Shakesville Adding Meme

[soc_puppet]

I love me some Dreamwidth, but I don't have a lot of people added over here yet. Being as I like a slightly busier reading list, as well as a chance to connect with other Shakers outside of Shakesville, I figured an adding meme was the right way to go :) I've extended it to LiveJournal as well, since I know a lot of Shakers are over there.


Adding Meme on Dreamwidth | Friending Meme on LiveJournal

[Image description: The word Shakesville in large letters at the top. A teaspoon, bowl to the right, is pictured in the middle. The words Adding/Friending Meme are at the bottom.]

To participate, copy and paste the following form into a comment, and fill out the relevant sections.

Shakesville Handle (if applicable - lurkers are totes welcome):
LJ/DW handle:
Favorite thing about Shakesville:
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism:
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism:
Anything else:

Oh, and if anyone's interested in getting a journal on Dreamwidth who hasn't yet, I've got some invite codes up here; if those run out, you can check out dw_codesharing and pick one up there :) Dreamwidth is also big on accessibility; they've currently got an accessibility poll running over here on dw_accessibility, if you have the time/spoons to fill it out.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

Shakesville Handle: Socchan
LJ/DW handle: socchan/soc_puppet
Favorite thing about Shakesville: The sense of community
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: Representation in media
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: Series I'm into, creative projects I'm working on (drawing, writing, crochet)
Anything else: Hello :)

[dorothean]

Shakesville Handle: dorothean
LJ/DW handle: dorothean again!
Favorite thing about Shakesville: how well it's moderated and how safe it feels
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: I volunteer in the rape crisis movement and am particularly interested in challenging rape culture (and kyriarchy in general) through education and media
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: mostly book reviews. I'm currently doing a close reading of The Hobbit (and probably later The Lord of the Rings) from a progressive geeky perspective; I also write about romance novels.
Anything else: I'd love to have more Dreamwidth friends from Shakesville! My journal's not very busy yet but I'm having fun with it.

[lightbird]

We're already friends here and on LJ. Just wanted to leave a comment anyway. :)

Shakesville Handle: lightbird
LJ/DW handle: lightbird777/lightbird
Favorite thing about Shakesville: the excellent writing and the discussions in response
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: domestic abuse, sexual assault, rape culture
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: person stuff, fandom-related stuff, real life events, humor, political stuff

[jrho]

Shakesville Handle (if applicable - lurkers are totes welcome): JR_JR
LJ/DW handle: jrho/jrho
Favorite thing about Shakesville: I will not be blindsided by an offensive 'joke'.
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: Increasing visibility of women in traditionally 'masculine' fields
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: Mostly my day to day activities and pictures of zoo animals
Anything else: I enjoy volunteering, sci/fi and fantasy, baking, and being a statistician.

[zoifox]

Shakesville Handle: N/A (lurker)
LJ/DW handle: zoifox/zoifox
Favorite thing about Shakesville: That it's a safe space.
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: Everything? But if I had to pick anything specifically, intersectionality and media representation.
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: Video games and personal stuff, mostly.

[carrie_ironhorse]

Shakesville Handle: phoquess
LJ/DW handle: carrie_ironhorse
Favorite thing about Shakesville: a community of people with political common ground
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: women in the military, rape culture
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: writing, when I can be bothered to post (I really suck at blogging XP)
Anything else: I am a chronic lurker. :)

[here_be_dragons]

I don't use my Dreamwidth account, but if there is anyone here who would like to friend me over at LJ, I'd be thrilled!

On Shakesville, I go by Wendy_HBD (The HBD stands for Here Be Dragons)
LJ and DW both, here_be_dragons
Favorite thing about Shakesville - Exposure to news stories I might not encounter otherwise; the opportunity every day to learn something new about privilege and how to try and counter-balance it in my own life
Any particular areas of interest: feminism, rape culture, racism
What I post about? Lately, I've been trying to write some things about genealogy (studying my own family tree). I also post about what I'm studying in school. To be honest, I haven't been all that active lately, but I do have good intentions to blog more in the future
Anything else: Thanks for this opportunity to connect with some Shakers!

