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There were several aspects of the Bitch Ph.D. blog excerpt that interested me. First was her statement that her site is "a feminist site, it is also leftist and, in the end, a personal site as well. If feminism pisses you off..." I thought it was signficant that "feminist" does not include "leftist" or "personal." Though I understood her separation of "leftist," I was jolted by her separation of "personal," given our discussions surrounding the "feminist" notion of incorporating the personal with the academic and locating oneself within academia- a concept that Jessy also addresses in her piece. It is also interesting that bitchphd does not define "feminist" or "feminism" though clearly both are potent enough to piss someone off. The second thing that perplexed me was the force with which bitchphd draws lines betwen what's allowed and not allowed on her site- in doing so, she creates a kind of elitism.

In more direct response to Jessy's essay "The Practice of Blogging," I was curious about the statement that "I made a few entries in my Serendip blog last semester which I wouldn't make now." Why is this? What has changed about you/your beliefs?

Two questions for Jessy...

How important do you think it is that your writing be accessible to the audience? How does labyrinthlanguage make your writing more/less accessible?

Why do you think there is a tendency to separate the personal and academic? What are the consequences of separating them? Of not separating them?