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more about #femalebloggers conspicuouschick: When I began blogging in 2002 (early days of blogs), it was an accessory to an online music magazine I was working with - the whole 'lifestyle' aspect... more » cirocco: Gould: "...the photos that accompanied the essay were of me lying (rather unprovocatively, to my mind) in bed." This is disingenuous. The photo is b... more » Jack_Burton: "Blog" covers such a broad variety of content that it's really somewhat absurd to attempt to quantify and analyze "blogs" statistically. #femalebloggers more » midwestdesigner: Why is the combination of women + writing so fraught with drama? Women "jousting" in print is construed as cattiness. Women writing books is a special... more » judgingamy: On the issue of mom bloggers talked about above: I didn't find anything wrong with what Clothier said. I'm not a mother either, but I didn't smell tha... more » samarkand: Further reflections on the Mother Jones article: has anyone actually been able to define the difference between social networking and blogging? As is ... more » elysse: The author also seems to be missing the "I'm going to put this bitch in her place" factor that so many bloggers, commenters, ed-op, or otherwise vocal... more » RiloKilo: Also: "In addition, women often don't like the intellectual jousting." Really? Is she serious? #femalebloggers more » sybann: Try "too freaking busy." And I used to blog a lot until I found a certain site that offered a community and instant feedback from all corners of the e... more » robina: I read Emily Gould's piece this morning, and the part that has stuck with me the most was "the burden of being symbolic and representative." I think t... more » whynotshesaid: My non-blogging-ness has nothing to do with fear of intellectual jousting. Really, it comes down to three reasons 1. I write all day at work, then I... more » Casquivana: I read Gould's piece and while there was something in there, she basically ends up making it about herself. She comes off defensive and personalizes h... more » LatoyaPeterson: Ack, double post. more » LatoyaPeterson: Nice piece Anna N. I for one, would like to question a few of the assumptions. Technorati does have good data about blogging, but there are definite... more » Mireille is German for the Bart, the.: Whereas a man who disagrees with another man is seen as limited to those two and normal, a woman who disagrees with another woman is seen as committin... more » Rare Affinity: Coincidentally, last week I started a blog, having been urged to do so by a fellow Jezebel commentator. I had toyed with the idea in the past. Howeve... more » PilgrimSoul: I don't get Gould's piece because I really don't think Traister was criticizing her. Also, umm, she seems to think that the structural exclusion of c... more » ErinLovesYou: So, women are too nice to do "typical" male activities, such as blogging?? Where have I heard that one before? ::facepalm:: #femalebloggers more » PaigeTurner: anna: that was really brilliantly and thoughtfully articulated; i'm in total agreement and not just because i am a woman and too afraid of "intellectu... more » samarkand: So, to be clear, we're talking about *political* bloggers, yeah? Because there is more than one sort of blogging and there's more than just one or two... more » -
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The Female Blogger Deficit: Are We Too Nice, Or Not Nice Enough?
Despite hopeful stats from a few years ago, men now outnumber women in the blogosphere by two to one. So why don't more women blog? One blogger thinks it's because we're too sweet — but we have some other ideas.
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Is It "Perilous" To Be A Female Blogger?
Sofia Resnick of the Austin Chronicle wants to know if the online world is, in fact, tougher on female bloggers. Susannah Breslin of XX Factor isn't so sure, and to be honest, neither am I. More »
