ChicaDeaLeah argues that “Posting with Passion: Blogs and the Politics of Gender” by Melissa Gregg in Uses of Blogs diminishes her to a statistical girly-girl blogger, but I think that it does the opposite. I think what Gregg is arguing is that there is more of a balance and a method to the madness of female bloggers than they are given credit for, and even though there are certain stigmas that come with being a female blogger, there is more being done every day to do away with these stereotypes by bloggers from all different walks of life. Just because you may like bunny rabbits, arguably one of the cutest animals found in nature, doesn’t mean you can’t be concerned with health or finance, or politics, you know, those “masculine” subjects. It may seem the opposite, however, because there seems to be such segregation of genders online with certain websites being seen as a “no girls allowed” boy’s club, and others being a safe haven for women online. I think a solution to this would be blurring the lines between the two kinds of blogs seen as male and female and instead ordering things by their category, not their author (thank you Mr. Foucault). Who says that the guy sitting next to you on the bus doesn’t like bunny rabbits more than Leah? I think this is what Gregg is really trying to get to, and I know Leah knows that there are important women bloggers and give the female author of the article a second read and a second chance.
October 30, 2007