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that makes me a lurker, doesn't it?
*waves*
(i agree completely with everything ajoye said up above.)
Liss, I love that delurking pic, btw! :)
I've been reading constantly for the last couple months - Shakesville is even in my 'Priority' folder on Google Reader. I just always find it difficult to jump into an established community with my comments.
HI!!!
Okay...I'mma gonna go back to the lurking now.
Okay, okay...it's not my call. But it's a damn good idea!
But I plan to comment more often from now on.
Shakesville for me
The caffeine in my coffee
The string from my kite
The grout between my tiles
The flint of my Bic
The thread of my zipper
The fluid of my RPS
The perforation in the tissue roll
The lines around my grin
The pause in my day
I came here from a link to this post and have been reading on a daily basis ever since, so, almost a year.
Today it's this: I LOVE Liss's cats.
Oh, and I loves the kittehs :)
Anyway...hi!
Sorry for the lack of comments...I am just not any good at interneting
Howdy!
*re-engages cloak*
Um, I'm not sure if I count as a lurker; I post a lot in the Friday night pubs and the QoTD's and the Daily Kittehs, but on most other posts, I don't comment much because by the time I get my thoughts in order and ready to write something, somebody else has already said the exact. same. thing.
Anyways, hi! :-)
*goes back to lurking*
I'm among a group of friends in Colorado who all read the site and discuss it often. I suppose because I get it out with them, I don't comment here. I'll try to make more of a contribution in the future, though, because the community means a great deal to me.
May try to comment more.
Maybe.
I'm shy here.
I've been lurking daily for a year now, and I only recently started posting an occasional comment. This is my favorite place on the internets, and I've learned so much in the time I spend here.
Thank you for creating a wonderful site.
Thanks for all you do!
...but I wanted to say that the idea of all these silent readers tuning in every day or every week is really heartening to me. It's like that old commercial - we can all go on encouraging each other and trying to live more mindfully and more humane-ly; not afraid of getting angry when needed, and not afraid of getting silly when needed; we can all go out and live by example, and infect two people, who'll infect two people, who'll infect two more people with the fundamental idea that the world can be both more just and more kind.
As a long time reader and commenter, I'd like to encourage those who are on the verge of making their own comments to plunge right in, and not worry whether you can't spell or someone else already echoed your thoughts. Shakesville is the most inclusive (and safe) place on teh internets, at least in my experience. The more the merrier. (To coin a cliche.)
*waves madly in a friendly way*
I really think I need to comment more, honestly. If that's okay. :)
think and has made me more thoughtful. Thank you :)
Totally, ajoye. I read here every day and feel like a Shaker, but I comment pretty infrequently. I am going to make more of an effort now, however, pace Kevin Wolf's exhortation (well, gentle nudge, really) to comment at will. I CAN comment! Woo!
Okay, that was probably too much... ;-)
Thanks for providing so much food for thought, everyone who comments/posts/guest posts, etc.
I try not to post anything that is basically a restatement of previous comments, since I spam people enough on my LJ. By the time I have thought through I want to say in a non-rambly way, someone has usually already covered it!
Oh, and what ajoye said above about feeling like a family member who nobody recognizes.
What I love most about this place is that I feel I can trust it. I've been reading the blog for over a year (started with the Feminism 101 articles and fell head over heels with Melissa's writing and insight) ; not once have I been disappointed, not once have I felt let down. Also, what I find particular about this site is its warmth. Its intellectual and political intransigeance always seems counterbalanced by humour and benevolence and a general sense of... well, kindness. Which helps a lot when depressing news and/or issues are addressed. I cherish that, too.
Well. There you go. Second comment here. Hopefully not the last :)
{{{OAllLurkersO}}}
My first comment at Shakesville was in a delurking thread -- and now Lyndyn says they got here because of one of my posts. I fucking love that.
I need to go and wash my teaspoon off and join in the fray!
portly dyke thanks for reminding us to contribute so graciously (it works)!
Hi! Love the blog!
Been lurking since early 2007.
I love this site, I read it daily. :~)
Bah, I've not let that stop me! ;-)
I appreciate Shakesville for intelligently discussing issues I wouldn't otherwise have thought about, for its high caliber of writing and comments (oh the comments!), and for its frequent updates.
I visit almost every day. I mostly lurk, but I think I've commented here once or twice. I'm going to try to comment here more and talk myself out of it less. In case I don't, I just wanted to say how much I value the community you all create here. I truly appreciate it.
I almost never comment because everyone else says it better and earlier than me. Not much point in saying "yeah, what she said" all the time!
I'm here lots everyday, but I get the shys.
Its been an excellent and thought-provoking read so far, and I hope you continue it long into the future. Three cheers for Shakesville and all of its contributors:)
As santabridge said up-thread, I'm not much of a joiner either, and I don't really feel like I have anything to offer that ten people haven't said much better, so I tend to be quiet and listen. Bright blessings, Shakers. Keep your teaspoons strong.
Nepenthe <3s Shakers.
I'll try to do better.
Er. It's kind of silly, but the main reason I haven't posted is that I couldn't decide what I wanted my handle to be. But what the heck. Hi!
Exceedingly infrequent poster: this world and its injustices -- and the complexity of the reasons they happen -- feel so enormous I can only rarely find the words to engage in any dialog around them. All I can do is bear witness. Silent witness isn't much good online, but it's the best I can do.
Ironic, for a professional writer to be at such a loss for words in a social medium she treasures so deeply. But there you are.
I think I find fiction easier. It lets me paint a picture, complete with context, of what moves me. Even that is inadequate. But there you are, again.
