Brenda55
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@Christelyn @Aabaakawad @SirLoinDeBeef
Question. How many times have readers of BWE blogs been advised to develop independent income streams that they control? Well this is what it looks like.
@Christelyn @Aabaakawad @SirLoinDeBeef
Big difference. Ads pay 99% of the overhead here. The only way that happens is because the readers are showing up and that happens because the site is giving them content they want to read, and a means to participate. It is a formula that works.
@Aabaakawad @Christelyn Abby, no one group of bloggers own those ideas. They have been in the hearts and minds of black women for centuries. What has changed is that the blogosphere is allowing us to express those ideas without being told the STFU. That is the difference. Those who try that in the end lose because we will not be silenced.
One must remember that BWE blogs exist because black women's concerns were not being addressed in black centric spaces. All to often black women were shouted down when they were brought up. In a sense the same thing has started to happen when it comes to this space hence the split.
IMO though painful that was a blessing in disguise for it allowed Chris the opportunity to chart her own course. That is what BWE proponents preach after all and the rest is history. Chris had to foresight to promote participation among those who read this blog with the introduction of Livefyer. Not only can we respond to the articles that appear here but also with each other in real time. That make this space unique. So many of us crave the ability to connect with likeminded people worldwide. That for me was a brilliant move and IMO is one of the many ideas that has been instrumental in this site's continued growth.
I am in full agreement with this site's stance to not operate exclusively under the BWE banner. I feel that in the long run doing so will limit this site's potential audience. Further I do not have a problem with the blog owner limiting who and which sites she mention here. Most of us who frequent black women centric spaces can find the content we want very easily. What is being built here is unique but I as a reader and participant know that this site not the only game in town when it comes content for and by black women so I read several black woman's sites.
What is distracting is this need for intramural conflict among bloggers and as I have said before it serves no purpose, and is dammaging. BB&W is a stand alone site that is offering something unique to it's readers and owes nothing to the BWE bloggers but owes everything to the readers who participate on this site. We serve at the pleasure of those readers IMO.
This site is growing because it is open with a free exchange of ideas among it's participants That IMO is not petty. As far as ownership of an idea? Well I will conclude with this point. There is no National Organization of BWE and nothing is trademarked or copyrighted. This is a free and open exchange on the web among people who have brains and know how to use them to express them selves. Some have sites, others read them. No one owns the message.
To the young woman who wrote this letter to Chris. You may be interested in this blog post from Notyourgirlfriday.
This post is in response to a comment written by Sorry for writing so much which is found towards the end of the linked comment section.
@Toni_M Thanks. I see so many examples of women who are my age who are fit that I feel that it is not to late for me. So I am going for it.
@Toni_M Hey what ever gets you through it. Hubby and I are watching Red Dwarf while riding the bike. We each watch and cycle through an episode which is 30 min. It keeps things from being boring.
@Toni_M Sit up work better for me. Like I posted I knocked out 30 today and will gradually work my way up to 50.
@Browncow I am on a mission. 160 by age 60. I turn 58 this coming August. Told hubby I getting of those leather bustier to wear out just to mess with his mind when I make my goal weight.
@MyBetterSelf @DWB Mars Attacks = Alimony flick.
@MyBetterSelf It's a 119 min commercial for Google.
I have not checked in a minute but am here to report in. I am sticking with it, and this week I'm adding sit-ups to the mix. So right now I am doing 50 wall push-ups, 50 squats and 30 sit ups.
I have had to cut back on the squats and wall push-ups to every other day however which is allowing me a rest and rebuild day. Still no lunges at this point.
I have to say that this regimen as well as the cardio that I am doing on the recumbent bike has made a marked improvement in my stamina, balance and functional fitness. I am hoping that there will be a June challenge with suggested exercises that I can add to what I am doing above.
I am 10 pounds down for the month of May and have set a goal for this coming month. Slow and steady.
@Christelyn @ariahead Guess they have to save up for the ceremony.
@CAPT SMOOTH @wanderingdreamer My bad. I was wrong. It is not available on IV. You have to buy it.