tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post113753026277317907..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Identity CrisisStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1137726200445260602006-01-19T19:03:00.000-08:002006-01-19T19:03:00.000-08:00I've been getting more and more bloggy as time goe...I've been getting more and more bloggy as time goes by, and I understand how you feel. One thing that helps me be a little more careful about what and how I write is that I know my Grandma reads my blog from time to time. It's been pretty cool getting to know what she thinks about things (she's got the typical "kids these days!" complex), and I don't think we'd have ever talked about what we do now without the blogging. Still, we have learned that we have differing viewpoints on some things. It helps me be a little restrained and fair in my writing, knowing that not everyone I'm writing to agrees with me, and that I can't just pass off those I disagree with as trolls.saraeandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119958547959999754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1137599705837279452006-01-18T07:55:00.000-08:002006-01-18T07:55:00.000-08:00No way! Get them out when she's the appropriate a...No way! Get them out when she's the appropriate age and show her that you went through the same stuff. What a great way to humanize a parent for a preteen. Wish I'd kept my awful ramblings. There are performance events in LA during which people read their old diary entries. They're quite popular.Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1137597622991972022006-01-18T07:20:00.000-08:002006-01-18T07:20:00.000-08:00Perhaps it's just that people who aren't writers b...Perhaps it's just that people who aren't writers by compulsion forget that successful writing always involves adopting a voice, a persona, with which to effectively communicate to a chosen audience--which means, of course, that it is always you-and-not-you that speaks in a text. even as a kid scribbling in my personal journal I had the eerie feeling that no matter how desperately honest I was, no matter how hard I tried to capture myself in words, what came out on paper was different than the real me. (And even more eerily, my "audience" was always somehow a hypothetical daughter who would read these fascinating memoirs years and years later--this is even more eerie now that I am indeed having a daughter sometime in late May...maybe I should go burn all those not-me words???)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1137535353180829332006-01-17T14:02:00.000-08:002006-01-17T14:02:00.000-08:00This reminds me of hearing my friend Gordon talk a...This reminds me of hearing my friend Gordon talk about Real Live Preacher and how RLP isn't him. I mean, it is him, kind of; but in a way it's someone else. More than he is, or less than he is, in some critical way. Not exactly the same.<BR/><BR/>(At least, that's how I've heard what he says. If I've misrepresented, Gordon, my sincerest apologies! Don't blame Rachel -- blame the velveteen rabbi. *g*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1137533753156149272006-01-17T13:35:00.000-08:002006-01-17T13:35:00.000-08:00I can understand your position, though I am not we...I can understand your position, though I am not well-read enough to feel the heat in the same way you do. But I did just write a post the other day that I haven't put on my blog yet for fear of "freaking out" my family and in-laws. What is it about? My possible (probable) call to ordained ministry....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681998461205797095noreply@blogger.com