xo,
E

Thanks for reading that blant. (The context that I didn’t include in the post is how that all came about after years of working in social and digital strategy – including for an indie fashion etailer – and how I have random bouts of insomnia.)

Glad you picked up that it’s all tongue-in-cheek. Looking up the definition of a blog is somewhat futile, because really the only thing that could be agreed upon is that it’s a log of something on the Web. Could be a slew of MP3s, photos, etc. I’m in total agreement that a blog is really what a person makes of it, but my issue (which I think is pretty obvious, and you picked up on) is that the ability to easily publish and post has made a generation of digital natives believe that they have earned instant credibility. And this is coming from a girl who was LiveJournaling in 2000!

Let’s just chalk it up to having worked in print and Web editorial plus fashion marketing while constantly running into the same issues with some self-described “experts,” “writers,” and “editors.” Regardless of the industry, it gets old.

So now that I’ve written a novella of a blog comment to you, rest assured I’m down for free speech. Happy blogging!

~M.

P.S. I’m not anti-pink. In high school most of my hair was (tastefully!) striped magenta and black. Women’s networking groups tend to play into a lazy marketing template that I just want to see less of.

Happy pinking, too!