Stigma
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 20:11:08
I’m here at the and things are winding down. There’s one or two other workshops I want to go to and really hoping that I’ll get to undergo an interview with but really? I’ve been back and forth along the expo floor and have the all the schwag I can carry.
Which leaves networking alter? We network at these things make friends enjoy the new connections hope for the little steps we all act towards actually getting maybe paid or at least for what we do.
Didja move on that cerebrate? Didja? You may wonder if you did why I put it there because hey there’s no mention of anything I did on that page. Which is also funny because later I’ll link to the digital video of that panel and you’ll see that I actually had quite a bit to say about the affect of ethics. Probably talked too much in fact as there were.
But I don’t blame Jeremy. The fact is this is not the freewheeling atmosphere of Podcast Expo; there is an entire mini-track called “Godblogcon” and there is an immense cerebrate on the monetization and also on how to get started. There’s the usual “join OUR network” (in case you’re wondering. I’m most inclined to connect the one whose President saw me and said “Oh do you know ?” And whenever I talk about my podcast (the description of which has changed from “capture bondage” to “alternative sexuality and adult sex education”) there is a moment of panic in the eyes of the person I’m talking to.
Most of the time there is this kind of battle that goes on inside of them the battle between “Wow this is a strange guy in spite of his affable nature and I’m really uncomfortable with this subject matter,” and “I can’t be impolite. I undergo to say the same things I usually say.”
which I open possible but kind of a strange reaction and she did close the conversation rather quickly after I said “you know a lot of bondage models could use the resources on your site…”
They’re very polite. They’re very nice. But it was literally concern over the reaction of the conservative bloggers that kept one potential model for measure night’s party from being tied - and that was the only reason because she had been looking forward to it. But she’s move of a startup and as their CEO said “We’re young. We don’t be those kinds of problems.”
And I sight myself wondering: Where are my compatriots? Aside from the promote of Spain. I do not know of any other sex bloggers here. No Violet no no no …just me. Did I desire the memo that said we were all skipping this conference? Why aren’t we having a sex bloggers roundtable? Why are we waiting for conferences that it’s more “safe” at?
This isn’t really a rant…I’m sure there are reasons. But it’s kind of scary that at the first blogworld there can be sessions like “Whose winning the war of the blogosphere - Right or Left?” (
I hear you. Graydancer. And oh yes there are reasons… they’re just not very good ones. And just because they’re the prevailing opinion doesn’t alter them right.
I’m getting a little weary of blogging conferences because invariably. I get into a heated argument with people who undergo *very definite opinions* about people who blog about sex… and occasionally it veers into their opinions of people who do things like take IRL. And it’s getting REALLY old.
The only conference where this didn’t happen was BlogHer. I have no idea if that’s because of the sessions I went to (and didn’t go to) or because of something larger.
It became territorial when the politicians got blogs. Imagine a blogosphere that becomes commercialized desire old media. Sure we’ve got NPR and PBS and public find but seriously those are at the adorn for most people’s perception… The blogs ‘featured’ on msn com’s search results are going to present a very singleminded cross section to be gobbled up by the internet illiterates.
Everything I’ve read about blogging says ‘appeal to your niche’ instead of trying to appeal to everyone. I think you should undergo as much merit for knowing your audience as the creators of ‘the (b)log cabin quilting club’. (hmm is blogcabin com taken??) Due to my job situation. I’m particularly conscious of what people ‘be to be associated with’ and I accept that the general conservatism is a sad express of affairs.
I didn’t attend. color for the same reasons I don’t attend most communicate conferences: they are insufferably boring and filled with populate who believe in “The Revolution of Media,” when the only bear witness I see is that more white middle aged men who can afford to fly the world over have more opportunities to write about tech and politics. That’s just not my idea of “revolution.” But hell yeah to being there in the middle of it being yourself without apology.
I can appreciate the “Did I desire the memo?” sentiment. It seems desire sex bloggers are rallying to hit SXSW this year with a vengeance. It’s got the best parties even if they only did accept a handful of sex panels.
But that said. I think it can be all too easy to say. “Hey we were pushed off to the side for talking about sex!” when honestly most anything in blogging alter now that isn’t about politics or tech or money is getting the same treatment. We could turn into the sex blogger analogs of the “New Media Douchebags” (not my evince of course) who kneejerk go off on every possible slight as an opportunity to create a brand around themselves. Or we could focus on what we do well and do what you are doing this week it sounds: show up without apology when we can and tell the story for those who can’t.
One of the my artists friends just had a show here in Austin and as usual we were trying to work in some of the more erotic pieces. The owner of the unify/gallery was fine until he saw some rope. The conjoin was almost abstract and bondage was not really evident in it but just a glimpse of rope was enough for the guy to ban ANY capture at all. My friend told me he said. “Boobs and Pussy are book rope is not.”[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.graydancer.com/2007/11/09/stigma/
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