Recently, Danah wrote a about the disparity between the label of “blogger” and people’s self-identities: apophenia: Journaler is to Blogger as Dyke is to Lesbian (Why Identity through Activity Fails).

It’s interesting to me because she speaks of online journalers who others describe as bloggers because, well, they use a blogging program and it looks like a blog, so they must be a “blogger.”

I meanwhile push against the term “online journaler,” even though realistically that’s closest to what I am. I like to think that I write essays and post links and do things BESIDES write about my life. I also like to think that because I only write about a tiny slice of what goes on in my world that I’m not actually an online journaler, because this isn’t the whole picture.

Danah’s always full of interesting perspectives and thoughtful bits of information.