For Wednesday: The Southern Blogosphere

Remember, your proposal for a possible final project topic are due on Wednesday.

But also: I'd like you begin to review some of the interesting, bizarre, and downright offensive manifestations of southern identity I've been able to find online. I'd like you to scan each of these blogs, then select one that interests you most. Read through that blog more closely, and be ready to talk about it in class. Among the things you'll want to be able to address:

• how do you think the individual or group defines "the South"?
• who is his/her/their audience?
• does the blog offer a consistent visual style? If so, how is that style related to the type of southern identity that the blog offers?
  
• in what sorts of topics and/or debates is the blog interested?
• finally, look for fallacies and be able to identify.
  

Once you've selected a favorite site or blog, I recommend that you find out something about the organization or individual who maintains it. A quick Google search ought to be sufficient.

Here's the list:

Food

• Dixiedining's Weblog

Music

• Radio Cure: "A Music Blog From Down South"
• Southern Shelter: a music blog from Athens, GA.

Politics & Policy

• Skeptical Brotha
• Facing South
• ThinkSouth

The Politics of Southern Identity

• Edward Sebesta's Anti-Neo-Confederate blog
• "Rebellion"--the blog from DixieNet.org/the League of the South
• The Southern War Room

Humor

• Red State Update
  
  

Feel free to add any to the list. I didn' t includes sports here, because a) they are simply too many, and b) these largely cater to the particular interests of a particular fanbase. However, if you find a sports-related blog that you believe is either informed by or articulates a consistent sense of southern identity, feel free to talk about it.