nist.tv

This past March, Women, Action, & the Media held several "WAM!-It-Yourself" satellite conferences in various cities exploring feminism and media. One component of this decentralized conferencing was spreading the conference ideas via the internet. Nist.tv (which I cleverly called "Feminism's YouTube") did a series called "Feminism in Focus: Interviews with Feminist Video Creators," which features interviews with seven awesome feminist filmmakers, including Bitch contributor and Feminist Frequency founder Anita Sarkeesian! You can watch all the segments online, and there's more content coming! Here's one with filmmaker Tiona McClodden, who talks about her film black/womyn, using social media for social change by posting her movie on National Coming Out Day, how short-form film is great for collaborating with like-minded organizations, exploring representation through filmmaking, and more:

Do you want a place where you can have a feminist dialog in a comments section without constant interruption by coarse YouTube lurkers? A go-to for all your feminist video needs? Where you can submit or recommend feminist videos yourself? If your answer is "Eff yes," feast your browsers on nist.tv. Founded by Anne Jonas, who spent almost a year building and curating the site's content, it's intended to be a kind of archive as well as an open commons video collaboration. You can browse content by category, popularity, or by searching for video authors (and then subscribe to certain ones, like Bitch Media, via RSS!)

This is a great resource for feminist blogs, scholars, web browsers. I've already found some great finds, including...