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3rd May 2011

Link reblogged from Budget Fashionistas with 18 notes

Budget Fashionistas: jakec: “A smart woman said something smart in 2008 and then two dudes... →

jakec:

“A smart woman said something smart in 2008 and then two dudes in 2011 told her she was wrong and to stop complaining about how music criticism doesn’t engage with its audience because writing is an important form of self-expression and also they don’t like reading other people’s…

 Let me just say…I just finished my thesis (yay!) and was informed that a conversation was going on Tumblr about something I wrote three years ago, so I came by to check it out. I was both flattered and perplexed by the commotion that was ensuing. I don’t really remember writing that post, but I still think I had a few salient points. However, I would just like to point out that I often did seek to “be the change I wanted to see” by writing music criticism in the way that I envisioned it and sharing it with others. I think, for the most part, I do not just unnecessarily complain on my blog. In fact, I really do try to keep snarkiness to a minimum. I hope to start writing on this site again soon and joining in these dialogues. I must say it was a little bit strange to see my name used so often knowing that I was off somewhere in the real world working, eating tacos, watching TV and somewhere in the blogosphere some really smart folks were talking about me. The peculiar world of the internets.

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  1. foryourpleasure reblogged this from douglasmartini and added:
    just say…I just finished my thesis (yay!) and...Tumblr about something
  2. icedoutlighthouse reblogged this from douglasmartini and added:
    specialist review, you gotta submit...criticism. Even if what you’re making is criticism....
  3. douglasmartini reblogged this from jakec and added:
    Let me clarify that I never said she was wrong. In fact, I STRESSED that she was right. My entire argument was based on...
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