You're heard of the slow food movement, right? Well now folks are bringing that same sensibility--a mindful, patient, sensual exploration of the full enjoyment of the present moment--to one of the fastest of mediums: the blog.
The New York Times had a fascinating story on this trend on Sunday. It turns out that there is even a Slow Blog Manifesto, written in 2006 by Todd Sieling from (of course) Canada. Sieling writes:
Slow Blogging is a reversal of the disintegration into the one-liners and cutting turns of phrase that are often the early lives of our best ideas. Its a process in which flashes of thought shine and then fade to take their place in the background as part of something larger. Slow Blogging does not write thoughts onto the ethereal and eternal parchment before they provide an enduring worth in the shape of our ideas over time.
He also encourages others to write their own Slow Blog Manifesto and, indeed, they have.
It got me thinking...what are the effects--both short and long term--of our speed as feminist bloggers? Sometimes we will have an activist goal in mind--eg. get Walmart to pull their sexist, violence-promoting t-shirts or make sure that Bush keeps his paws off our bodies in these last legislative days). In these cases, time is of the essence. It is less important that we write well, or get at the deepest recesses of the issue at hand, as it is that we get the content out there, incite outrage, and create collective action.
But other times, we feministing editors do try to insert some slower, more reflective posts. Vanessa thought back to her own experiences working in direct service with girls last week. I tried to introduce some of the ongoing questions in my own head and heart as I continue my feminist journey (interestingly, commenters were quick to speedy answers rather than the slow reflection I had intended.) I think sharkfu's beautiful stuff, more than anything on feministing right now, tends towards the reflective (even when it has decisively time-sensitive content).
So while I certainly don't see feministing as a member of the "slow blogging movement," I do think that we try to balance our quick hits with our slowly-developing consciousness, our action-oriented items with our reflection-encouraging content, and our sass with our search. What do you all think? Do you ever wish we were "slower" or "faster" (haha, sounds like we're doin' it)? For those participating in the community blog (THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU), what do you notice about your own literary instincts in this regard?
*For more interesting, and very slow, writing on blogging, check out Andrew Sullivan's piece in this month's Atlantic.
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I tend to prefer the "slower," more analytical posts that come out of some reflection, myself. I generally find that Feministing tends to fall into the more thoughtful category and I enjoy it quite a bit. I've found myself gradually unsubscribing from quick-hit, reactive ("aren't those Republicans *awful*?") blogs because ultimately they're just not interesting. I usually avoid corny metaphors like the plague (<- corny metaphor alert!) but slow blogs tend to linger on the palate, which is nice.
Reminds me of the slow sex movement, for obvious reasons.
I think what you do at Feministing is use the blog medium more for the benefits of the quick response and action, and many of you are putting your more sustained and ponderous efforts into book-writing, which I think is a medium more suited to that mode of thought, writing and reading anyway. I am much more likely to spend time thinking and stewing on a book than a blog post, just something about the length and medium. Of course, not to say that blogs CAN'T do that, but I think it's ok to use them for something they are uniquely good at, as you are.
I agree with the slow movement...on my own blog (randasdiary.blogspot.com), I tend to wait until there is something really valuable to say to the masses rather than put nonsense out everyday just to get viewers. I really like this site because I feel that every blogger has something intelligent to post every time. So, yes I am for slow blogging!
I very seldom will put up a quick hit post. If I am going to bother to blog on an issue it is because I have something to say, or that I wish question. I don't read blogs that cannot be bother to offer incite or that routinely just post links from other blogs with the exception of Alas A Blog. My time is worth something so if a blogger wants me to read they need to offer something.
One of the biggest benefits of blogging was that the blog platform allowed people to quickly type up and publish their thoughts. I can't imagine that people would actually want to rewind the cycle here for slow blogging.
I am always looking for a quicker way to publish a post, now I use the Firefox plugin that allows me to post from my browser window, cuts my time in half.
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Hmm, kind of a weird idea. I'm not sure I really like it?
I'm with Christy on this one, I'm always looking to get my work done as fast as possible. That's not to say I don't spend time on it, because I do. But.. *shrug*
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I am much more likely to spend time thinking and stewing on a book than a blog post, just something about the length and medium.
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