Funny (and some serious) Travel Blogs

Hi everyone! Today Meaghan will be doing our blog tracking presentation on travel blogs.  Some that we have found that you can take a look at are:

http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/the_travel_snob/2007/03/some_funny_trav.html

http://www.toandfro-melissa.blogspot.com/

http://thejetpacker.com/

http://travel.booklocker.com/

Welcome to EuropeUpClose & the world beyond

http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blog/

Hope you enjoy!

Sociology and Culture Studies Blogs

http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/

http://thesocietypages.org/citings/

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/

http://www.philosophybro.com/

Feminist blogs

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/
Collaborative general feminist blog.  Has a comment policy notable for not cosseting trolls of any sort (and feminist blogs tend to get visited by trolls fairly often)
http://blogs.feministsf.net/
A feminist blog that focuses on science fiction, fantasy, and related topics, also collaborative.  Less active than it used to be.
http://ireogenouszones.wordpress.com/
Individual feminist blog.  Very new.

Personal style blogs

Hello! I’ll be presenting solo on personal style blogs, a subdivision of fashion blogs. I’ll be covering some of the most popular, heavily visited personal style blogs in order to show what makes a successful one (many, many, many are unsuccessful).

Sea of Shoes

Style Bubble

The Style Rookie

Finally, I’ll talk about a blog that cannot totally be categorized as strictly personal style (although outfit photos are a regular feature), but is so fascinating that it simply needs to be discussed:

Gala Darling

See you tomorrow!

-Belinda

Sports Blogs

Hey Guys,

Jasmyne and I are going to present on the various types of sports blogs that are out there.  On Tuesday we will cover:

Deadspin

Skullcandy

Frat House Sports

and finally

The Dirty Tackle

There are some fun and humorous posts that we are going to cover, as well as the different types of sports blogs and the influence of social media over them.

See you guys Tuesday!

Photophobic Continued

Hello All,

Patrick and I wanted to add to our blog list:

(Click on the name to follow the link.)

Photographyfree4all

A photographic journal that also gives tips on taking and editing pictures.

Photography Blogger

Promotes other photography weblogs.

Dating and Wedding Blogs

Hi Guys!

Tomorrow Melissa and I will be discussing dating and wedding blogs! They’re all super cute and some are pretty funny.

We’ll be starting with this hilarious dating blog:

www.dealbreaker.tumblr.com

and move to this other funny pre-marriage blog:

http://tomywife.tumblr.com/

and then we’ll head to these amazing wedding blogs:

www.gatorbride.com

and

www.greenweddingshoes.com

We’ve been enjoying looking into these blogs and I think they make a really interesting read.. going from dating stories to wedding ideas and success stories!

See you tomorrow! 🙂

Photophobic

Tomorrow me and Jahmella will be discussing photography blogs. Our emphasis will be on blogs that provide information such as: equipment pricing, photography techniques, editing techniques, etc for rookies or even veterans. We looked for blogs that were simple to navigate, attractive, and had a strong helpful community.

http://beginnersphotographyblog.com/

Photography in simple, easy to understand chunks. Easily navigated

http://www.diyphotography.net/

More advanced photography techniques, and equipment. With an emphasis on going professional.

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/

This blog ranges from rookie to professional, with all the materials one needs to pick up photography instantly.

The Media Blogs

Tomorrow, Jon and I will be taking a look at Media blogs, basically tracking different types of popular media, like TV, film and music.  We’ll look at the following:

The Futon Critic

Deadline

Collider

MediaGazer

Rope of Silicon