Last month I blogged about Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN). I also blogged about Bjork. Today I’m blogging about both. Well, sorta. I’m blogging about Sandra Oh and her support of SWAN Day and love for Bjork.

Star of the hit television series, Grey’s Anatomy, Sandra filmed a short video for SWAN day where she talked about one of her favorite women artists, Bjork. (View the video by clicking here).

The folks at SWAN Day believe that women artists will make much more progress if we work actively to inspire and help each other. If you would like to share a story about a time when you were inspired, gained courage, or learned something important from another woman artist, and write to info@WomenArts.org. , they will be posting more stories and videos in the coming months.

Fellow Takepart blogger Katie Halper recently talked about the annoying, backwards notion expressed last year in Vanity Fair that women aren’t funny and then the follow up piece in 2008 basically saying “woopsies! We meant to say to say that women are funny.” The while Vanity Fair discussion for lots of folks talking as bloggers continue to write about this absurd and annoying topic.

Can we just drop the lame debate that women are somehow comically inferior to men? Enough already. Yes some female comedians, as Christopher Hitchens says “often talk about things that women can relate to–relationships with men, babies, periods, shopping, love. As a man, I can’t relate to all that.” Well guess what? Some male comedians often talk about things that men can relate to-relationships with women, babies, their dicks, sports, love. And as a woman, I can relate to all that. I may not have the exact same experiences with some “men” topics but I can relate to the emotions behind those topics the same way an intelligent audience member should be able to relate to “women” topics. Our experiences may differ but most feelings are universal.

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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

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Giulia:

Top 10 Feminist Blogs

Horton: The New Mascot for Pro-Life

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Gina:

Top 10 Film Blogs

Top 10 Films I Would See If I Was At SXSW

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Kerry:

Our Pharmaceutically Fouled Water Supply

Top 7 New Sins Against God’s Green Earth

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.

1. Feministing believes that young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures.Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze and influence.
2. Feministe is one of the oldest feminist blogs designed by and run by women from the ground up.
3. Our Bodies Our Blog is your your daily dose of women’s health news and analysis.
4. Jezebel is a blog for women that will attempt to take all the essentially

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Mandy Moore is the face of the new site uPumpItUp.com where women can share their empowerment stories and tips.

As described on the site:

uPumpItUp a place where women inspire each other to do more of the things that make us feel great, and help share that good feeling with others!

Feel daring or calmly introspective? Wildly creative or playfully social? There’s a type of community challenge for every mood you’re in, and tons of possibilities to explore with friends - both old and new. And each challenge has realistic milestones - so you make actual progress and enjoy more of those “Yeah, I did it!” moments.

The free site features Moore and a team of experts that pitch in with helpful ideas to keep members pumped up and feeling their best every day.

For more on uPumpItUp and to join the community, visit uPumpItUp.com

SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now Day) is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. It will be an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of Women’s History Month (March). The first SWAN Day will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

As explained on the SWAN Day site: as a symbol of international solidarity, there will be events all over the world featuring women artists on SWAN Day. The public will be encouraged to attend these events and to make donations to their favorite women artists.

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According to The New York Times morning shows are for the Miss’s saying “the fourth hour of “Today” feels less like an extension of the three-hour show than a cozy Tupperware party that never ends.”Filled with fashion reports, homemaker tips, and weight loss 101’s, early day programming has become geared toward women and rarely toward anything less than frivolous. Is it such a bad thing? I mean the common viewer of such shows is female and as a gal I can say that I am interested in makeup tips and style reports. However are these shows perpetuating the stereo-type that women have only lofty interests at heart by just reporting on handbags and halter tops and not healthcare reform and hostage situations? And according to viewers, women are bored with the rotation of boring topics.I think the gals at Jezebel best summed it up when saying What do women really want out of morning television, anyway, if not handbags, diet tips and Whoopi Goldberg? News and weather?