Despite the recent accusations of too much aggravating, too little writing , and Ms. Magazine calling it "The New Maxim ," I had high hopes for the Huffington Post's new site, Huffington Post Women. The feminist blogosphere is still under-read by the public at large, and the kind of pull a mainstream site like HuffPo has can really put feminist issues in the spotlight. Unfortunately, it's the same basic stuff you can get from any "woman's" magazine that does its best to present issues relevant to women's lives without alienating advertisers.
A sample of the articles festooning the front page as I'm writing this: runaway brides, shagging coworkers, how to be a good houseguest, how to cancel your wedding (hmmm... I sense a trend), and sugar daddies paying off college loans. It's a little titillating, a lot heteronormative, and not much I've haven't read elsewhere. There were some interesting pieces on women and healthcare, etiquette at gay weddings (The Gays! They're just like us and would rather you not get plastered and puke at the reception!), and Tim Gunn's unfortunate comments about Hillary Clinton's sense of style (which made the rounds of the blogosphere about a week ago), but I think I'll stick to the more unheralded ladyblogs.
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