Comments on: muffled

By: scribegrrrl

scribegrrrl — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:46:00 +0000

Thanks for all the kind words, everybody. And no, I won’t be silenced forever — guess that’s why I created this safe space.

I meant it when I said that the comments were only one factor in my departure from AfterEllen; there were other, bigger reasons. I mostly wrote this post because I wanted to mourn the old internet, ’cause it was so much more fun. And because I was sad to see Judith Warner’s column go away.

Anyway. Enough of all this, but thank you again for the support (and such well-written, thoughtful support, at that!).

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:00:26 +0000

I’m another one who never watched the L Word (beyond the first episode) but faithfully read your recaps, as well as your other posts. You have a great voice and I hope you will continue to use it. I appreciate your frustration, but it saddens me to think that we’ll lose smart commentary to stupid commenters.

By: jennifer from pittsburgh

jennifer from pittsburgh — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:54:57 +0000

I miss the old days too, when I was a member of the Star Trek Women’s Terrorist Task Force (this was pre 9/11, or we would’ve been on some FBI watch list), before the cabal of moderators couldn’t contain the flame war that broke out (over whether or not Courtney Love was a good mother…no, really) and splintered the group. I joined one of the splinters and remain there today. But and still, the old group was so boisterous with their arguments over The X-Files or BtVS. I never experienced anything like it, the dissecting of every tiny nuance of a show.
We don’t do that anymore, not with Lost and not with Fringe, two shows that seemingly lend themselves to such efforts, but no one is inclined to bring out the scalpel.
My problem with internet writing/blogging, that sort of thing, has become content. Even, even especially, on my own blog, the content to me is lacking, as if I’m never getting to any sort of point, let alone a truth. I just feel lost, like I’m in a room full of threads that I’m supposed to weave a tapestry from. There might be a cat there too.
OH! This comment on a movie review I read last week sums it up nicely: You’ve confused typing with content. Clearly I’m less plagued by the reader voice in my head than my own voice demanding that I offer something that isn’t utter crap. I don’t care what the reader thinks and I can tell you exactly why: I have no respect for anyone who likes me
I love your blog, Scribe!

By: tracidress

tracidress — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:13:57 +0000

How nice it is to read everyone’s lovely and respectful comments. I find your style thoughtful and fun and have, like many others, been admiring your writing from afar. I pray that you and others continue to find a space for your voice. Hang in there, missy and know that there is a whole group of us, silently – appreciatively, holding you up.

By: Steph Mineart

Steph Mineart — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:33:50 +0000

I found you on afterellen.com and added your blog to my reader because I really enjoy your writing. I don’t comment many places and didn’t much read the comments on afterellen, so I miss out on the some of the vitrol. But on the few places I do see discussions, I have noticed an uptick in that sort of thing- more so than in the last 20 years or so I’ve been on the internet, and much of it directed at women writers. I know at least one other blogging community being rocked by it now, so I suspect it some sort of zeitgeist. I hope it passes, or there’s some way to counter it, because there are voices I really enjoying hearing – yours is one.