August 2012

Thinspiration and Social Media: No More Mixed Messages

A week ago Thursday, I took a break from writing to wander off to Twitter, as one does. A message came up in my feed, with an Instagram link, and I clicked to view. Without thinking twice, I immediately responded. The tweet was sort of a social media snowball - …

Phyllis Diller and The Rhinoceros In The Room

In the last six weeks, it feels like a great deal of talent has left this earth. Maybe I’m more sensitive to it than I would be normally, but really, July and August have been rough on the Hollywood farewells. Really rough. Monday morning, after learning of the the passing …

On Pinterest, BlogHer and Knowing What’s OK to Pin

Pinterest info on the web generally falls into two camps: the how-to’s that encourage pinning with abandon and the anti-Pinterest campaigns that encourage people to boycott the site completely. I don’t like those extremes. They lack opportunity for dialogue. Opportunity for education. Opportunity for change. This time last weekend, I …

If Emily Posted: On Geotags and Your Privacy

It goes without saying that, in this day and age, there are privacies we give up regardless of how shallow our social media footprint. If you’re reading this, chances are your footprint is a bit deeper, be it as a blogger or via some other social sharing platform. Social media, …

If Emily Posted: On Twitterquette

I often refer to Twitter as a social media cocktail party. It provides a source for great conversation, meeting new people and sometimes better feedback than a google search. But if Twitter is like a cocktail party, one look at your feed and you’ll see that some people can’t hold …