Congrats to me! I’m a Thinking Blogger.

Shhhh . . . Quite. I’m thinking here.

Well, at least one generous reader thinks so. Nina Munteanu, Sci-Fi Writer and author of the blog The Alien Next Door, has honored me with the Thinking Blogger Award.

Thinking Blogger Award, created by Ilker Yoldas of The Thinking Blog, does come with a hitch, however. (Damn! You knew it!) It’s not a bad hitch though. Here’s the fine print–as it was cut and pasted directly from Nina’s blog. (What? I should reinvent the wheel? I have a lot of thinking to do.)

1. if, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think;

2. link to this post, so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme; and,

3. (optional) proudly display the “thinking Blogger Award” with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative gold version if silver doesn’t fit your blog).

So there you have it. I, as a Thinking Blogger, have been handed the immense responsibility of choosing five blogs worthy of such an award themselves . . . hmm.

I decided to honor blogs that either took a critical look at literature or served as interesting expressions of the female narrative. My only other caveat: the blogs I choose needed to contain recent and fairly regular postings. Now, digital rhythm track please . . .

the hidden side of a leaf  a book blog so named after a Toni Morrison quote. She has a fabulous quote nestled within her sidebar which reads, “The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.” (Margaret Atwood)

Feminist SF - The Blog! With multiple contributors, this blog critically examines how women are represented in Science Fiction.

Extemporaneous Heather’s poetry expresses female sexuality in a sensual, unappologetic way. Forget what your parents and your pastor may have told you and explore your reaction to these sometimes erotic images.

What possessed me After clicking the link you may be asking me the same question. Do I really consider this serious intellectual content? Persephone explores the world of single womanhood in a self deprecating way that makes you giggle. Is she for real, a fictional character, or an online alter ego? Who cares? I hand her the Thinking Blogger award because an idiot couldn’t possibly sustain such wry humor.

Mamacita Her tag line is, “humor, news and entertainment for women who can’t be fooled.” Joan’s multi-tasking, multiple role life-style humorously mirrors what many modern woman cope with everyday. she ingeniuosly illustrates that the self does not die in the delivery room.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to find a prominate place on my sidebar to hang my new meme.