i saw this question in the christian science monitor (csm) that asks: where are the female economist bloggers? out of 1,000 of the top economists, only 52 women are on the list, and none of them blog. i frequently visit marginal revolution, greg mankiw's blog, calculated risk, econlog, economix, econbrowser, economist's view, paul krugman's blog, don marron's blog, the baseline scenario, grasping reality with both hands, and my new personal favorite liberty street economics; none of which are primarily authored by female economists. i then searched for female economist bloggers and found practically nothing.
i had a livejournal account in high school. i loved it. all of my friends had their own and we established a small utopian online community - one that would make socialists and phd sociologists proud. we all understood the purpose of our livejournal linkups was to reflect, laugh, and cherish high school with each other. we knew we were young for only so long and man, the internet was so innocent in 2002.
but when i went to college, some of my new classmates discovered my livejournal. they posted anonymous ugly comments about my entries and shared that online activity with other classmates. so i stopped.
fast-forward five years later and here i am. i have a bachelor's of science in economics, a master's degree in public policy analysis, and am waiting for a response regarding admission to another graduate program in economics. i live in washington, dc, and work for the federal government on a highly criticized and hated financial rescue program which stemmed from the 2008 financial crisis. i am also getting married this winter.
i tried to start a few blogs since those awful college livejournal days, but had no reason, focus, or motivation - until now.
i would hardly categorize myself as a feminist and even have this odd distrust towards women writers. in fact, this is only book authored by a woman that i have ever fully enjoyed and my fiance believes it's because the writer was from west virginia. however, i am currently the only woman on my team at work, surrounded by former regulators, investment bankers, and securities lawyers - all male. i am not even a real economist, but a financial analyst acting like one.
after i saw the csm piece (and no, i do not typically read the christian science monitor), i decided to get back into blogging. but this won't be about bonfires, rides to punk rock shows, or other forms of mischievous high school devilment. it will be about economics, etc. with glitter.
