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Chanticleer — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:27:37 -0000

Yet another delurker saying hi! I read Shakesville every day, mostly for the feminism, but a little bit for the Top Chef open threads. Thank you for all your writing!

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bridgetostars — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:16:07 -0000

hi all! i'm just delurking to tell everyone how much i love it here. it is so nice to have a safe space where topics important to me are being discussed thoughtfully. i'm always learning something new, and it inspires me to know i'm not the only one out there feeling like i do! i mostly don't comment, because i feel like i don't have anything enlightening to add. but <333 you all, melissa, contributors, commenters, everyone... :]

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Melissa McEwan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:57:10 -0000

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.

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)))

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bluedancer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:51:47 -0000

I don't believe I've ever commented before (if I have, it's only been one or two times), but I read here every day and I am hugely grateful to Melissa and all the other bloggers here for raising my awareness of... oh, everything you all post about. It's kind of shameful how many feminist blogs I follow obsessively without ever leaving a comment. I comment once in a while under the same name over at Twisty's place, so you all may have seen me over there at some point.

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GraceAnne_LadyHawk — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:51:14 -0000

Didn't I say something somewhere? I found you through my ex-daughter in law, still beloved of course. I am Hillary's age. You guys (a non-sexist term here in NYC) give me hope, and make me giggle.

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thedrymock — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:19:52 -0000

Like a lot of others have said, I work or am in class during the day when most of the posts get made, so by the time I get a chance to read the threads someone else has almost always already said what I was thinking. If I get a chance to read the threads at all. Although, of course, that old criminally vulgar shyness is part of why I lurk as well. Anyway, I've been reading and loving the blog for... crap, at least four years now. It and a handful of others have been a major part of my feminist awakening. Thank you!

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Escondida — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:53:32 -0000

Delurko, ergo sum!

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.

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LisaTheMad — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:07:00 -0000

Hi. My name is Lisa and I am a chronic lurker. I read daily, but comment rarely.

Oh, and I love the Golden Girls. A LOT.

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House_of_Mayhem — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:00:20 -0000

Lurking since Shake's Sister days, posting sometimes. visit twice a day.

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!

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SKM — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:54:14 -0000

"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."

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!

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everypiece — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:27:16 -0000

Delurking! I read Shakesville every day, love it to bits :)

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OuyangDan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:21:10 -0000

Wow! That's a lot of delurkers! Yay! Thanks for speaking up!

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!

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Amy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:02:59 -0000

I've commented a few times and I try to participate when I'm not overwhelmed by my own ignorance on a given topic.

"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.

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PortlyDyke — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:17:57 -0000

"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."

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.

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decodevo — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:12:02 -0000

Delurking from New Zealand. I've been reading for close to two years, but commented only a handful of times.

Love this place, love the people, love how safe it is here. Shakesville feels like home.

Thanks, Liss, for all you do.

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ailurus_fulgens — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:11:28 -0000

I am in the middle of a 25hr. shift at work, and recovering from a week of migraines, so I am a little late to the party, but I have to say thank you to all of Shakesville; I am truly a better person for having found this community. I may not participate much, because I often have little to add, and I am painfully shy, but your insights seep into my consciousness and conversations daily.

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**

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cranberrybird — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:56:22 -0000

i feel like i've been lurking for a hundred years, but it's probably really only 2 or 3. melissa, you and your lovely bloggers make my day many a day after another.

so....delurked from canada, let's see if i gather the wits and articulate-ness about me to comment more frequently now.

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Latiolais — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:17:42 -0000

Chronic lurker! I've been readin Shakesville every day, multiple times a day, for two or three years now. I have commented...um. Three times. Something like that. I do action items. Lots of action items.
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.

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circuscat — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:10:24 -0000

Delurking for the first time, and I've been reading this blog for three years! I'm graduating from college soon, and I would just like to say thanks for helping me develop a more accurate and feminist worldview. I never would have grown this much, or been able to deal with the day to day sexism that I have to deal with, without this site and all the support I feel just knowing there is an entire community that supports the same things I do.

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.

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propercopperpot — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:57:37 -0000

Add me to the list of daily readers but extremely infrequent commenters! I've been following Shakesville for a couple of years, and it's really changed the way I think a lot. Thanks for everything.

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Ptarmigan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:10:03 -0000

Well, I've been meaning to de-lurk for a while now, but never quite knew which thread to do it on, so this is very timely! I've been reading Shakesville for a few months now, and I love this site--thank you Melissa and all the contributors (and commenters!) who make this place such a wonderful safe space. Thank you for all that you do to bring important topics to the attention of the world--and especially for offering ways to fix it. Coming here has opened my mind so much, and I appreciate you all more than you could ever know.

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MadGastronomer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:01:05 -0000

I'd have delurked earlier, only I just got around to trying Liss's suggestion for why I couldn't comment earlier. It worked! Thanks, Liss!
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!

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XiliaDrache — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:51:19 -0000

I definitely would have de-lurked earlier, had you not caught me on Friday, the day that I work both jobs.

Yay, work! And, yay, Shakesville! (Only one of those is sarcastic!)

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chaomancer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:23:31 -0000

Hi, I delurk occasionally and read constantly. Maybe this delurking will take!

Thanks to all who write here for an educational, informative and interesting read.

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Mary Bates — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:18:22 -0000

hello. how ironic; I don't comment b/c mostly I'd be saying "me, too." heh. I am a couple year reader, but rarely comment for the reasons already discussed, i.e., me, too!

However, love the site. Thanks to all of you, commenters and contributors.