A Gay Girl In Damascus
Jun. 12th, 2011 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annwfynOh my god!
For a while, I've been reading the blog of a lesbian girl in Damascus. Or so I thought.
I'm really quite startled by this and it's making me pondersome. On one hand, I tend not to believe that anyone has any obligation to entirely tell the truth on the internet, and can, in fact, purport to be whoever they want to be. This also briefly made me think 'that'll teach me, for assuming that in time all newspapers will be replaced by bloggers'.
But still, I am a little taken aback and am not entirely impressed by the writer. I think it doesn't help that the writer is not a woman, not living in Damascus and not a lesbian. I think the potential for him to misrepresent the people he said he was trying to give a voice to is so very high.
Still, at least his imaginary persona hasn't been arrested by the police and is not currently missing in action somewhere. That's a very small consolation, right?
For a while, I've been reading the blog of a lesbian girl in Damascus. Or so I thought.
I'm really quite startled by this and it's making me pondersome. On one hand, I tend not to believe that anyone has any obligation to entirely tell the truth on the internet, and can, in fact, purport to be whoever they want to be. This also briefly made me think 'that'll teach me, for assuming that in time all newspapers will be replaced by bloggers'.
But still, I am a little taken aback and am not entirely impressed by the writer. I think it doesn't help that the writer is not a woman, not living in Damascus and not a lesbian. I think the potential for him to misrepresent the people he said he was trying to give a voice to is so very high.
Still, at least his imaginary persona hasn't been arrested by the police and is not currently missing in action somewhere. That's a very small consolation, right?
