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November 17, 2006
Women galore
There's nothing like generating a little controversy for being bombarded with reasons why you're wrong. Mary Gilmartin, herself among my favourite female bloggers, has put together a terrific list of other women blogging in Ireland today. One question though Mary - why is Karlin Lillington on your list? She was also a favourite of mine but techno\culture hasn't been updated since March 2006. I wish she'd revive it :(
The best new link I've received though is to Krishaa De. She writes at Biz Growth News and podcasts for the Women In Business Radio Show. From her bio -
"Krishna De is an international author, broadcaster, speaker and business development mentor.With over 20 years expertise in growing global businesses, she is
considered to be one of Europe’s leading Personal Branding and
Marketing Strategists.
She has worked in over 30 countries and lived in 3 continents and is now based in Dublin, Ireland with her family and continues to work internationally."
How in the name of blog have I avoided coming across Krishna before?
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You may have missed Krishna if you were only paying attention to who is in your aggregator and who they blog about or link to. She has been referenced by some bloggers I've read though and I know her via email coversations too.
If you live and work in the same neighbourhood you'll miss other gems in other neighbourhoods. Living in Brooklyn and hanging around there means you'll never see SoHo or Little Italy. Change your node, move into a new one.
I've found an interesting way to explore new things is to randomly pick someone from say IrishBlogs and sub to them and see who they introduce you to. Pick something that does not match with your work or social interests like say the blog of a football fan and see where they bring you. Give them two weeks and unsub if you are bored and then find another person. Pity there's no lucky dip function for an aggregator.
This is Karlin's other blog: http://www.chipswiththat.com/
Posted by: Damien Mulley | Nov 17, 2006 7:12:35 PM
James
Thank you for provoking the debate about women who blog.
And I am thrilled that you have featured me on EirePreneur - what a great way to end my week.
And thank you Damien and Mary without whom the debate would not have been raised or been facilitated to an interesting list of female bloggers in Ireland.
Female of not - it's just great to see such a diversity in content and also to know there are others with a passion for blogging here in Ireland.
Best wishes
Krishna
Posted by: Krishna De | Nov 17, 2006 8:04:53 PM
I've been watching this discussion unfold on a number of blogs and perhaps it answers the one (unfounded) question and assumption peddled about that there are no women bloggers. If you don't look you don't find...there's a more interesting question here for me about who the gatekeepers in the Irish blog world are and it seems - they are all men - more on this from me on a post next week.
Posted by: annette | Nov 19, 2006 10:14:57 AM
I wasnt sure if the blog was dead or just had not updated in a while. So I thought if I put it up and it was dead. Someone who point it out. ^_^ thank you.
Posted by: Mary Gilmartin | Nov 20, 2006 10:13:32 AM
Beyond a great buzzword, what is a gatekeeper and who are these elusive gatekeepers who are all men which implies some kind of discrimination is going on??
Posted by: Damien Mulley | Nov 20, 2006 2:44:24 PM
I really don't get what the big deal is here; of all the sports/jobs/industries/etc. in the world blogging is the one that simply cannot be twisted because of gender; that is unless the community start to make an issue out of it.
If a blogger, male or female, does a good job talking about/doing whatever it is they talk about/do, then they'll become popular... there's no need for lists, just like there's no need for a male list either.
Unlike in many aspects of life, there's only one reason why fewer women blog... because women chose not to.
And I don't agree with the idea of searching out blogs based on gender; it's senseless. Why would I go looking for a black blogger? Or a gay blogger?
And I've encountered a fair few females in my blog travels without even trying; Annette, Sarah Carey, Redmum, Suzy Byrne... I found them because of comments they made on my blog, links people gave to me, or through articles they wrote that I was interested in.
I'd much rather see a list of really good bloggers than a list of bloggers who happen to be female. I'm not having a go at anyone here at all, but shouldn't blogger be cross-promoted based on their abilities rather than their gender (and I'm not saying the people being mentioned here don't have talents, they clearly do).
Posted by: Adam | Nov 20, 2006 3:07:14 PM
And as for gatekeepers, there's no such thing.
If you mean people who have been active in undertaking projects in the blog community, what about Suzy?
What happened here is that Damien suggested an idea, and James decided to go his own way with his version of the idea; the original idea would see the individual deciding what they were an expert in; there was no checklist, held by some meglomaniac, that people had to match up to in order to be classed as an expert.
In summary, lists of female bloggers is as stupid as lists of male bloggers and it just encourages a divide... how about a list of just bloggers?
And if the original idea is implemented anyone can be an expert in whatever they want to be (and the journalist can decide for themselves if they're full of shit or worth talking to).
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