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Wicked Persephone – We Have Brains is a feminist centered blog that works to “deal with questions of feminism.” Twice a month a topic is posted on the site as well as through their email list. By looking through their archives, their topics have broached the second and third generation feminists as well as other interesting topics such as “music that defines you” and body image.

April, the author of the site, has a DAZZLING writing style. She is witty, articulate, and knows what she saying without having to revert to fifty-cent university words to make her point. It is written so that everyone that comes there (feminist or not) can relate to her and her point of view. Her writing does not alienate those who do not share her view points but rather she acknowledges them and incorporates them into her writing to prove that she not only understands their positions but respects them as well. Trust me that is no easy task and April handles it with ease.

The site’s design is a nice purplish-mauve-ish color which looks great. With links on the right to guide to you to how the blog started, why it started, and the “rules” of this effort, it’s an easy navigable design that works. My only (and this is so minor) complaint is that the responses to some of April’s fabulous questions aren’t printed in the blog. Most people have taken to posting their replies on their own site which means you must click through to another site to read a response.

Like I said…this writing is fabulous and April has a great site on her hands. I really hope that everything works for her and Wicked Persephone.
wickedpersephone.org

I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved Nick’s. From the minute I clicked into this blog I was spellbound by the content I found there. Funny, viewer-friendly, and sassy. Yes, I said sassy. And I mean that in a good way.



As far as design, the site is well-done, and I really like the layout and color scheme. He has a no-nonsense design that allowed me to fully enjoy the completely nonsensical blog.



I was devastated when I couldn’t find an “about me” page – after reading through a dozen blog entries I was desperate to find out more about Nick. When I couldn’t find one, I settled back into his blog and quickly realized that all I needed to know about him was right there all along.



In a typical entry he provides pictures (the funniest I saw was the cat on June 29, 2002) or observations (his June 25, 2002 riff on short-statured actors or his January 29, 2002 general rant), and the laughs just keep coming.



I suggest you run, don’t walk, to this blog and read every entry. He’s been around since October 2001 and has many a fun tale to tell. Well worth bookmarking for future enjoyment – I know I did.Nick’s

“JadedJu: Delectable, but deadly” … or so that’s what the subtitle says on JadedJu.

I was instantly sucked into this site and continuously entertained by the tales of Ms. JadedJu. Her little tales of woes and takes on those in the blogging and real world were fun to read.

As I read through the archives, I found that I was able to get a sense of who she was through her writing by what she shared. She wrote about her family and friends and things going on around the Bay Area of California. Her funny sense of humor and cynical view on things made me want to read more. She never seems like she holds back about what she’s thinking.


The layout’s okay, didn’t blow me away, but it’s fine. She has a list of links on the side bar along with a profile of sorts near the bottom of the column.

Overall, this is a pretty good site, a definite must read!JadedJu

Not much has changed since I last reviewed The Book of Paige. She did get a much better design which was needed as I said in my previous review of her site.

This time her design is a simple grey column in the center with her weblog in that and a white background everywhere else. The color of the grey is both too dark and too light at the same time, as some of the text blends in, as well as the links which are in white.

The writing now seems to be more personal. I mentioned in the earlier review that I thought I would find an “in-depth” look into her life, and now it is starting to be so. What she writes is very heart felt, and you can tell that she puts a lot into it.

On the minus side, her views are her views which you may or may not agree with. I had a hard time connecting to her, and I don’t exactly know why. The only thing I can think of is something that she had mentioned on her site.

She recently wrote about going out with her girls every Friday night. And how she never realized how much alcohol played a part in the events that took place. But now that she is married and older, she realizes that she may not have made the best decisions. Maybe for me since I am married and older, I do not try to connect as much anymore. But then again, it could be something else.

Over all Paige is doing a great job with her site. She got the design in order, but I still feel it could be improved upon. Her writing is amazing, and you would be a fool not to go and visit her site.
The Book of Paige

When Halie writes about her own writing as being “reduced to strings of shallow imagery and worn out clichés”, I definitely feel the need to argue. While the spelling is sometimes quite off kilter and the comma key is rarely used where it needs to be, Halie’s writing is not even remotely close to being shallow or worn out. The very first entry I read was one entry that made me have the desire to read the entire archived site to find more explicit, beautifully written imagery. And I found several of those.

With lines like “Bet you can’t guess which particular person I’m thinking of right now” and “I’m tempted to include names here but I won’t because that would offend too many people” throughout the site, it leads me to believe that this is another site where it’s not necessarily meant for common strangers to stumble upon this site. I felt myself becoming a little more involved and connected with this teenage writer than I have many in the past.

This is another relatively new site joining the weblog world. Halie admits to not being extremely proficient in HTML, which would explain the use of the standard Blogger template. It’s not a terrible one but the pale yellow color on the navy blue background does wear some on the eyes.

I learn a tiny little bit about the author here by the self-description beneath the main title of the page. Granted since it does say she died in the 2nd grade, I’m not sure how much of it is true, but it does give first time readers a vague idea of who they’ll be reading into when visiting Iridescent Skies.

This site is a tough one to give an overall summary of. Sure, some posts are meant only for those that have a clue as to who is involved in Halie’s life. There are other posts, though, that have the potential to draw any reader in and make him/her feel some type of a connection with the author. With that, I would encourage anyone to try the site out – read through a few entries, and see if that connection is there.

Iridescent Skies