Last BlogHer post, I promise. I got an email from a reader today who asked me:

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the women bloggers out there who didn’t go to or didn’t find Blogher empowering. Like Kathy Sierra’s reaction.

Interesting question. I didn’t go to blogher to explore gender issues or feel empowered, I went to meet people and network. Maybe that sounds callous, but I didn’t go to the event looking go learn more about my identity as a woman or a blogger … I went because, well, I’m a blogger who just wrote a book for women and I needed to meet and learn about my readership. Lest I sound like a totally disgusting PR monster, I must add the caveat that I’ve been wanting to meet these many amazing women for years, and this was a nice opportunity. But honestly, I went to Blogher because my book editor told me that I should. And I’m really really glad I did. I met other authors and entrepreneurs (who happened to be women) and talked about writing all weekend. That’s awesome.

I don’t define myself as a blogHER, but I sure was happy to have all those awesome women all in one place to meet and greet and get to know. It was wonderful on lots of levels, but since I didn’t go into it looking for an identity, I didn’t come out perplexed or perturbed by the gender dynamics. I wrote a book for brides that’s being published by an imprint focused on women’s issues. Of course I’m going to go to a conference full of savvy, smart women.