PLAY MOVIE So as many of you know Vloggercon is coming up. I'll be speaking in one of the panels with 3 AMAZING WOMEN: Ryanne Hodson, Zadi Diaz and Brittany Shoot. The topic of the panel is Node101 and the Digital Divide. This vlog is basically some of the things that I would like to talk about during the panel. As a person that works for public access, this topic is one that I deeply care about. The gap between the haves and the have nots is not closing and one of my deepest fears is that sometime in the not too far future all media will look, sound, say the exact same thing. AND IT WILL ALL BE DICTATED BY ONE HUGE MEDIA CONGLOMERATE. I believe videoblogging along w/ community TV can change this. But in order for this to really work - we need to see/hear more stories from communities of color. I admit - when it comes to vlogging - I'm not doing as much as I should. I don't post enough and I don't teach enough. But then I watch vlogs and the people telling the stories and I realize that I WANT to see more of the stories told by my perspective and others like me. Mainstream media doesn't tell stories about people like me. Or if they do then it's usually it's a stereotyped. It's up to us to make our own stories. If we care about free speech, if we care about communities that are disenfranchised and making sure their voices are heard, we need to work at it. I need to work at it. Instead of just bitching about it ;)
