Just for the boys?
Welcome, if you’re visiting for the first time following the article in today’s Guardian. I must admit to nearly falling off my chair when I got the call from the Guardian women’s editor yesterday.
To be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about being one of the top six political woman bloggers in the UK (if indeed that’s what I am). Ellee Seymour’s blog I don’t know well, but she appears to be a party insider, which I’m not; I’m not prolific and interested across a wide range of fields, including the arts and history like Philobiblion; I don’t have a public profile that makes people want to read my words like Lynne Featherstone or Melanie Phillips; I don’t have a mission to make sure that there’s a comprehensive women’s and feminist news service like the F-word blog. I’m just me, blogging when I get time, which is getting less and less often, about things that interest me. Hope you like it.
You may want to start here with the full introduction, and the Guardian’s quote comes from this piece.
Fame at last for the Buncemeister! Well done!
Ed
>>> I don’t have a public profile that makes people want to read my words like… Melanie Phillips
Which I’m sure is a source of great relief to you
Just for the boys?…
Just in case you haven’t already seen it, Antonia is featured in today’s G2 in a piece about women bloggers:
Antonia’s blog
http://www.antoniabance.org.uk
Who writes it? Antonia Bance, a Labour councillor on Oxford city council and a Labour …
I love the quote they use.
Congrats Antonia, well deserved!
Though I’m not sure I like the company you’re keeping in that there Guardian blog list…
Mike
Well done! Was a joy to see you among the six!
Hi Antonia, Just to clarify, I’m a Conservative supporter, but not an insider. I write about issues that interest me and I feel others might want to hear about. Some of these have a slant on “women’s issues”, like domestic violence and smacking. But I also like writing about the miscellany of life, my friends and family. I love meeting like minded people this way and I find blogging totally absorbing and stimulating.