The who. Who do you think you are? It’s hard not to hear that question as an interrogation, a challenge. It’s particularly hard when it’s the subtext running through everything I read. Who are we? How has the way we see ourselves changed over generations, cultural epochs? How does being online impact our sense of ourselves? Studying identity is like peering into a mirror that reflects a thousand mirrors back: it’s dizzying. And then there’s the motion sickness. But the more I read, the more the concepts I started with slip from my grasp, and the ground shifts under me. Part of me feels like this uncertainty is probably good, that my existing thought and belief structures need to be destabilized in order to allow new ideas and concepts to settle somewhere.
But then, blushing at being caught out in my wrongthought, I hear the refrain again. Here’s the thing. I have been sleeping with Judith Butler under my pillow. For Judith Butler, identity is performative. Who do you think you are? Women for Wikipedia : Collective Action. International Women’s Day 2011 – make a small difference « Francesbell's Blog. International Women’s Day is on 8 March 2011. Photo from Katkura Although this day has been celebrated since 1910, there is always a danger that it provides a ‘warm glow’ moment and does not make any difference to what we do or think.
Not aspiring to revolution #egypt style, and partially prompted (but not managed!) By Fred Garnett, I have thought of something that we can do that can make small local differences to women, and possibly shift the tenor of online connections. This left me pondering on the knotty question of Linked-in recommendations. So what I am asking you to do for International Women’s Day is to look at your acknowledgement behaviours and make sure that you credit the wonderful women that you work, play and live with.
Here are some concrete suggestions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In general – spread the love! Warning: Please don’t do any of the above to me unless you were going to anyway or want to make me very embarrassed;) Like this: Like Loading... Men promoting men promoting men….. | Too Much To Say For Myself. The who. Who do you think you are? It’s hard not to hear that question as an interrogation, a challenge. It’s particularly hard when it’s the subtext running through everything I read. Who are we? How has the way we see ourselves changed over generations, cultural epochs? Studying identity is like peering into a mirror that reflects a thousand mirrors back: it’s dizzying.
And then there’s the motion sickness. But the more I read, the more the concepts I started with slip from my grasp, and the ground shifts under me. Part of me feels like this uncertainty is probably good, that my existing thought and belief structures need to be destabilized in order to allow new ideas and concepts to settle somewhere. But then, blushing at being caught out in my wrongthought, I hear the refrain again. Here’s the thing. I have been sleeping with Judith Butler under my pillow. I started this journey because I’m interested in the idea of digital identity, of who we are when we’re online.
Who do you think you are?