Am I the only female blogger who did not go to the
BlogHer Conference and/or did not have any interest in going? Seems like
many of the
other bloggers I
read (both
women and
men) either
went or
wanted to go. I just don't see the point in going to a conference where the only thing we have in common that we are all women who blog. The whole "rejoice in the sisterhood and take back the night from the blog patriarchy" kind of thing doesn't do much for me. I certainly don't mean to put down those who did go, because I'm sure they got a lot out of it. It's just not my thing. I also hate clothes shopping, the color pink and never played with Barbies. Maybe I just didn't get the gene.
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Kind of ironic that "sisterhood" can be so polarizing isn't it?
Marianne
I've been on the fence about this one. BlogHer sounds pretty interesting, but so far I haven't explored it. Blogging is a lot of fun. But I'm not sure if I would need to go to an event especially for women.
It's probably similar to my current philosophy about most organizations for business women. They're great to meet people, but to get down to the meat and potatoes, it's important to focus on something other than gender.
From your blog posts, it sounded like you really enjoyed the conference, along with many other people. The subject and focus just doesn't appeal to me. I'm sure I would have had a great time hanging out with you, but maybe we can find another venue. L.A. in September, perhaps? :-)
I think, too, that many women would feel intimidated asking questions about technology in a conference room packed with a hundred or more men. BlogHer provides a safe environment for women to discuss tech practice and theory without worrying about having to represent all women at a male-dominated conference.
I very much enjoyed the conference for these and other reasons.