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I've been slacking off on my community indicators meme (well, I was totally slacking off blogging last month!) so when I was alerted to the Carnival of Feminists (Issue No.3) by Sour Duck, I heard the old community call.

First, what is a Carnival? It is a multiblog focus on a particular theme or topic with links to all of the proffered blog posts compiled onto a post on that carnival's host's page. There have been carnivals about cats, cooking and a multitude of other topics. There are even sites for aggregating carnivals! (And here is a post describing blog carnivals.) The inventor of this form is apparently Silflay Hraka.

Sour Duck is calling for SUBMISSIONS: The Carnival of Feminists (Issue No. 3)

"In addition to including general feminist blog pieces, I'm keen to publish thoughts on 1970s feminism, particularly those that focus on connecting 1970s feminism with present-day problems, as well as looking towards the future. As such, I've dubbed this the '1970s into 2000' issue. (Further details below.)"

So if you have a feminist blog post, let Sour Duck know - her post has explicit directions on how to play.

On a more reflective level, are carnivals community indicators? Or are they community catalysts? I sense that they can be both, with the latter being the first phase, and then, when people find each other, community is formed.

Categories: community_indicators, feminist, blogcarnival