Blog for Choice Day: January 22, 2006
by Melinda Casino

This Sunday, more than 200 bloggers will be shaking up the blogsophere (and beyond) by participating in Blog for Choice Day.

Blog for Choice Day - January 22, 2006.Similar to Creek Running North’s Blog Against Racism Day, Blog for Choice Day is a coordinated online event in which pro-choice bloggers will be posting on the right to have an abortion. The geographical base is American, and aims to address the threats to this constitutional right in the U.S., however, pro-choice bloggers from around the world are encouraged to participate!

The call-to-arms reads:

On January 22nd, the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are asking pro-choice bloggers to join us in a day of activism for choice. This is our chance to raise the profile of reproductive rights issues in the blogosphere and the media, and to let everyone know that a woman’s right to choose is not negotiable.

You can see who is participating in Blog for Choice Day at Bush v. Choice. And don’t think it’s too late to sign up! Simply Blog for Choice this Sunday and email your permalink to Jessica Valenti once you’ve done so.

Blog for Choice day is January 22 (that’s this Sunday!), so get cracking!

Related links:

Bush v. Choice (NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation)
Blog for Choice archives (NARAL)
Who Decides? (NARAL)
Celebrate the 33rd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (NARAL)
Blog Against Racism Day results: part 1, part 2, part 3, and “the flak” (to use Creek Running North’s term).

Melinda Casino, Contributing Editor, Feminism & Gender
Sour Duck / Sour Duck's Link Blog

Submitted by Melinda Casino (view blog) on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 08:27

Comments

 

For Choice

I'm all set with my blog entries but oddly enough found it incredibly difficult to write the first word.

I've talked about choice, I've debated choice, I've pondered my own choices and I've written about choice many many times in the past. Why was it so difficult to do this time? I don't know but I'm a little bit glad it was. I got to revisit some of my ideas and feelings rather than relying on the old arguments and the old ideas.

~Denise

Submitted by Denise on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 08:37
 

Me too

Denise - I'm finding it "challenging" to write my Blog for Choice Day post as well, so you're not alone there...

Melinda

Submitted by Melinda Casino on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 08:39
 

Isn't it odd?

I'm looking forward to reading all of the posts tomorrow. And pondering who struggled and who didn't, now that I realize others may also have found it difficult.

~Denise

Submitted by Denise on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 08:41
 

Why it's hard to write about...

Just a theory, but I'd posit that the reason you're finding (You found? It's past now, yes?) this hard to write about is because it's Deeply Personal.

If you're me, you see this as one of the cornerstones as to why the Right To Choose belongs in the hands of the woman with the uterus - it's BECAUSE it's personal that this critical decision shouldn't be made by the gov't.

My .02. Not worth much, I'm sure.

www.nerdseyeview.com

Submitted by Pam on Wed, 01/25/2006 - 09:01
 

Thanks - I missed your comment, initially

Thanks, Pam, I missed your comment initially because I automatically check out the very tail of a comments thread for new comments.

You're spot-on: very personal, and you have to feel very, very sure and like you have *a right* to stand up and say what you believe in order to write a post like that.

At my blog on the day, I used semi-parody, and the conceit of gay chivalric cowboys, to make my point. It was only through their personna that I could say anything.

Melinda
Sour Duck

Submitted by Melinda Casino on Wed, 01/25/2006 - 09:14
 

A combination

For me it was a combination of it being very personal and of having said it all before, over and over and over again. It didn't feel fresh and was feeling contrived and UNPERSONAL which I didn't really want to do.

I was never satisfied with either post I made and suspect I'll make another about choice in the weeks ahead. Still trying to get it right.

~Denise

Submitted by Denise on Wed, 01/25/2006 - 09:50
 

Thank you!!!

I'm so glad to know about this. Thank you so much for posting about it.

This site already kicks butt, and it's not even live yet!

Submitted by Liz Rizzo on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 19:04
 

Oh, and...

Is there a recommended tag for these posts?

Submitted by Liz Rizzo on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 19:06
 

Site admins can recommend

And such posts will be listed on the front page under "posts of note".

PS - Such decisions are editorial (Lisa, Elisa and Jory), and so it's not something I do.

Submitted by Laura Scott on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 19:21
 

Like a technorati tag

For example, Technorati put out there to tag posts with "2006resolutions." So that became a known tag people used and people searched on to read blogger's resolutions.

So, I was just wondering if there was a specific tag being promoted to group the posts tomorrow under one tag.

Submitted by Liz Rizzo on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 20:33
 

Tagging Blog for Choice

I don't know if there is an official tag - the ones I'm using are blogforchoice and bushvschoice

~Denise

Submitted by Denise on Sat, 01/21/2006 - 20:44
 

Blog for Choice was a great

Blog for Choice was a great idea. The pro-choice community can really make a difference by pooling all of our blogging resources together to get the message out- even creating a "blogswarm" on the issues involving abortion and it's [likely] pending reversal- with the Alito nomination almost a shoe-in I had hoped to see more grass roots efforts via the web to send a message to members of Congress- I know there was a concentrated effort and 'Blog for Choice' was key in that effort, but it can be very hard to compete for attention/publicity in the blogosphere.

In the coming weeks, I think both the pro and anti choice bloggers will be very busy....

Submitted by stacyb on Wed, 01/25/2006 - 08:19
 

Thanks for your comment

Thanks for your comment and thoughts, Stacyb.

(The idea was Jessica Valenti's, who blogs at Feministing.com and Bush v. Choice.)

Melinda
Sour Duck

Submitted by Melinda Casino on Wed, 01/25/2006 - 09:07