BlogHer - Latin America & Caribbean - Comments

gorgeous writing

Pam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:00:54 -0500

thanks for posting this. it's like dreaming.

pam

Wow! Thanks so much :)

KateSavage — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:30 -0500

I do so love adventure - it's the best thing that's ever happened to me - and, after reading your blog, I see you do, too! I would just lovvvvvvv-vvvvv-vvvvvve to write a guide book. Kudos!

And, thanks again!!

Kate

All Over the Place

Wow! Thanks so much :)

KateSavage — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:49:39 -0500

I do so love adventure - it's the best thing that's ever happened to me - and, after reading your blog, I see you do, too! I would just lovvvvvvv-vvvvv-vvvvvve to write a guide book. Kudos!

And, thanks again!!

Kate

All Over the Place

Hallelujah!

Pam — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:06:50 -0500

Here's to the voice of adventure. Thank YOU for posting your crazy undertakings here. Keep going!

Nerd's Eye View

Thanks Kalyn!

KateSavage — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:44:49 -0500

You know, I am new to Blog Her, and absolutely loving the interaction and feedback here. So, thanks for your comment! It's encouraging! I do recommend Buenos Aires, even if the food is a little bland :P

Great post!

Kalyn Denny — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:32:01 -0500

Really enjoyed reading this. It made me wish I could jump on a plane and go somewhere.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Good idea

Denise — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:11:58 -0500

That would be Joy, who is awesome and works very hard to get blogs listed as quickly as she can. Did I mention she's awesome?

Please, if you stumble across those "dead blogs", I would love to hear from you. Adding messaging on the blog list page is a pretty darn good idea. Self-policing community is huge on my "love list".

Thank you!

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Such a Tease

Achaessa — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:51:45 -0500

Hi, Denise. Yes, I did see the listing criteria and I think it was you (or someone at BlogHer) who kindly explained the reason for not listing my blog at this time. My opening paragraph was a tease - saying why you didn’t list it and that I will be posting more and qualifying for listing soon. Nothing personal against you gals at BlogHer - you’ve been great. Responsive, polite, professional. Love that. Thanks

As for the dead blogs, I don’t recall which they were, but will definitely let you know in the future, now that I know to do so. Perhaps you might add a note on the BlogHer blog list page that if folks come across dead links they should let you know.

Achaessa - life in the extremely big city
http://achaessawrites.wordpress.com/

Thanks

Denise — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:09:32 -0500

We do clearly state our guidelines for being accepted into the blog lists.

1. Your blog is written by:
- A woman or a group of women
- A man who attended BlogHer
- A man whose blogging is of particular quality and relevance to the women who participate in and read BlogHer, as determined by an editor
- Two or more people, women and men, where the blogs by men satisfy the above requirements
2. Your blog contains no unacceptable content
3. Your blog is active and open to the public.
- Your blog must be at least 30 days old.
- Blogs that are not updated regularly will not be accepted.

I'm sorry if you somehow missed those when you listed your blog. We'd also be happy to review your blog again once you do meet those guidelines.

As for blogs in the blog list that are no longer available - we do realize it's a problem and we have been working on this issue. Unfortunately, with a blog list as large as ours is (with about 10,000 blogs listed), it's impossible for someone to click every listing on a regular basis. We rely on the kindness of strangers and BlogHer members to drop us an email and let us know that they've found a no longer active blog lists.

If you'd like to share the names of the blogs you discovered were inactive, we'd be happy to remove those from the blog lists.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Hmmm...

Yvette Perry — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:22:50 -0600

Would single-race public accommodations shield folks of color from racism?

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Not a good idea...

nelle2nelle — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:10:31 -0600

Segregation always creates other issues. No matter if we do this with schools, with buses, etc there will be other issues that arise as a result of the segregation.

The problem lies in a world where men and women have to live side by side and get along, and creating artificial barriers is the last thing we need to be doing.

We do a poor job of educating boundaries, boundaries we understand and respect and that are with each and every one of us. Single sex groupings does nothing to move us towards this understanding and respect.

nelle

Segregation Will Not Solve the Underlying Issue

sweetmunky — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:31:51 -0600

I understand why a woman, who is harrassed daily, would want to ride in a seperate mode of transportation from her offenders. However, this is only a bandaid to the underlying issue of disrespect for women and equality. I agree with the above comment that it may take generations to make this a nonissue, but it starts with the government not providing or allowing these instances of harrassment and degradation. I think to allow segregation gives the harassor permission and allowance to do so. Like Rosa Parks and others, individuals must stand up even where there is a threat. I am so lucky and blessed to live here in the USA so I can have these opinions and the freedom to not be so overtly harrassed in public. My thoughts are with these women who MUST challenge these stereotypes and threats. Stay Strong!
Heidi
http://blog.sweetmunkies.com

Baby Steps

Sandradginzburg — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:18:30 -0600

Changing entrenched cultural attitudes is a long drawn out process. All of your points regarding the larger implications of single gender buses are well taken but I think a good decision was made to address the immediate problem in the most direct way first. Even, the acknowledgement of the problem in the first place signals a big cultural shift. So no, single gender buses are not ideal, and hopefully, they won't become a permanent feature of the daily commute of Mexican women but sometimes a practical solution has to be implemented before more sociological changes can be effectuated.

I do share, however, your concerns that such an interim solution can become a crutch for the underlying problem. Let's try to be optimistic and hope that things do not evolve that way.

It is really scary...

Crunchy Carpets — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:22:10 -0600

How about just punishing the behavior and educating the WHOLE culture about respect. Might take a couple of generations..but something has to be done.

Look for me at http://crunchycarpets.com or check out the ladies at www.wetcoastwomen.com

I watched a bunch of videos

Denise — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:05:05 -0600

My Spanish is MAL but I watched a bunch of the videos yesterday and really liked what I saw. I'm hoping to go back again this weekend and click into some more of the entries.

Thanks for sharing this with the community.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings