I think I get what Emily Gould was talking about...

A blog is a soapbox of sorts for any writer.  Currently the crowd is flinging mud at me as I stand from said soapbox.

There are flames war going on in two of my posts on my personal blog from our class.  Apparently a lot of Lolitas hate my guts right now for not liking their clothing style.  Some were instructive and constructive, but most wrote things that most people would probably never say to my face:

only the japanese...


what not to wear

I find the last one on the "what not to wear" post especially vicious.  In a way I get what Emily Gould meant when she was advised not to read comments on her posts for Gawker.  If I take these comments to heart I'd be likely to believe that I am an intolerant, bitchy, uneducated dumbass who likes to attack those on the fringes of fashionable society for my own sick amusement.

The attacks on my research abilities did lead to me interviewing some Lolitas myself last week to compile into an "article-type" post that will look at their POV of the style, why they like it and how they got into it (a la Andrew Sullivan, I suppose).  The disheartening thing is the critics will probably not check my site again and discover the article when I do post it.

On the bright side my bounce rate has gone down significantly and my traffic has skyrocketed in the past two-three weeks. :)

And for the record, I still don't like this fashion style.

Future of the Magazine

Related to Anna's post, here's a cool demo of what magazines might/could work like on tablet devices:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/18/berg-bonnier-magplus