March 8, 2007
The first Blog Against Sexism Day, on March 8th of 2006, was a huge success, especially considering i was still very new to the blogosphere and didn’t really know many other feminist bloggers. The success is due entirely to individuals spreading the word on their blogs, through email, and other word-of-mouth methods. In the end, we had hundreds of participants from North and South America, Africa, Australia, Asia and Europe. The participants and topics discussed were so varied that it was, in my opinion, a perfect sampling of the feminist blogosphere.
I paid attention to the requests from last year. In addition to Blog Against Sexism banners, i’ve also made banners that read Blog For Gender Liberation, Blog For Women’s Liberation, and Blog for Wimmin’s Liberation. I also encourage others to create new banners and let me know if you do, so i can help spread the word about your work. Last year, i also had a lot of requests for reminders that i wasn’t able to do because i didn’t have a system in place. Although there are only a couple weeks before Blog Against Sexism Day, this year i’m ready. So if you’d like a reminder the day or two before, just let me know in the comments section of this post or drop me an email at veganwonder [at] gmail [dot] com.
Although i’m starting a little late getting the word out this year, i’d like to see even more participants than the first year. So help by spreading the word. If you’re interested in participating, all you have to do is write a post on March 8th. However, the day was also started to help spread the word about the numerous feminist and pro-feminist bloggers out there. So i greatly encourage you to add your name to the list of participants. To do so, just leave a comment at this post with a link to your blog or email me the URL of your blog.
For more information about Blog Against Sexism Day or to get a banner for your blog, check out the new official Blog Against Sexism Day page.
Dorie Miller is known as the first American hero of World War II. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it was Miller, a messman on the USS Arizona, who took charge. Due to the segregated nature of navy training, Miller had no previous shooting practice, but that didn’t stop him from rising from the ship’s galley during the attack, taking charge of an antiaircraft gun, and shooting down four Japanese planes before the ship sunk. 
