The feminine blogstique

Iria · Jul 30, 2005, 07:21 PM

Blogging is supposed to be democratizing the world of information, empowering the individual.

And it is -- especially for male individuals.

In this fast-growing community of people using the Internet to self- publish journals on a broad range of topics, half of all bloggers are women, according to surveys. Yet the most popular blogs are created overwhelmingly by men.

The top 10 blogs, ranked according to the number of other Web sites linking to them by the Web site Technorati, are created by 23 men and only four women. At conferences for bloggers, female writers find themselves in a very small minority, attendees say. And so, like in many social movements before this, women are gathering to do something about it.

Three Bay Area bloggers -- Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort and Jory DesJardins -- are holding a conference today in Santa Clara in an effort to raise women's prominence in the blogosphere. The BlogHer conference started with -- what else? -- a blog, where the organizers posted ideas for the event. Feedback from other bloggers quickly materialized.
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mike2h · Jul 30, 2005, 08:40 PM

get a life. & not just the women.

Jul 30, 2005, 07:21 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	The feminine blogstique Blogging is supposed to be democratizing the world of information, empowering the individual. And it is -- especially for male individuals. In this fast-growing community of people using the Internet to self- publish journals on a broad range of topics, half of all bloggers are women, according to surveys. Yet the most popular blogs are created overwhelmingly by men. The top 10 blogs, ranked according to the number of other Web sites linking to them by the Web site Technorati, are created by 23 men and only four women. At conferences for bloggers, female writers find themselves in a very small minority, attendees say. And so, like in many social movements before this, women are gathering to do something about it. Three Bay Area bloggers -- Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort and Jory DesJardins -- are holding a conference today in Santa Clara in an effort to raise women's prominence in the blogosphere. The BlogHer conference started with -- what else? -- a blog, where the organizers posted ideas for the event. Feedback from other bloggers quickly materialized. __________ Read More / Source: SFGate

Jul 30, 2005, 08:40 PM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	get a life. & not just the women. __________________