Online life vs. the “real world”
Posted by Vox on 29 April 2008
I find it very interesting that some people believe that BlackAmazon and BrownFemiPower have “given up and left” simply because they’ve closed their blogs, as if their blogs were the whole extent of their activism.
Some people actually do activist work in the “real world” rather than just writing about it online. Some people do activist work online that is unrelated to blogging.
If you’re one of those who think that blogging was the extent of BA’s or BFP’s activism, then you haven’t paid any attention to their writing; so why are you whining that they’re gone now, if you didn’t bother learning from them while they were here?
29 April 2008 at 13:04
I’m upset that they aren’t blogging for selfish reasons: I enjoyed reading them. And I’m upset that they aren’t blogging because I’m mad at all the undeserved crap that got flung at them for doing it.
But I know there was and is more to them than that. And while I’m sad to be without them, I accept that this means other spaces and other people are going to benefit from their work and their voices even more now.
29 April 2008 at 20:40
word.
7 May 2008 at 17:51
I never labored under the delusion that BFP limited her activism to her blog, so perhaps this isn’t addressed to me… but I don’t think that it’s really “whining” for a lot of us. It isn’t for me. The loss of her blog felt like a loss of community– a loss of a safe space. Her voice reassured me that I wasn’t alone– that I wasn’t crazy. The absence of her blog has limited my ability to interact with her– and this is SAD for me. It HURTS. What’s more, I’m angry that she was pushed to this point by people whom I consider to be beneath her on multiple levels. Her ability to draw theoretical constellations and connect them to the issues of the day taught me the true meaning of “feminist praxis.” Her intellect is stunning. How could I not be frustrated/angry/sad/hurt that her online voice is gone?