The nice thing about the current generation of women webloggers and their initiatives, such as Sheroes and Blogher, is these are well organized events managed by strong, dedicated women. Hopefully with their efforts, women will no longer continue to be invisible. For me, personally, an added benefit is that I don’t feel I have to continue […]
Category: Culture
Sheroes
Couple of events related to women and weblogging are coming in the next few months. I want to talk about both them, but separately, as they deserve. The first event is Blog Sheroes, a meetup described as: Feminist bloggers meetings starting in NYC and spreading across the nation like a rabid yeast infection. Humor and strong […]
Taking it personally
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The conversation (yes, that one) continued over at Scoble’s, until it looks like the thread was shut down. The comment I last tried to make was (re-created from memory so it may be spotty): Tyme, it’s easy to manipulate the criteria io a meeting until you have exactly the audience you want, […]
The power of staying home
After reading about Halley’s and Liz’s reception in Seattle for Search Champs, and in particular the lovely goodies they’ve received and the receptions they’re attending, I had some wistful regrets that I declined my invitation. It would have been nice to be pampered and treated as a respected guest by a software giant like Microsoft. It would also be […]
Don’t get distracted by the shiny cross
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Both Rox Populi and PZ Myers are outraged at a post by a “Christian Libertarian” weblogger who is, himself, outraged at a new mandate in Norway to open up executive positions for women and a new law to force men to help out with household chores in Spain. He writes: Far too many women are fascists […]
