Housekeeping

I’ve made a few minor revisions to the following pages:

• Please Read This First
• Why was I sent to this blog?

The revisions add some material (mostly footnotes) to make it clear that that someone might be sent here by feminists to find basic theory information simply because that’s exactly what they’ve asked for (perhaps on their own blog rather than in a feminist forum), rather than only mentioning the option that it’s because they’ve been asking basic questions that disrupt a feminist forum.

I’ve also rearranged the sidebar so that the pointer to our Comments Policy is directly above the “Recent Comments” module in the left-hand sidebar, to make it more obvious that reading more than just a single FAQ that has been linked to is expected before commenting on any post.

Any other suggestions on improving the information architecture?

Ask a question

Here’s a thread for readers/lurkers to ask a question about some issue that just really confuses them. If you’re just not “getting” why some event, action or statement is riling feminists, and/or why is it that something which seems trivial to you seems to be a feminist big deal, ask here and I’ll do my best to give a short explanation and then direct you to detailed readings on that subject.

I sometimes might take a while to see comments and then respond. I invite other feminists lurking to respond to questions when I’m not around. Just everybody please keep in mind that this blog is a flamewar-free zone, and trust me to moderate any obnoxious/offensive comments strictly.

Also, if you are a pro-feminist lurker who wants a simple and clear explanation of an issue for someone who keeps on asking you about it, run it up the flagpole here and see if we can brainstorm a good response. It might even become an FAQ!

UPDATE: due to the arrival of disruptive commentors, I’m sad to be required to point out that asking a question without demonstrating that you’ve at least attempted to find (and read) an appropriate FAQ will not fill others here with goodwill towards such questioners. This site offers a smorgasboard, not spoonfeeding.