YOU Magazine - "How we hit the Blog Time"

When YOU magazine featured this article and put Bloggers on it's front cover, it promoted blogging to a whole range of people who may have never considered it before. I often see the phrase "The most famous person you've never heard of" when people speak about bloggers, which is completely expected as it is still a relatively new phenomenon, which for different generations may seem completely alien.

The idea of being able to write/photograph the things you love, and create a living from it, is a pretty incredible option. Working from home, sharing the things you love, seems like the perfect job. Although the bloggers featured in this article do share some downsides to it. Publicising your entire personal life on the internet can obviously lead to criticism, and negative comments. 

Like the Zoella article previously discussed, there will always be an element of envy towards bloggers from those holding a 9 to 5. It may seem to some like it requires little work, but having run my own blog for a few years and not being hugely successful, I know it requires a lot of dedication.

I want to explore what makes a blogger successful, what it is about the person that people like. From my research so far I have produced a questionnaire to get feedback on the questions I have, and to learn how to progress from this point with my own blog.

Feminism is thrown around a lot lately,  a loose term used by many. It's been used against make up for years, people who wear it are criticised as not being feminist, as was Zoe in the article for the independent. Perhaps blogging is the ultimate feminist job. Working for yourself, being your own boss. Women can do it alongside another job, to fund whatever lifestyle they choose to run, alongside being a stay at home mum. Many "Fashion" jobs require full dedication and long hours, (when I interned from 9.30am -5.30pm, I was always the last in the office and the first one out), blogging allows women to maintain their career alongside making a family.

If anything, wearing make up is feminist. It allows you to experiment, present yourself however you like, express your feelings and moods. You only have one body for your entire life, but with make up you can change your appearance daily. Recreating your mood and presenting it on your face. This is another thing I want to experiment with.