Happy 3-Month Blogaversary!

by Anastasia on February 26, 2009

THREE MONTHS AGO THIS WEEK, three other “sisters” and I started The Sister Project network. Some 32,000 visits and 900 comments later, we’re celebrating our baby blog by each bubbling up our readers’ favorite posts. Enjoy the most-popular, most-commented things you may have missed, below…and don’t forget to go meet my “sisters” (and bring yours along next time).

The Thanksgiving That Wasn’t

A Dark Secret Among Friends: ‘Picking at Scabs’

My Original Fiction: A Story of 2 Sisters

If I Were the Stork: Capucine

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Who's Blogging Here?
Anastasia Smith is the face of 'Claiming Sisterhood,' exploring the two definitions of that tricky verb claim: 'to take it as the rightful owner,' and also 'to assert it in the face of possible contradiction.' A younger sister to a brother, Anastasia is setting out to find and claim sisterhood on her own terms, in all its facets: 'from identity politics to pop-culture,' she says. She is just heading south from New England to do her MFA in creative writing.
WELL SAID
‘I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.’
—Maya Angelou
Oh, Brother.
My torturer, my most authentic form of entertainment, my competition, my headache, my history…that would be my brother.
If I Were the Stork
I’m on the hunt, recruiting baby sisters for my ideal family. Want to add your picks? Or see who’s already on my roster for this ongoing stork-playing game?
Welcome to Our New Blog Network
First time here? Here's the idea: The Sister Project is a network of blogs about the many facets of the word sister, and the concept of sisterhood. A sisterhood of sister blogs, you could say. Whatever sister means to you, from identical twin to sister-in-law (or in friendship or in feminism), we’ll make room to listen in about it or express it on TSP. Like the slogan up top on our homepage says, “Don’t you have something to say to your sister?” We've got galleries of art and literature by and about sisters, and a Sisterpedia of sisterly trivia...but now we're getting ahead of ourselves. The quick study: Learn more about TSP, and how to find your way around. And oh—a giant, sisterly welcome.
Brother Flex-A-Lot
"We Match!"
Calling all sisters (or sisters and brothers for that matter) who were forced to wear matching outfits as children: we want the hard evidence. Send your "We Match!" family photos to claimingsisterhood [at] gmail [dot] com. And don't forget to peruse our photo gallery if you're lacking inspiration.
Crewel Words
A Tight "Knit" Sisterhood
We're a family of knitters on TSP (well most of us), and we've rounded up our favorite knitting posts, knitting tips and gallery shows right here for easy navigation. So get out your needles and yarn, and enjoy!
Now Showing in TSP's New Galleries
No surprise, really, that sisterhood, often life’s longest relationship and always one of its most important, has been the Muse for so much creative self-expression by women, and also by men. TSP’s Galleries were created to show off that outpouring of art and craft, poetry and prose. Come see a show or two—no ticket required, no lines to get in—and suggest others whose work we ought to showcase.
Camilla Engman
Erica Berger
Sloane Tanen
Allison Michael Orenstein
Meet Sisterpedia: Our Infant Wikisister
As the suffix of its name suggests, TSP's Sisterpedia is the reference section, one we’re hoping you’ll help us grow to maturity by adding your knowledge in the comments. Turn us on to new facts and figures, whether for the branch of our ‘library’ called Sistory (history from a sister point of view, from the Muses of ancient Greece to 60s Girl Groups and beyond) or the one called Sibling Science (what makes sisters tick, genetically and behaviorally). Or just click around and have a good read. See you there.
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Picking at Scabs
Nestled among fights and friendships, growing pains and identity struggles, how my chosen sisters and I clawed our way through adolescence.
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Musical Sister Acts
Join the TSP Cooking Sisterhood
At TSP, we love cooking up sisterly comfort in the kitchen. From recipes to chef interviews to kitchen humor, some of our favorite posts are here.
You Know You're a Sister When...?
The assignment is easy–or is it? Fill in the blank: You know you’re a sister when _________. Wait till you hear what the other sisters are saying.
An Anthem for Sisterhood
Shall we all sing along with Antony and Boy George? Yes! An anthem for sisterhood (bring your Kleenex).
Got a Sister Story or Image to Share?
Yes, we admit it: We started TSP with a very small family. But this is meant to grow into a site of many voices and experiences with your input. Help us connect the sisters of America (and beyond?) to one another, to illustrate the high emotional watermarks that word holds for you or someone close to you. Add your suggestions in any comment space, or email us at thesisterproject at gmail. Bring on the sisters!
100 Things About Us
Read, It Will Make You a Better Sister
One thing that TSPs original sisters have in common: We all love to read. And we think reading will make you a better sister. Marion Roach Smith of 'She Said, She Said' has this to say on the subject of reading.
Geisha Sisterhood

Happy 3-Month Blogaversary!

Who's Blogging Here?

Oh, Brother.

If I Were the Stork

Welcome to Our New Blog Network

Brother Flex-A-Lot

"We Match!"

Crewel Words

A Tight "Knit" Sisterhood

Now Showing in TSP's New Galleries

Camilla Engman

Erica Berger

Sloane Tanen

Allison Michael Orenstein

Meet Sisterpedia: Our Infant Wikisister

Lend Her a Poem?

Newsletter Signup

Search

Pages

Categories

Picking at Scabs

Tags

Musical Sister Acts

Join the TSP Cooking Sisterhood

You Know You're a Sister When...?

An Anthem for Sisterhood

Got a Sister Story or Image to Share?

100 Things About Us

Read, It Will Make You a Better Sister

Geisha Sisterhood