Geekologie

This week's fabulous blog is GEEKOLOGIE. Ironically enough, this misspelled blog is aimed toward geeks of all corners of the web. The blog is the self proclaimed "Geek blog dedicated to the scientific study of gadgets, gizmos, and AWESOME." Each post is paired with hilarious commentary, authored only by one anonymous writer. Though this blog's target audience is gizmo obsessed fan boys, theres something for everyone. Do you go ga-ga for gadgets? Which entry tickles your fancy?

http://www.geekologie.com/

Feministe

http://www.feministe.us/blog/
Feministe- In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set.
This week’s blog that we are going to take a look at is called Feministe. Feministe is a very active and analytical blog made up of a community of people interested in women’s right and the way women are viewed in society today. The main posts are made up of eleven female writers who post various ads, political cartoons and prose, and then analyze its effect on society. Anyone and everyone can comment on their posts, and indeed many people do. What types of people are commenting on these posts? Are their comments and interactions with each other productive or not? Why? What do you think the intent of this blog is?
-Holly, Noelle, and Justin

Blog Project Test Run

Welcome to the Blog Project!  Every week, a group of you will be responsible for locating and posting the link to a blog or website for the class to discuss here.  On your week, you will post the title and URL of the site you've found, along with a brief description:

Sociological Images

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/

This is a site about analyzing culture/society through images- pictures, posters, ads, graphs, sometimes videos- from a sociological perspective.  

Easy, right?  The facilitating group must post the site before Wednesday's class, and give a very brief presentation in class, just saying why you chose the site and why you think it's interesting. Each member of the group must point out something about the site, or ask a question, to get the discussion started.  Then, throughout the week, everyone else in the class is expected to engage in discussion of the selected site.  

The project officially starts next week, but I thought I'd give everyone a chance to try it out with a blog I selected.  Check it out, and share your observations in the comments.