Entries tagged as ‘BlogHer’

Mommy Blogging at its Best

July 21, 2008 · 3 Comments

The BlogHer Conference made its estrogen-packed stop in San Francisco earlier this week. I attended the event with a few goals in mind. I wanted to:

1. Learn about defining one’s voice, and make the distinction between professional and personal writing

2. Learn about intellectual property rights and the terms of use associated with blogging

3. Network with other bloggers

4. Experience a onference with mostly female attendees

I accomplished all of these goals, but the 4th one left me a little taken aback. And not necessarily in a good way. Never have I been to an event where I experienced significant dilution in the quality of the educational portion of the conference due to the attendees. I know that seems a bit harsh, but I can explain.
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BlogHer Irony

June 26, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ll be attending the BlogHer Conference at the Westin in San Francisco from July 18 – 20 with a few of my colleagues. I was perusing the site this morning and stumbled upon a rather ironic ad being served on their site for WeightWatchers.

Seems odd to me that an event who’s vision includes ‘creat[ing] opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community, and economic empowerment’ shouldn’t succumb to serving ads focused on weight loss and doubting one’s self image.

I’m no feminist – seeing this banner ad elicits more of a giggle than blind rage – but I still found it rather sad that the event producers, proponents of female communities, are serving up targeted ads like these.

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