In a way it would be better if we were all writing this shit. Everyone is nervous. I also can't decide what panel I want to see. What will happen somewhere else? I have gone to the swearing on blogs panel. Everyone talking about who reads their blog. Particularly our own children. Women who swear in front of/despite their children.
Is it intellectually lazy to swear? Other words could be used? "Thanks to you, I can say fuck off to you..." talking about her father, who taught her early to swear. The public nature of what we do, and how our language is breaking the rules. Makes us different from journalism, that's for damn sure.
Trying to fake having a penis by speaking with obscenities! OH my god! "Real" words, how we really talk. Honesty.
The Mommy Blog, Mindy. How swearing is funny. We all seem to agree. Fuck yeah.
Everyone seems to try not to talk trash on blog. (Gulp. I say bad things a lot.)
The question: "Why does it have to be public?" we all have people who ask that question.
Nichellenewsletter.com. Disguises swear words by spelling them wrong to dissuade googlers.
A man who is going on and on about how what you say is forever, how it could come and get you in deep trouble, or be used against you in a court case. We are the "example" for the world. He seems to be saying we can't say this shit because everyone in the world wants to emulate us? Did he show up here just to say that? "Oh women you have to shut up?" basically. I mean, he didn't actually say that, but that's the gist? Fuck off!
Mindy: We blog because we "can't not write." Compelling. For community. The reason for blogging.
This is TOTALLY FASCINATING. *This* is what made me wish I were going.
Posted by: elswhere | July 30, 2005 at 11:17 AM
Mr. "Women need to Shut the Fuck Up" is here in my Blogging 101 session. I am sitting in the back of the room trying to figure out how to shoot a poison blow dart into the back of his head.
Posted by: jelly | July 30, 2005 at 11:40 AM
Max von Sydow must be tranquilized!
Posted by: GraceD | July 30, 2005 at 12:03 PM
It's interesting, now I'm thinking about how that man would get word of what I said about him and etc, which was precisely his point, that we shouldn't say things we regret in any way. But I'm so used to just talking blah blah blah. Hmm.
Posted by: Jo | July 30, 2005 at 12:04 PM
Would you believe he came up to me at cocktail hour and APOLOGIZED "for being so pompous" earlier?? He looked sincere. He walked away and Mr. X and I were all, "Pompous ass."
Posted by: Mindy | July 30, 2005 at 09:50 PM
ha... I don't think anyone should pull their punches on this dude!
Posted by: badgerbag | July 30, 2005 at 11:30 PM