Blogher Nashville
I want to go to Blogher.
I don’t know if I will be able to, but I want to.
My pal, Ivy, is speaking there. She announced it last night on Twitter.
Feeling a bit land-locked in Hoots today, forgive me.
That is all.
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I’ll be attending Greensboro and I don’t know of anyone else other than my pal Jared, so I’m kind of nervous about ponying up 100 for it.
You are smart and beautiful and talented. You will meet so many people and have a great time.
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I thought about asking for the Blogher ticket for my birthday from my dad.
(Yes, I feel 16.
Aww ‘Coma, you’re making me blush.
Seriously though, I am totally stoked about dinner with Robert Scoble on the Thursday prior. Dan Conover and Janet will be there and it should be a lot of fun.
You know, I’d like to go to this but I’m a little nervous about being surrounded by all women. I don’t know if this is unfeminist or feminist (or just weird) of me, but it bothers me to hear all this “WE ARE WOMEN! CREATE LOTS OF SEMINARS ABOUT HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT IN TEH BLOGOSPHERE/TECH WORLD!” talk.
The more emphasis I see put on how “special” us women are who are active in blogging/tech/video gaming, whatever, it seems more like we’re being pointed out as being “weird.”
“Oooh, honey, look over there: It’s a girl. And she’s on a COMPUTER!”
Is there some way we can recognize women in blogging without making it seem odd? Am I being too sensitive?
No, I think that’s a good point and I don’t think you are being too sensitive in the least. It is a double-edge sword. The main reason I want to go is that I want to monetize the blog in the next couple of months. And being I’m feeling very stifled right now being so landlocked in Hooterville, I sometimes feel left out. I want so much to at Digital Nashville or NashvilleGeeks events but it’s just not possible for me at this time.
I think seeing people talk about Blogher made me feel like, well, I can swing that if I plan for it.
I don’t know what the solution is but I think I was contemplating it from a business/fellowship/my own insecurities thing regarding this blog.
Does that make sense?
I’d really like to go to ConvergeSouth, but I need to save some dough-re-mi for that.
No, I think that totally makes sense. I think it would be a great experience, and I think you should go!! I’m just saying that things like this tend to make me nervous.
There’s also my fear of the mommyblog that’s making me not want to go. I really only know of two blogs that I read and classify as mommyblogs (Malia’s and Lindsay’s) and I really like both of their voices (I haven’t met them in person but I imagine them to be very witty and smart in person, too). But to imagine myself walking into a convention filled with women I don’t know brimming with stories about how cute Tucker was last night or how smart Macy is kind of makes me want to vomit.
I think it’s because I am a blogger and one day I very well could (as far as I know) become a mommy. And I swear to god if I become one more boring-ass blogger raving about my fucking kids like they are these 3-feet-tall geniuses that shit rainbows, you might as well pack me up in a minivan, light it on fire and send me over a cliff.