Hey everyone. My name is Cara and I’m the latest in the round of guest-bloggers. You may know me from my blog The Curvature. Or you may know me from a guest-blogging stint that I did a couple of months ago at Feministing. Or, I could be totally brand new.
I know that lots of Feministe guest-bloggers have interesting personal circumstances that they blog about. I’m more of a news analysis type of blogger — like the regular Feministe bloggers but less famous. I imagine that this will cover the majority of my posts, but in any case, here’s everything important and interesting that there is to know about me:
I’m 23 years old, I live in Upstate NY and I’m married. If I wasn’t me, I’d probably say that 23 is pretty young to be married, too — but then again, I’m nosy. I also know that he’s great and we’re happy. He’s Australian, and I went to college in Sydney, where I lived for three years. My BA is in English, and I moved back to the States at the beginning of 2005. It was an absolutely great experience, but I have to say that I lived a very normal life there and did little of the normal touristy stuff.
Right now, I don’t have a paid job. I do work two days a week as a volunteer fundraising intern with my local Planned Parenthood. Fundraising wasn’t my first choice (I’m more of an advocacy or education type person), but it’s been a lot more fun than I expected. I get to write fundraising letters to the major donors and devise fundraising campaigns. I work somewhat with the other departments, too, and it’s a ton of fun with really great people. I love it!
Other than that, I blog. Which, for those of you who also blog and are very serious about it, you’ll know is pretty much a full-time job. I started The Curvature back in April, and it has taken off much better than I ever could have expected. Sure, I had dreams of doing cool guest-blogging stints, chatting with famous feminist writers and regularly getting several hundred hits a day, but I can’t say that I really believed it would happen. Things have gone well, happened quickly, and I couldn’t be more pleasantly surprised or grateful for it.
Of course, I blog about feminist issues. The topics I tend to touch on most are reproductive rights and sexual assault, but I try to get into a little bit of everything. I also blog about liberal politics, and more and more I’m trying to discuss issues of racism (I’m white) and the intersections between queer and feminist movements.
I swear. A Lot. Especially when I get angry. I plan on toning it down while I’m here, but still, there’s your warning. Oh, and I have a cat (of course).
I’ll consider taking requests for posts, but speak now or I’ll just write about whatever I want (and might anyway!). As for comment moderation, some might call me strict. I have little to no tolerance for racism or for rape apologism. I also have little tolerance for general misogyny, unless the comments are a) particularly amusing and prime for mocking or b) a potential learning experience. Homophobia and fat-hate are out, too . . . am I missing something? Probably. But, as the comment policy on my blog says: don’t be an asshole. I’ll do my best to return the favor, and I think that we’ll get along just fine.
I’ll be at Feministe this Thursday-Sunday and the same time next week. Thanks for having me, I’m really excited to be here!