tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727765.post113209419702762628..comments2023-10-08T06:04:09.896-07:00Comments on Politics and Religion: Open Source Media takes off!Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972876880559981372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727765.post-1132449640439723122005-11-19T17:20:00.000-08:002005-11-19T17:20:00.000-08:00I was one of the women on that absurd fashion pane...I was one of the women on that absurd fashion panel. It really made my day to see your acidic comments on the LGF open thread. I agree that the panel was a terrible fit with the theme of the day, but I think your comments were unnecessarily rude. We really weren't given very much to work with - the moderator only wanted to ask us superficial questions, and we had the venomous Elizabeth Hayt to contend with.<BR/><BR/>I came to that panel intending to discuss how blogging and the internet have changed the way people consume media. Fashion and beauty news used to come around only once a month, in magazines, but the instant gratification offered by blogs is displacing MSM fashion journalists like Hayt. Unfortunately, since they are some of the most elitist snobs around, they'll be the last to admit it.<BR/><BR/>I'm not vapid, I'm not shallow or superficial, and I don't think I "perpetuate the shallow stereotype." I'm an NYU graduate with a business degree and a successful career in marketing. I just like talking about beauty in my spare time, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.<BR/><BR/>I wish I'd had the opportunity to make more insightful comments on that panel, but when you're thrown softball questions and contending with a botoxed fiend up there, it isn't easy.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999656111129307130noreply@blogger.com