Here’s a little spin on the old “if you could go back in time, who would you like to have lunch with” question. This time around let’s pretend that computers have existed since the dawn of time and that blogging was a part of everyone’s daily lives. Momentarily, I am picturing Eve in the Garden of Eden with a laptop (an Apple, of course :)) ) happily blogging away about why Adam can’t manage to put his fig leaf in the hamper. Hmmm… what else would Eve have to say? (My thoughts have wandered off and I’m trying to figure out why some Mac marketer hasn’t come up with an Adam and Eve version of the Mac vs. PC commercials. Surely there is some creative genius to be found there.)
Anyway, think back at all the women throughout history and then pretend that Google has neatly archived all of their blogs for you to surf through at your leisure. Whose blog would you read? Whose blog would you comment on? Can you just see Susan B. Anthony blogging her speeches? How many comments would Sojourner Truth have received for her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech? Pick someone who doesn’t have any writings or speeches – what would she have to say on her blog? What would her site look like? Lots of ads and blog bling or a simple format with earthy colors? You tell me. Take a moment to blog about it on your own site or create your own blog entry here on Girls Can’t WHAT?
Edit: Just found this cartoon…
9 comments
gretchen
Oooohh…Joan of Arc! :-?
That WOULD be a very interesting blog. :) I should read up on her soon.
FoxTail-J
Hm. I think I would go back even further.
I often wonder what Joan of Arc was thinking day to day. After all, she was such a key figure in a war when she was a woman with low social status compaired to the others around her. Plus, her many claims having visions make her more than just a war hero.
gretchen
Nate – I would add her to my Google Reader as well! Thanks for the heads up on the book. I’ll be looking for it. :)
Nate Levin
I would want to read Alice Paul’s blog. I believe she clearly had the greatest personal charisma of the prominent suffrage leaders, and to me that makes her the most interesting.
She also increased the political space for protest and dissent. She and her followers were the first to picket the White House and were unjustly imprisoned and abused as a result.
I was going to add that no good biography of Paul has yet appeared, and I think that’s still true, but I checked Amazon and a book about Paul and her role in the suffrage campaign is due to come out next January. I pre-ordered it, of course, but am wondering to what extent it will cover her life post-1920.
gretchen
*cough* liar *cough*
But of course compared to me you look like a friggin’ o:-)
Kel1
Who, me? I’m completely innocent! Never did anything wrong. Not ever.
:D
gretchen
@Rachel – you’d miss me if I wasn’t there to throw straw wrappers at you. ;)
@Kel – Good idea. I’d read your grandparents blog, too, just to see if they posted any incriminating stories about you. :d
Kel1
True, Rachel. I’m thinking that people with their novels and groundbreaking things like that will be remembered much moreso than any blogger.
However, the reason I like blogs is that they give the “average person” a chance to be heard in a world that often discounts the “average person.”
Frankly, who is to say which things are “worth remembering?” If we go by what is newsworthy nowadays…well, I just don’t feel that anything having to do with Paris Hilton or Britney Spears is worth taking up news time. :))
I am hoping that my life will be “worth remembering” to those who were around me. The things my grandmother and grandfather did for me will be things I always remember. Sometimes I WISH they’d have been able to blog because maybe then I’d have known even more about their character. :)
So…in answer to your question, Gretchen, I’d like to read my grandparents’ blog, if they had one. Because they are my heritage and who they were mattered a lot to me…”average” people who made a difference in my life. :)
Rachel
You know Gretchen, as I read your blog, I don’t think I’d like to read any old famous person’s blog. Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of blogging. I think the reason people and speaches and things are remembered is because they had to actually get out, meet people, and do things worth remembering. Not just write about it on an internet already cluttered with thoughts and opinions.
But to be fair, I do like to read your blog from time to time. It’s nice to be able to hear what you think without having pieces of straw paper fly at me. lol.