[eviltammy]

Shakesville Handle: eviltammy
LJ/DW handle: otterevil on LJ; eviltammy on DW
Favorite thing about Shakesville: passion and safety
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: media representation
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: mostly lurking, posting about my life, crafts and cute things
Anything else: Fairly quiet here, bit more posty over on LJ, but more of a reader than anything.

[redsixwing]

Shakesville Handle (if applicable - lurkers are totes welcome): redsixwing
LJ/DW handle: kangaekaeru/redsixwing (you'll find more on DW; LJ gets no private stuff after their recent antics)
Favorite thing about Shakesville: Passion and acknowledgment of the thousand little things
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: erm.. media representation/ misogyny in fandom, currently.
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: All sorts of stuff.
Anything else: I'd love to see more friends on DW. :)

[soc_puppet]

Shakesville Handle: Socchan
LJ/DW handle: socchan/soc_puppet
Favorite thing about Shakesville:
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: Representation in media
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: Series I'm into, creative projects I'm working on (drawing, writing, crochet)
Anything else: No promises as to how long I'll continue to post on LiveJournal; I've been thinking about switching over to DW permanently. Just wanted to give people a heads' up.

[catnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

Hi! I think I've seen you around in racebending (where I lurk) and campfuckudie (where I lurk...I'm good at lurking) which are two of my other favourite places on the internet, and have concluded that you are super cool. Would you mind if I friend you? :) (My own LJ is super quiet and dull lately though, so don't feel any obligation to friend back if you don't want to!)

[soc_puppet]

You have absolutely seen me both those places, and I would be delighted to do the LiveJournal Mutual Friending Dance with you :D

(Less on-topic, I notice that I forgot to fill in my favorite thing about Shakesville. D'oh! I think I'll go with the community vibe.)

[here-be-dragons.livejournal.com]

On Shakesville, I go by Wendy_HBD (The HBD stands for Here Be Dragons)
LJ and DW both, here_be_dragons. (At least I'm pretty sure that's what it is at DW. I NEVER use that account, though, so probably no point in friending me there just yet)
Favorite thing about Shakesville - Exposure to news stories I might not encounter otherwise; the opportunity every day to learn something new about privilege and how to try and counter-balance it in my own life
What I post about? Lately, I've been trying to write some things about genealogy (studying my own family tree). I also post about what I'm studying in school. To be honest, I haven't been all that active lately, but I do have good intentions to blog more in the future
Anything else: Thanks for this opportunity to connect with some Shakers!

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

Shakesville Handle: eviltammy
LJ/DW handle: otterevil on LJ; eviltammy on DW
Favorite thing about Shakesville: passion and safety
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: media representation
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: mostly lurking, posting about my life, crafts and cute things
Anything else: Fairly quiet on DW, bit more posty over on LJ, but more of a reader than anything.

[catnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

Shakesville Handle: AmeliaC

LJ/DW handle: catnamedeaster/still working on transitioning to DW so my account is empty and unused right now

Favorite thing about Shakesville: being able to leave comments without my usual anxiety and "why did I think anyone wanted to hear from me?" mentality

Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: I have a specific interest in how women and female bodies are dehumanised and used as objects and symbols in illustrative art

What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: art, music, comics, silliness

Anything else: my own posting has been slow and quiet lately (mostly I post a lot on my tumblr (http://doctorconquest.tumblr.com/)), but I still keep up with my flist ♥

[pandoradeloeste.livejournal.com]

Shakesville Handle: Pandoradeloeste
LJ/DW handle: Pandoradeloeste
Favorite thing about Shakesville: Blogarounds; Open Threads are growing on me as well. I also really like the feminism 101 resources I can point people to easily.
Any particular areas of interest in feminism/womanism: intersections with racism/homophobia/fatphobia (all areas of interest, being a queer fat woman of color)
What you post about when you're not posting about feminism/womanism: geekery, Abney Park, the occasional political win (overturning Prop 8, frex)
Anything else: I tend to lurk more than post on LJ as my online friends migrate to other services (facebook, twitter, motherfrakking Echo Bazaar, etc). I hope to reverse this trend eventually, but be warned.