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Wendy Piersall
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10 months ago
in Apples and Oranges, the Rise and Fall of Women Bloggers on Technosailor
Aaron,
I found the response to your post fascinating. I think everyone has made some valid points.
Interestingly, I wrote a very similar post in my first year of blogging, about being a woman vying to get onto the Techorati top 100 - at the time there were 11 women on that list out of 100.
Do I think there is bias? Yes. Do I think I can do anything directly about it? No.
My conclusion was the same as yours - though I will admit it was worded very differently (that's because I'm a chick, ya know). If we buy into the idea that this bias can hold us back, then it ISN'T the bias that holds us back - we're holding ourselves back.
So the only way I have found to move forward is to continue to plug on and work to dominate my niche and make a difference as much as possible. I'll never be a TechCrunch - I have no desire to be that kind of place. I DO want to have as much traffic as TechCrunch - which means I need to 'play the game' like everyone else - and if I come up against any obstacles, my only responsibility is get around them, not to focus on the fact that they are there in the first place.
*waves to GeekMommy, Queen of Spain and CityMama*
I found the response to your post fascinating. I think everyone has made some valid points.
Interestingly, I wrote a very similar post in my first year of blogging, about being a woman vying to get onto the Techorati top 100 - at the time there were 11 women on that list out of 100.
Do I think there is bias? Yes. Do I think I can do anything directly about it? No.
My conclusion was the same as yours - though I will admit it was worded very differently (that's because I'm a chick, ya know). If we buy into the idea that this bias can hold us back, then it ISN'T the bias that holds us back - we're holding ourselves back.
So the only way I have found to move forward is to continue to plug on and work to dominate my niche and make a difference as much as possible. I'll never be a TechCrunch - I have no desire to be that kind of place. I DO want to have as much traffic as TechCrunch - which means I need to 'play the game' like everyone else - and if I come up against any obstacles, my only responsibility is get around them, not to focus on the fact that they are there in the first place.
*waves to GeekMommy, Queen of Spain and CityMama*
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Aaron Brazell
....and you're doing a fine job, Wendy. :)
