I think, therefore...

...i blog?

Thanks to the fantastic Red Jenny for the Thinking Blogger Award.

The rules of the meme are:

• If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.
• Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
• Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).

I've noticed that many of the blogs that are my main staples for brain candy have already been tagged, so I'm going with some blogs that I am just getting to know (which may or may not have been tagged before...i have no idea):

Paulitics is great for its highly critical view of capitalism, which is dangerously absent among today's thinkers. Read his recent post  'All That Glitters is Not Golden' in which he challenges a Canada that prays at the altar of profit and consumerism.

Home Grown Socialist  is a blog I discovered a couple of months ago, written by a member of the NDP youth. On Harper refusing to meet with Bono at the G8, HGS writes, "Truth be told, it requires a little more than buying red i-pods and shopping till we drop (we being the global bourgeoisie) in order to "solve" the problems of starvation, aids, etc. in Africa. Maybe it is a little too "radical" to suggest that liberal-esque guilt is not going to save the world this time." This is kick ass thinking and I like it.

The Cylinder is a great blog that really makes me think and forces me to educate myself on the history and contemporary context of world issues. Sometimes, reading this blog feels like I have to think too much and that's a good thing.

Having Read The Fine Print is a blog that I discovered when I was pulled in by its author's comments on a thread at Feministe. 'Blackamazon' is scathingly critical of feminism for overlooking women of colour. She writes in a strong voice and cuts through bullshit quickly.

All About Pamusement is blog that gets me thinking about my intuition. She dares to speak in her own voice, wading through the complexities of the everyday. On top of that, she's damn funny. On Christmas, 'Pamusement' writes, "yup, xmas is an annual asshole who comes around like clockwork to press insistently at your door, ready to ooze through any crack in your doorway or armor to fill your cocoon with gingerbread and bing crosby and self-loathing. every year, she and her rat bastard entourage do their best to violently replace your soul with pap."

So, there you have it: a range of critical thinkers who will tell it like it is on a wide range of topics, from liberal-esque guilt to assholish X-mas.

Comments

[FurGaia]

Thanks! You are too kind.

Since most of my material (posts & comments) come from other people who, as I like to say, have managed to pull the rug from under my feet (that includes you) , I also often have to think too much to retrieve my bearings or to establish new ones. But, as you say, that's a good thing. Cheers!

[dirk]

Well here is some more attention.I had to tag someone.Forgive me
http://engagedspectator.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/pesky-memes/