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Happy Birthday Feministing!

Feministing turned 8 last week, which is a big age for a blog. Happy birthday to them! Feministing was one of the first feminist blogs I read back when I ran a tiny feminist website in some random corner of the internet, and Jessica and Vanessa where two of the first feminist bloggers I ever met. Feministing has set the bar for feminist sites since its inception, and has done incredible things for feminism in media and politics. At some point I’ll write a longer post on this, but the strength of feminism in the blogosphere has had a remarkable on “real life” politicking, and Feministing deserves a lot of the credit for that. It’s a labor of love, and Samhita and the whole team do amazing work. So hop on over there, wish them a happy birthday, and perhaps consider donating to support their work.