a feeling that anything that crosses one's mind is important or interesting to others
Sez Camille.
Why aren't you a fan of blogs?Blog reading for me is like going down to the cellar amid shelves and shelves of musty books that you're condemned to turn the pages of. Bad prose, endless reams of bad prose! There's a lack of discipline, a feeling that anything that crosses one's mind is important or interesting to others. People say that the best part about writing a blog is that there's no editing -- it's free speech without institutional control. Well, sure, but writing isn't masturbation -- you've got to self-edit.
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Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy, Buy One Get One Free – An Hour With Arundhati Roy
Complete Matrix Reloaded Script
Just a few of the open tabs in Firebird right now.
Maybe one day, I'll be able to write about any or all of those without being all musty bookish.
I am, however, self-editing several comments about Paglia.
Comments
I used to really dig Paglia. But she gets mustier as she gets older.
Posted by: j. brotherlove | October 29, 2003 8:08 PM
I dug her for about 3 seconds and then I realized she was just full of shit.
Posted by: Michelle | October 29, 2003 8:24 PM
I think she's been reading the wrong blogs. I must imagine right-wing blogs are probably a bit like what she describes, a lot of anger and relatively few thoughtful essays. Kinda like her writing, I suppose. But the great thing about blogs is that you can pick and choose what you read. If she finds the blogs she reads boring or subliterate, she only has herself to blame.
Posted by: Elayne Riggs | November 1, 2003 10:15 AM