was as effective a tool for discussion. I am also sad to read this, as I find this blog to be provocative and fun and helpful in raising issues and providing a platform for lots of women to express thoughts, engage with ideas, and develop points of view.
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It’s sad to me as well, but it also sounds like they don’t have the time in their lives to write either (which I respect.. it’s important to take care of ourselves too).
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