| This thesis presents a third wave feminist, interdisciplinary exploration of the secret world of Anglophone, Canadian women bloggers. The central question addressed herein is: what happens to key feminist constructs of activism, identity and community when they are transposed via the blog to an interactive, online space that is produced both for and by women? In order to answer this question, a general sample of sixty-two Canadian women bloggers was drawn from the online blog registry service, www.blogscanada.ca and examined. A case study on a smaller subset of this sample was also investigated. The findings of this study suggest that the blog represents a complex and often contradictory medium that enables some Canadian women to become active producers of their own social and cultural worlds. Although what they do in blog space may not always look 'feminist enough', their activities nonetheless represent a legitimate, creative and noteworthy form of feminist resistance and transformation. |
