To My Blog Sisters
The brouhaha on women bloggers keeps boiling.
Kevin Drum's often a little slow, so it shouldn't be surprising he professes an annoying ignorance of our hard-workin' sisters in Left Blogsylvania. That said, it's a little grating to hear my righteous blog sisters complaining about blog brothers not linking to them. Hey, I post comments in lots of blogs, and more often than not, nobody blogrolls me, either. Sometimes, I neither know (nor care) about the gender of a blogger - it's the ideas and presentation that captivate me.
Now, it wouldn't be difficult for me to conclude female bloggers tend to be put off by my confrontational graphics and the rhetorical club I often use in posting... but I'd very likely be wrong. The fact remains there are a lot of women and men who just don't appreciate what I do. And you know what? That's really, truly, honest-to-god okay. Who cares? I don't. I blog to preserve what little sanity I have left, and I'll bet a lot of other people do, as well. Granted, I've only been doing this since mid-January, so my blog universe is kinda small, but I like the distinct flavors and viewpoints promulgated by various blogs. Our strength as blogger-activists lie precisely in those distinctions... unlike the Fascist Hordes who mindlessly take the RNC blast faxes and post rote diatribes on the evils of librulism.
That said, just to assure my blog sisters there's nothing sinister at work at The Carnival of Horror, if you would like a link here, by all means, just say so and I'll be happy to oblige. Often, all it takes is leaving a random comment and I'll link you without a request before you ever come back - assuming you come back at all.
I've been married twenty-two years to an enviably strong woman and it ain't the cookies that keep us together. So whether you're a militant feminist, a dyke, a biker chick or a kindergarten teacher - hey, maybe you're all four and more; maybe you're none of 'em - then let me know you're out there and widen your social circle... assuming you're not afraid to include some carny freaks in the mix. Salute!
Kevin Drum's often a little slow, so it shouldn't be surprising he professes an annoying ignorance of our hard-workin' sisters in Left Blogsylvania. That said, it's a little grating to hear my righteous blog sisters complaining about blog brothers not linking to them. Hey, I post comments in lots of blogs, and more often than not, nobody blogrolls me, either. Sometimes, I neither know (nor care) about the gender of a blogger - it's the ideas and presentation that captivate me.
Now, it wouldn't be difficult for me to conclude female bloggers tend to be put off by my confrontational graphics and the rhetorical club I often use in posting... but I'd very likely be wrong. The fact remains there are a lot of women and men who just don't appreciate what I do. And you know what? That's really, truly, honest-to-god okay. Who cares? I don't. I blog to preserve what little sanity I have left, and I'll bet a lot of other people do, as well. Granted, I've only been doing this since mid-January, so my blog universe is kinda small, but I like the distinct flavors and viewpoints promulgated by various blogs. Our strength as blogger-activists lie precisely in those distinctions... unlike the Fascist Hordes who mindlessly take the RNC blast faxes and post rote diatribes on the evils of librulism.
That said, just to assure my blog sisters there's nothing sinister at work at The Carnival of Horror, if you would like a link here, by all means, just say so and I'll be happy to oblige. Often, all it takes is leaving a random comment and I'll link you without a request before you ever come back - assuming you come back at all.
I've been married twenty-two years to an enviably strong woman and it ain't the cookies that keep us together. So whether you're a militant feminist, a dyke, a biker chick or a kindergarten teacher - hey, maybe you're all four and more; maybe you're none of 'em - then let me know you're out there and widen your social circle... assuming you're not afraid to include some carny freaks in the mix. Salute!
posted by Arvin Hill at 3/08/2005 05:31:00 PM
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