Last week, Vanity Fair published an article hailstorm of insults about 6 notable women on Twitter and the rise of Twitter as a platform for massive outreach.
As though it wasn’t hard enough already to discuss and demonstrate the value of Twitter to non-users.
I have a lot of frustration left in me, but I won’t write another diatribe on the matter. Instead, I’m going constructive. You can anticipate my opinion on women in tech this week, but in the meantime, I’m sharing some links that I found encouraging and passing along a few more responses to the Vanity Fair misfire.
First:
Notable Women On Twitter
14 Power Women to Follow On Twitter
30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow On Twitter
Second:
Responses to Vanity Fair’s “America’s Tweethearts”
By a couple of the women featured:
Disappointment by Felicia Day on feliciaday.com
There’s More to a Tweetheart by Amy Jo Martin on thedigitalroyalty.com
By a few other women
Vanity Fair on Twitter Fame: Twembarrassing by Caroline McCarthy for CNET News
Hot For Twitter! Vanity Fair’s “Twilebrities” Have Sexy Legs by Rachel Sklar for mediaite.com
Why Does Vanity Fair Hate the Women of Twitter? by Kiala for GeekWeek.com
AAAANNND The Geek Girl Diva Series:
Tweethearts? Oh Vanity Fair! You Slay Me!
Less Rant, More Rationale: My Letter to the Vanity Fair Editor
and
Gawker Says the Twinternet Is Tweaking Out?
Finally…
I want to share the links to these women’s Twitter accounts, since they’re all awesome and Vanity Fair neglected to display their usernames.
Julia Roy: @juliaroy
Sarah Evans: @PRsarahevans
Stefanie Michaels: @adventuregirl
Felicia Day: @feliciaday
Sarah Austin: @pop17
Amy Jo Martin: @digitalroyalty
Don’t get me wrong: this isn’t a feminism sort of thing. I’m just not one to stand by and watch someone else take a beating because she OR he is successful.
Not. Cool.
