Reactions to Women's Contributions

My reactions to students presentations on other women's contributions to the web were very impressed. I particularly liked Anjali's presentation on Lela Lee and how she formed the Business Angry Little Girls. I liked that she formed this company as a way to resist racism and sexism. My sister had a bag that was from this company and it was interesting to see where it stemmed from. I like that her cartoons gave a voice to all women who feel as if they can't speak up themselves to let them know it is okay to speak up against it. I feel that all the presentations inspired me to learn more about women's contributions to the web that I did not know about before researching.
Ajali's Presentation on Lela Lee

International Feminism and Multimedia

I am going to review different international feminist multimedia sites in this blog. The F word website based out of europe is very contemporary and clean looking. The site is set up to include on the homepage entries from their magazine and blog. This also includes entries that are most recent from both the magazine and blog. The features tab includes information to view according to date, author, categorical topics, and tags within the entries. The blog includes about two or three entries per day, most are entries that are related to contemporary issues in europe. For example, the first entry includes fair pay for royal cleaners within the UK. The women's net website was very bright colored and caught my attention. Though it was not as cleanly laid out as the F word website, it was still very contemporary. I like that it listed their projects they are working on and the services they provide. It's more of an informational site rather than a site that shows blogs entries. The darfur games for change was interesting because it puts awareness into a perspective that people who are interested in computer games or a younger generation can understand. The concept of using comics to make people more aware is also an interesting aspect, I like that activists can use this site as an inexpensive way to communicate. They focus on all types of different issues that can affect each area of where the issue is centered from. The inventive kids website includes different games to play to learn more about inventions in a fun and interactive way, such as puzzles and matching games. Overall, these resources all provide different ways to look at contemporary issues concerned with feminism. All are interesting in their own way and provide the user with different options to learn more about and help promote change.