March 2009
4 posts
Links to Look at During 'Why Is Professional...
We may wind up touching on these in the talk, so here are links to refer to:
Slate’s XX blog post about this talk — time to get over it? Negative professional repercussions for women — is fallout from online writing the same for men when it comes to career? 1,216 comments on New York Times Magazine article by Emily Gould about her experiences with blogging — many veered...
Author Mary Pols on gender imbalance in book... →
rkb:
I know exactly how large those piles of unsolicited advance copies of books are that come through the mail. At my old paper, one woman was in charge of sorting through that mess, and she was smart and cared about books, but the bulk of them still just went straight to the local library. So how does one get reviewed in a national newspaper?
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It also helps if you’ve written...
Tell Us What You Want To Talk About
rkb:
I’m working on a full list of panels I want to go to, but this is one of them. Why Is Professional Blogging Bloodsport for Women?
Room 5A
Sunday, March 15th
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Add this to your SXSW Calendar
For professional female bloggers, writing online can get painfully personal - and so can the criticism. Oversharing, sex-blogging, fameballs, Tumblettes, Jezebelism - why is it...
February 2009
6 posts
caro:
charitini:
5. Here’s your conclusion: “Maybe as part of the discussion that I won’t be present for, you all can discuss how women sometimes give the worst of it to other women.” Here’s Rebecca’s conclusion: “We see this happening to men who write online less frequently. We want to talk about why that is, and what can be done to combat it.” With respect, you have misunderstood this panel...
charitini:
drunkengenius:
charitini:
bloggingasbloodsport:
The idea for this SXSW Core Conversation was originally pitched as a panel discussion for this year’s Interactive component of the festival. While it didn’t make the cut for that, happily, it was deemed worth talking about in SXSWi’s Core Conversation series, a town hall-style discussion that actually may suit the subject at hand...
The Basics on Our Talk
Who: Rebecca L. Fox (mediabistro.com) and Rachel Sklar (Abrams Research/The Daily Beast) [co-moderators]
What: SXSWi Core Conversation, “Why Is Professional Blogging Bloodsport For Women?”
Where: Room 5A, Austin Convention Center
When: Sunday, March 15, 11:30am-12:30pm
Why: This about sums it up.
-All this info in one tidy link to share with any and all interested parties....
Genesis Story
The idea for this SXSW Core Conversation was originally pitched as a panel discussion for this year’s Interactive component of the festival. While it didn’t make the cut for that, happily, it was deemed worth talking about in SXSWi’s Core Conversation series, a town hall-style discussion that actually may suit the subject at hand even better than an audience/panel/moderator...
