Bloggers are uniting for human rights today!
By challenging bloggers to blog about a particular social cause on a single day, a single voice can be joined with thousands of others to help make a real positive difference; from raising awareness for cancer, to an effort to better education systems or support 3rd world countries.
Read Giulia’s post on the campaign and learn how you can 
A green puppy was born in New Orleans last week. The puppy is perfectly healthy thus far, just green. Veterinarians say this occasionally occurs when the mother’s amniotic fluid mixes with the placenta during birth, which dyes the coat of the puppy.
Freak occurrences aren’t the only way to get the your dog or cat to go green, however. You can by checking out the blog Great Green Pets, which offers myriad ideas on how to make having a pet more environmentally friendly. Recent posts include information on organic dog biscuits, dog portrait cards on recycled materials and eco-friendly cat toys.
Click here for video of the green puppy—->:
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The Brooklyn Flea is reviving an endangered species in New York City: the affordable flea market with worthwhile merchandise. In keeping with the regional residential real estate market, the decent, affordable flea market has been priced straight off the Isle of Manhattan and has found a new home in Brooklyn.
Organized by the good folks at the Brownstoner blog, the Brooklyn Flea turns the schoolyard of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn into an outdoor bazaar filled with both new and previously owned clothing, furniture, arts, crafts, knick-knacks, books and other media. Plus there’s plenty of food concessions for when your stomach starts growling after a morning filled with hardcore shopping.
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If you’re anything like me, you’re pretty overwhelmed with what seems like an infinite amount of social networking sites. I mean wouldn’t it be much nicer to see all these “friends” rather than clicking through the profiles of all these “friends?” Well in the meantime social networking sites offer a way to stay connected with old friend while also providing opportunity for artists, activists and entrepreneurs to mingle. Social network sites allow users to promote their work, find people to work with, and create communities that share interests, goals, and ideas.
Different social networking sites are geared toward different goals, from sharing good books to sharing plans to save the world to simply just making new friends. Here are just 10 of the hundreds of social networking sites available:
1) MySpace: Probably the most popular of the networking sites, MySpace offers an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. MySpace has greatly helped promote new bands, comedians, and social issues. The site is so popular it’s even become a verb aka “hey totally MySpace me!”
2) Facebook: Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and
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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. This week we celebrated some of our own favorite top 10 bloggers who work night and day to provide us up-to-date info on films, literature, and feminist news. Don’t miss these exciting and informative blogs, as well as some of our most popular stories of the week.
Katie:
“La Misma Luna Under the Same Moon,” Not the Same Old Movie
Top 5 Eco-Friendly Gadgets for Under $50
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Nicole:
Top 10 Literary and Book Blogs
NBC11 First Wind Powered TV Station
Horton: The New Mascot for Pro-Life
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Gina:
Top 10 Films I Would See If I Was At SXSW
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Kerry:
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Written by women for women, these top 10 blogs focus on issues, news, and gossip geared toward educating, entertaining and empowering girls. While I’m sure there are plenty of men who enjoy the writings of these well-spoken gals, these blogs are predominately speaking to their sisters.
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I think it’s safe to say most folks are a bit sick of hearing about blogs. My blog, your blog, that blog, the blog, blogging, bloggy, bloggers.It’s quite an ugly word too. Blog. So harsh. Blog. Sounds like the name of a dungeon or a scary killer reptile.What is a blog? And should we be happy or terrified that anyone, anywhere can start one? (And why do all my blogs always site Wikipedia as a source of valid information when entries are often created by anonymous users)Some blogs are simply rumors and gossip disguised as “news.”Other blogs are endless ramblings about ones personal drama, the shit that belongs in your diary, shoved under a mattress, never to be shared with anyone, ever, let alone online and accessible by your mother, father, lover and boss.But of course for every lame blog there are many blogs are mindful, awesome, entertaining, witty, and plain ol’ cool.And with that, I’d like to direct your attention to this silly video about blogging created by HuffingtonPost Associate Living editor E.A Hanks and resident HuffingtonPost video guru Patrick Waldo.Enjoy! Better yet, blog about it!
By Giulia RozziAs if the suicide of Megan Meier wasn’t sad enough, Blogger News http://www.bloggernews.net/111778reports that a blog has been created called “Megan Had It Coming.” It’s a shame that cyber space can be such a scary and sick place.
Giulia: