Hey!! Yes, I realised I had forgotten to give out rewards last week so I went ahead doing that!
Weird that it's down, it works for me. What country are you in? I'll check that my hosting doesn't restrict any countries. I'm actually quite savvy with the web. Or wait, are you talking about therelationshipblogger.com? I had to give up that one. I grew it so big, had columns on big magazines and all sorts.
Sadly, I gave that one up. I had to. My circle started to talk about stuff that I just didn't believe in. My editors would throw stuff back at me telling me that I was, "Speaking from a place of privilege," and whilst privilege is a concept that I understand it automatically assumes and applies motivation to myself without investigation. Like so:
"You can't write about the male experience speaking to females because you are privileged" - which does a few things. It assumes my intention, it also assumes my background, and it assumes my life experience without ever asking me a single question.
They were quite steadfast on this, and being a white male it got me less and less gigs, and even more importantly, gigs that I was willing to take part in. So I gave up, I didn't want any part in a movement that causes way more harm than it does good. Maybe I'll write about that one day. The blog is no longer there. I let the due date slide and fully moved to hive.
Hive has been good to me though. I've built up quite a following, and have been more successful on here than any other place I've been in my life. I love that it's a big melting pot of cultures, skills, and backgrounds. It's quite amazing.
Well thank you for the reward! :D
I relate. Mainstream doesn't want to have a conversation. It's a political game, mostly. And the money. Of course. We wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers and have sales decline. Because what about advertising? And our vacation homes? Not much journalism there, then. Not much truth. Not anymore. (#freejulianassange while we're at it)
I'm interested to hear a male perspective. F*ck knows you guys haven't been allowed to have your say. At all! 🙄
I am a privileged white female. And learning about it at last. We should compare notes. 👍
Yes there is a ton of male privilege. And I blame the mothers, quite frankly. There is some female privilege making the rounds as well.
How do we progress, or even things out, if we don't share our war wounds and have a tolerant conversation. This is exactly what's going horribly wrong in society. Everyone is too scared to say boo.
Okay. Glad I found you. Even more glad I was rewarded 'cause I need that around now. 😁 Thank you again.
Yeah - I spoke a lot about social injustice and many ism on mainstream. And have also found Hive far more open-minded, educated, courageous and cool to engage on. I'm not going back!
See you around. Enjoy the weekend. 🌸