Ms. Lauren has an thoughtful post today about how blogging has changed her as a writer. Though given her comments, it seems that blogging has changed her in other ways as well. Bits of blog:
"I never thought that moving around charged particles on this plastic box could create community or help me grow as a person."
"I've grown exponentially as a writer since I began blogging."
"I now favor intellectual discussion over bashing opposition with four-letter words and personal insults. I never knew how to rhetorically argue a side of debate until I was exposed to a blog."
"I've become a perpetual critic. Nothing is sacred: restaurants, movies, television, culture, pop culture, and especially politics. I even find myself criticizing my own politics. "
"I've become more involved in current events and politics, reading and paying strict attention to the news as I never had before blogging, and developing fact-based opinions about current issues and hot topics"
"I value my own opinions more, and am tenfold more willing to defend them, even to those whom I know are more qualified to speak on the topic."
"blogging and reader feedback has added to my confidence as a writer and as a thinker, something I would have never predicted when I began blogging. "
"I feel as though the internet has been opened up for me, made smaller by the community of bloggers that I read regularly and the ones I find through blog-surfing."
I think it is important to understand why women blog, and how it is significant in their lives. Value is contextual and differs from person to person. We need to hear more stories like this so that we can see the diverse value of blogging for different people. Blogging changes people, but people's lived experiences and social world certainly shape and frame the blogosphere as well.
posted by Netwoman @ 9:52 AM
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