Liss, I am thankful beyond words (heh) that you have kept this site going.
Liss, you are a tremendous inspiration. I usually only comment in fluff threads, because I am way too intimidated to post anything more than about my garden's groundhogs. I tend to try and live by the "if you be quiet people will only think you're a fool, if you speak people will know you're a fool" idea. So I keep it shut and read everything voraciously.
Um. I also draw and paint and I have a cat, he is a little shit but I love him.
Liss, thank you so much for all you've given me, even when you don't know it, and for all you've given to the world :)
Shakesville has given me the confidence (and sometimes the vocab) to express my views about a whole lot of subjects, just in day-to-day conversations. And I was recently interviewed on the radio! I was asked "Is feminism relevant to you, as a young woman?" I was like, "Where do I start...?!".
I'm shy online, but I'll talk for hours in person. Funny, that.
It's not common that I've experienced anything, much less a site on the internet, that makes me feel like I have become a better person, but I definitely feel that way about this site - reading and learning from the posters and commenters here has improved me, I think. I hope.
Anyway, thanks for such an awesome site, and for the herculean effort - mental and physical - it must take to keep it going.
I'll probably return to lurking - there is a very high standard for intelligent commentary here! - but I just wanted to be sure to say "thanks" again, so...
Thank you, Liss, regular bloggers, guest bloggers, and commenters both regular and not so regular. :)
And wouldn't you know it, komencanto (above) said exactly what I was thinking, which illustrates my point. You all are reading my mind - stop that!
Love Shakesville!!
However, love the site. Thanks to all of you, commenters and contributors.
Thanks to all who write here for an educational, informative and interesting read.
Yay, work! And, yay, Shakesville! (Only one of those is sarcastic!)
I used to comment very occasionally, before the site required registration. I finally registered this week, for another thread, and then couldn't comment. I don't know that you'll see me much, because frankly playing in comment threads eats way too much time and trolls cause way too much aggravation, but for now, here I am!
I used to live in a heavily fundamentalist Christian environment, and boy, am I glad to have left all of that! Thanks for helping me open my mind. I find that my life is a lot more genuine and enjoyable now.
Everyone here is amazing and I love the community so much and, well, it's just a mix of internet shy and total wonder.
Talking. Difficult! I promise to try and post more and convince myself to contribute...audibly.
Thank you, Liss, so much, for doing what you do. I appreciate it more than I could ever say.
so....delurked from canada, let's see if i gather the wits and articulate-ness about me to comment more frequently now.
Also, one of my cats (they live with my mom, I am in college a few hours away) is Matilda's doppelganger, and somehow seeing her and her toe fuzz, as we call it, makes me feel a little more at home. She even has the same fluorescent pink tongue as my Andrew Parker, though she seems to have the personality of our Scarlett Lilly (ruler of all that dare fall within her glare). Our third cat is Mika Pinkerton, mentioned simply because I couldn't possibly leave him out. :)
Thank you to Melissa and everyone who keeps this a thoughtful, challenging, and safe space, I don't think you know how powerful your words, and even pictures, can be. Simply being trusting enough to share yourself with strangers is incredibly moving. I am having trouble working up the courage to anonymously de-lurk -did i mention the painfully shy thing-but I have to let you know I am here, absorbing more than you could ever know-and working on the shy thing.
*All spelling/grammar errors are the responsibility of sleep depravation, migraine induced partial aphasia, and massive doses of medication, and in no way reflect my inability to grasp the fundamentals of the English language, I promise.
**relurk**
Love this place, love the people, love how safe it is here. Shakesville feels like home.
Thanks, Liss, for all you do.
Haha! And here I am, still reading the thread!
Oh -- and btw -- from the erudite and elegant words of some of you lurkers today -- I really must just say: I'd love to see you comment more.
"it feels like everyone else has moved on from the discussion by the time I get there. Kinda like this one. 186 comments already. Mine will probably be the last."
I have the same problem. The other issue is that most of the commentators are in the US - so the really good discussion happens while I'm asleep in the UK [I woke up an hour ago so it is already the 14th]. Plus, my reader regularly has 30-60 posts from Shakesville so it can be a few days before I even see a post to consider replying.
Ah well, I adore Shakesville and even if I don't get to participate as much as I'd like, I still love reading everyone else's comments and getting a solid education and update on current events.
So thank you Melissa and all the other wonderful authors who provide such a wonderful resource and to all the people who make this a comfortable, safe community.
I thought my VBFitU would have delurked, since she blames me for getting her hooked on Shakesville.
I know you are out there!
Part of me feels like I just made about 180+ new friends!
I love this place!
Haha! And here I am, still reading the thread!
HA! me too. Many of us here do read *every* (or nearly every) comment, even on long threads. It's never too late to comment, Shakers! I know PD and I are not the only ones to refresh 200+ comment threads just to read one new comment!
47, lesbian, rabid Smith/Moz fan, Southern NM.
Mozzer will be in El Paso tonight--too broke to go. :( Saw him there on '07--great show!
Oh, and I love the Golden Girls. A LOT.
I pop in a few times a week and am invariably the better for it - thank you, Liss and all Shakers, for what you've created here.
HA! me too. Many of us here do read *every* (or nearly every) comment, even on long threads.
And me. :-)
Hellllllooooooooooooo, lurkers! Thank you all for saying hi: It's really amazing to feel your collective presence. And it's just quite cool to be reminded there are lots of people reading along out there, that the community is bigger than I ever really know...
And thank you for all the kind words about Shakesville. Knowing that the community means something to so many people beyond "the regulars" is always encouraging and motivating.
(((hugs to all)))