I wanted to write this post further to a blog that the
fabulous Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista wrote on Wednesday, found here at I am always more than just a blogger.
She was talking about her friend, who had been told that she
was “just a blogger”.
I always find it interesting to
note when people insult bloggers. While
some people understand blogging and enjoy reading/writing them, many others
have no comprehension what blogging is all about and insult it instead. Sound familiar? Insulting what you don’t understand?
One pre conception I often hear
is that bloggers write down everything about their lives, from what they had
for breakfast to what pyjamas they are wearing that night. Everything is micro analysed in the smallest
detail and written about. Maybe some do, but so what? That’s their bag, what they enjoy doing,
who are you to criticise?
Blogging can be many things to
many people. I for instance used it in
the beginning as my own free form of therapy.
Talking through my fingers rather than saying it out loud. Any issue I have or problem I am worrying
about, I write about it and nine times out of ten, I find the solution right
there in what I have written.
source
Now I blog about fashion, beauty,
lifestyle, opinion pieces, whatever takes my fancy. It is something that I adore doing and the
fact that some people would insult you for that blows my mind a little.
I started to think today as well;
how many people who have insulted bloggers actually read blogs to find out what
a product is like? I bet many do it
without even realising it.
That mobile phone review on
Youtube, that’s a blogger. That detailed
camera review you found that tells you everything you need to know, that’s a
blogger. That £1 miracle mascara that
you have thanks to something you saw online singing it’s praises, that’s a
blogger.
I spend the equivalent of a full
working day (probably more) each week doing what I do, if I review something (either paid for by myself or gifted) I
try to be as accurate as possible, and if once in a while something that I say helps
someone else to improve their lives; well what is better than that?
I read the post, as did many, on Wednesday entitled "The Rise of the Fatshion Blogger" (since deleted). The writer implied that bloggers were solely in it for the freebies these days and that we were all doing somersaults for the brands in order to get attention.
Personally, I feel extremely lucky to have been allowed to review anything. I don't accept every offer that comes my way and if I don't like something or notice an issue with something I have been gifted, I say it. I checked the count and I have reviewed 9 pieces within the last 150 posts.
I got into fashion blogging because I love fashion, I adore the plus size fashion community and have felt welcomed by it. There are some amazing people who didn't deserve the critique that they received from someone who was clearly following them and reading their posts, but then slating them behind their backs.
I read the post, as did many, on Wednesday entitled "The Rise of the Fatshion Blogger" (since deleted). The writer implied that bloggers were solely in it for the freebies these days and that we were all doing somersaults for the brands in order to get attention.
Personally, I feel extremely lucky to have been allowed to review anything. I don't accept every offer that comes my way and if I don't like something or notice an issue with something I have been gifted, I say it. I checked the count and I have reviewed 9 pieces within the last 150 posts.
I got into fashion blogging because I love fashion, I adore the plus size fashion community and have felt welcomed by it. There are some amazing people who didn't deserve the critique that they received from someone who was clearly following them and reading their posts, but then slating them behind their backs.
So having read the posts as above, I still say yes, I am a blogger, and I am
damn proud to be one and part of the plus size community. Are you?
