PUBLIC MARKS with tag blogher

I have one thing to say to the organizers of technology conferences: if you want to make sure that you include the "female perspective" to your program, just invite women to speak about the things they're doing. Putting smart people to discuss under a separate "women & technology" category is not doing the job.

Many of the BlogHer-organized panels were on topics of interest to the BlogHer community not strictly related to gender, for example an excellent panel on what happens when you mix personal blogging and professional life. At the same time, part of what BlogHer does is point out sexism in the blogosphere (e.g., the dismissal of “mommybloggers” by people who think it’s dandy for boys to blog about their toys), so some of the BlogHer panels did address those issues.

The shiny new BlogHer.org is Drupaltastic ! BlogHer’s like a fairy godmother mafia; everyone is just so darned supportive (and smart)! Check out the bajillion blogs written by women and organized by topic.

women and blogging

festivals + conferences 2006