JAWS Blogroll

Here are a few of the blogs written by JAWS members. Just click on the name to get to the site.

Beyond Bosnia Blog: Former JAWS prez Rosemary Armao takes us along on her world travels.

BiscuitPower: Tonia Moxley's blog about Appalachian food.

CelinaBean: Celina Ottaway's fun food blog - complete with Martha Stewart ads!

Crucial Minutiae: A blog about the small things around us everyday. Some pieces might seem minute by themselves, but over time fit together in the larger puzzles of culture and society that are crucial to understand. The young, diverse bloggers of this site comprise Joan Cook scholarship winner Courtney Martin's New York-based writer's group.

Everything You Don't See: Veronica Miller's observations through the eyes of a young woman of color.

Everywomannews: Michele Weldon's new book is "Everyman News: The Changing American Front Page." Her blog is intended to be a discussion of the portrayal of women in news, as well as issues relating to women and journalism from content and style to sourcing and images.

Feministing: JAWdesses Ann Friedman, Courtney Martin and others contribute to this blog by young women. "We view Feministing as a platform for not only discussion among feminists and allies, but for reaching (rational, not hateful) people who may not agree with every word we write."

Glamocracy:JAWS member Linda Kramer, Washington Editor for Glamour magazine, coordinates this political blog for young women; it's written by five women from across the political spectrum.

Healing Combat Trauma: Lily Casura's blog focuses on "effective medical, psychological and legal care, and the slant is apolitical."

Italian woman at the table: Candace Dempsey teaches food writing online at writers.com. Offering exciting road trips and culinary adventures worldwide, this blog has been featured on Martha Stewart Living Radio and Newsweek.com and is hosted by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

NewsCat: Rachel Joy Larris parses pop culture and the news from a feminist perspective.

Power of the Purse:Fara Warner's blog (named for her book of the same title) focuses on the economic power of women and their ability to affect change as the world's largest consumer group. She comments on politics, corporate actions, social movements by and for women, and the need to increase women's awareness of their economic powe

Ten95: Veronica Miller and five other young journalists "taking on one industry. Stories of their victories, rejections, pet peeves and lessons learned along the way."

Travel Writing: Honduras: Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin launched a blog in January 2008 for a course she is teaching at Columbia College Chicago. "Travel Writing: Honduras" includes writing and photos from Sharon and the nine students in her class. (They are all part of the "neighborhood" you can click on from the main page.)

War Story: Lexington Herald-Leader reporter and blogger Jamie Gumbrecht's blog on covering Iraq.

Are you a current JAWS member who would like your blog posted on the JAWS Blogroll? Please send an e-mail with a link to your blog, plus a one-sentence description, to president@jaws.org. The JAWS Blogroll is open to JAWS members in good standing (i.e., you've paid your dues!).

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