Beloved feminist blogger Bitch Ph.D. noticed it back in May:

The folks at ClubMom, a portal for all things maternal and online, are apparently going to launch a few paid blogs by blogger-moms. They've had the good sense to snap up Janeen a.k.a. nina of destinations (nee nina turns 40), and Janeen says the list of other women they've tapped is rather impressive.

If the rest of the bloggers ClubMom has tapped are anything like Janeen, the site is gonna earn some serious feminist cred. Should be fun.

Indeed, this has come to pass - feminist voices are out, loud and proud at ClubMom, the popular online shopping and mothers resource website.

Including feminist/progressive mothers on their 'MomBlogs' roster is a bold move for ClubMom. Their forum discussions appears to be dominated by a politically and socially conservative membership. Though there is a forum for 'Alternative Beliefs', topics on feminist parenting or venues for lesbian/bisexual/transgendered mothers are visibly absent. However, the presence of outwardly feminist mothers on the MomBlogs list is more than adequate compensation for the lack of non-traditional perspectives in the message boards.

Take BlogHer speaker Dawn Rouse of I Am Doing the Best I Can. In her ClubMom blog, The Gimlet Eye, she tackles the multi-layered issues of raising a bi-racial child with feminist values. She wrote about her daughter's confrontation with her in-laws and the pride in raising a girl whose first inclination is to stand up for herself.

Linda, aka 'Sundry' of All & Sundry, stands up for herself as well in Purple is a Fruit. She claims her selfhood, rising above and beyond the persona and roles of mother and wife in her entry, 'A partial list of contents':

I'm supposed to write about parenting a baby in this blog. While I have no shortage of things to say about that part of my life, there are other parts, too. Despite how it might feel at times, who I am doesn't start and end with the word "mother".

The editor of the feminist literary website, mamazine, Sherri Read, lays all her vulnerabilities on the line in The Little Zygote That Could. Sherri's honest entries breaks through the romance and myths of pregnancy, as depicted in mainstream parenting magazines. She writes honestly about previous miscarriages, depression, the sex offender across the street and a daily recount of her cravings. Nothing is sugar coated, indeed the tone of Little Zygote is 'bittersweet'.

Certainly, Janeen, whose presence on the MomBlogs was celebrated by Bitch Ph.D. above, is just as forthcoming in her own blog, Diary of a Single Mom on the Edge. In her post, why i'm raising my son to be a feminist, she speaks for all mothers whose vision for her child extends beyond the rigidity of societal expectations:

The culture at large doesn't give him a lot of alternatives. He sees exactly what boys and men are supposed to be like based on all sorts of cues. Which is exactly why I think it's part of my job to counter that. I want to let him know that he can make choices about how we wants to be based on other things besides superhero movies. Life offers so many possibilities, I don't want him to limit himself from something that might really fit just because someone else is telling him it's not for boys.

And...full disclosure - I'm one of the ClubMom feminist bloggers. My blog, Marathon Mom, is a diary of my training for the New York City Marathon this fall. Though it may seem out-of-place to incorporate political discourse in a running blog, feminism is deeply imprinted in all aspects of my life. And, considering that marathons were closed to female Olympians until 1984, any woman running the mighty 26.2 mile race is making her own feminist statement.

It is my honor to be on the blogroll with Dawn, Linda, Sherri, Janeen and these feminist mothers on ClubMom:

Kristen Chase/The Mom Trap
Denise/Fast Times at Homeschool High
Tracey Gaughran-Perez/Jinkies! What's Hot on the Web
Jenny Lauck/Big Slice of Life, Little Slice of Cheesecake
Jenn Satterwhite/Hip Mom and Trendy Tweens
Amy Corbett Storch/Mom's Daily Dose.