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...
