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Looking back at 2008 the word I think of is "change." Many of us blogged about life changes. In the US the election brought all kinds of changes, including how election campaigns use the internet. And we all became more concerned about the change in our wallets and how to keep it there.
It was a great year for blog series. Suzanne Reisman kicked off what is probably my favorite BlogHer series ever, the Letter to My Body campaign.
Dear Body,
I know we've had our differences in the past, but I am very happy to say that I'm learning to appreciate everything you do for me more and more each year. Since we live in a world which foists unattainable beauty standards on women, destroying our ability to appreciate our own figures and dashing our self-esteem on the hard rocks of media saturation, I have been unfairly harsh in judging you for years.
Suzanne's post was just the first of many excellent in Letters to My Body series. The women who wrote them talked about their body and how their opinion and view of it changed over their life and how they struggled with those changes. If you haven't read them I urge to you read through the posts in Mr. Linky and as well as BlogHer's own archive. You might just find yourself writing one to your body.
Kalyn Denny wrote series of posts called "Cooking with Fresh Herbs." In her first post, about cilantro, she explains why she loves cooking with them. The series is good for foodies or for those who find themselves with a lucky abundance of herbs this summer and is looking for something new to do with them.
I've been wildly enthusiastic about cooking with fresh herbs for so long that I can't really remember back to when I wasn't using them. Yet as much as I consider fresh herbs to be a kitchen necessity, I know plenty of people don't have much experience cooking with them. I thought it might be helpful to do a series of posts on BlogHer about cooking with fresh herbs, featuring a different herb every few weeks.
I don't know if I'll ever be able to think about 2008 without thinking of the presidential election. It was an election where we really saw the power of social networks harnessed by political campaigns, and BlogHer was in the thick of it. First we had a podcast with Carly Fiorina, advisor to Republican candidate Senator John McCain. Then Queen of Spain did an exclusive video interview with Democractic candidate Senator Barack Obama. Michelle Obama blogged on BlogHer, including this post on the many hats women wear.
No matter where we live—no matter our race, our socioeconomic background, or our political party—we women wear many hats. We’re daughters and sisters and moms. We’re professionals and students. We run errands and do laundry and shop for groceries. And to get it all done, we have another skill that we rely on. We’re jugglers.
One of the biggest newsmakers of the 2008 was Sarah Palin. Whether you liked her or not no one could ignore her, including Larry Flynt. When it came out it was financing a movie called "Nalyin Palin" American Princess ahas something to say about it.
By depicting Sarah Palin as a brainless sex object, by taking advantage of the popular notion that she is a political fantasy, Hustler and Larry Flynt are perpetuating the idea that any woman, no matter how accomplished, can be reduced to the sum of her bedroom prowess. And he's not the only one. Palin, Clinton and other high-powered women have been intentionally and recently attacked, cited as incapable of doing their job because of their gender, and demeaned because of their habit of wearing skirts.
Mom101 wrote on a change that the public witnessed in Hillary Clinton, one that was warm and fuzzy.
There's been plenty of commentary about Hillary Clinton's teary-eyed moment right before the New Hampshire primaries this week. Well, if you look closely, there wasn't really a tear -- just a some welling up. As Linda Richman might say, Hillary was just a little verklempt.
But maybe that's what some of us have been waiting for -- a moment when we could exhale a tiny bit after seeing a glimpse of genuine Hillary that peeked through the woman of steel facade some of her advisers believe she should maintain.
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