Comments on: My Mother’s Bad Yoga Instructor http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/ the personal blog of Neil Kramer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: yoga is about healing « bindy fry's itty bitty brain basket http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-250430 yoga is about healing « bindy fry's itty bitty brain basket Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:30:23 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-250430 [...] is kind of offensive, however, the yoga story about the treatment of older students is unbelievable my mother’s bad yoga instructor incompetent yoga teachers gurus gone wild-why do good gurus go bad good ones from the major [...] [...] is kind of offensive, however, the yoga story about the treatment of older students is unbelievable my mother’s bad yoga instructor incompetent yoga teachers gurus gone wild-why do good gurus go bad good ones from the major [...]

]]> By: Laura http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234722 Laura Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:36:41 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234722 I always enjoy your posts even when they make me want to pinch you. The yoga story is one of my favorites...I'll have to pass it along. I always enjoy your posts even when they make me want to pinch you.

The yoga story is one of my favorites…I’ll have to pass it along.

]]> By: Jane http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234675 Jane Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:49:54 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234675 High Five, Kimberlee. :-) High Five, Kimberlee. :-)

]]> By: kimberlee http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234660 kimberlee Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:58:05 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234660 yay Jane! yay Jane!

]]> By: leah http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234652 leah Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:06:21 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234652 it doesn't sound like the yoga lady is very happy. maybe she should take someone else's yoga class to calm her self down. it doesn’t sound like the yoga lady is very happy. maybe she should take someone else’s yoga class to calm her self down.

]]> By: Jane http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234631 Jane Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:40:36 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234631 BlogHer is also a huge turn-off for me, for many reasons, not the least of which it does the bare minimum to fulfill its mission statement. Rather than promoting the voices of women writers from across the spectrum, the BlogHer site acts as a platform for its editors. The works of others are shoved in a dusty backroom where they are largely ignored. However, because it's a female-oriented site with thousands of subscribers, it gets what it's really after, which are corporate sponsorships. I find BlogHer to be one of the worst examples of commercialism masking as a social good. WTF is the relevance of Cosmo-type posts such as 7 great movie love scenes Weirdest breakup lines Make heart-shaped treats When it's not trying to be Cosmo, it's being the Good Housekeeping of the blogging world, throwing in a few meaningful articles in with the how-to's and recipes. I fucking hate BlogHer. Can you tell? BlogHer is also a huge turn-off for me, for many reasons, not the least of which it does the bare minimum to fulfill its mission statement. Rather than promoting the voices of women writers from across the spectrum, the BlogHer site acts as a platform for its editors. The works of others are shoved in a dusty backroom where they are largely ignored. However, because it’s a female-oriented site with thousands of subscribers, it gets what it’s really after, which are corporate sponsorships.

I find BlogHer to be one of the worst examples of commercialism masking as a social good. WTF is the relevance of Cosmo-type posts such as

7 great movie love scenes
Weirdest breakup lines
Make heart-shaped treats

When it’s not trying to be Cosmo, it’s being the Good Housekeeping of the blogging world, throwing in a few meaningful articles in with the how-to’s and recipes.

I fucking hate BlogHer. Can you tell?

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234629 Neil Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:19:22 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234629 Danny -- You do have a point. I wonder if it would be smarter for me to go to my first blogging conference in SWSX, which is the big one in Austin, which is not gender-based, or one of the other social media conferences. But they are also less blog oriented, than internet/business media - related. There just aren't enough of us male personal bloggers that want to get together and schmooze -- so we have to do it on the woman's turf, just like women who are into football have to deal with all the stupid male-oriented commercials during the Super Bowl. Maybe this will give me a taste of what women feel like in a male-dominated business world, as the women at the conference talk down to me and ogle me as eye candy rather than treat me like an equal. Danny — You do have a point. I wonder if it would be smarter for me to go to my first blogging conference in SWSX, which is the big one in Austin, which is not gender-based, or one of the other social media conferences. But they are also less blog oriented, than internet/business media – related. There just aren’t enough of us male personal bloggers that want to get together and schmooze — so we have to do it on the woman’s turf, just like women who are into football have to deal with all the stupid male-oriented commercials during the Super Bowl. Maybe this will give me a taste of what women feel like in a male-dominated business world, as the women at the conference talk down to me and ogle me as eye candy rather than treat me like an equal.

]]> By: Danny http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234628 Danny Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:15:10 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234628 Even if it's tongue-in-cheek, I love being cast in this post as an intolerant slightly misogynistic blogger. While you know how in touch I am with my "female side," as are you, I do keep asking myself why the thought of BlogHer turns my stomach. Or, shall I say more accurately, the thought of attending something like BlogHer. I don't think I could stand being a man at an event like that and have everyone wonder what I'm doing there. But on the other hand, I'm married with two more kids on the way and NOT looking to get laid by mommybloggers! Not that I think that's your motivation either...I think you just like the company of women and, like me, are very interested in what they're talking about. So again, why does BlogHer turn me off so? Even if it’s tongue-in-cheek, I love being cast in this post as an intolerant slightly misogynistic blogger. While you know how in touch I am with my “female side,” as are you, I do keep asking myself why the thought of BlogHer turns my stomach. Or, shall I say more accurately, the thought of attending something like BlogHer. I don’t think I could stand being a man at an event like that and have everyone wonder what I’m doing there. But on the other hand, I’m married with two more kids on the way and NOT looking to get laid by mommybloggers! Not that I think that’s your motivation either…I think you just like the company of women and, like me, are very interested in what they’re talking about. So again, why does BlogHer turn me off so?

]]> By: kimberlee http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234619 kimberlee Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:11:46 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234619 1. I'm with Danny, blogher sucks. 2. There is no god. 3. From reading you, it appears you are a grown man. take care of yourself. just like all us chicks do. 4. FAKE IT? you've GOT to be joking. 5. Lemme guess. The yoga instructor probably got her period, right?! and furthermore ... *snap* ;P 1. I’m with Danny, blogher sucks.
2. There is no god.
3. From reading you, it appears you are a grown man. take care of yourself. just like all us chicks do.
4. FAKE IT? you’ve GOT to be joking.
5. Lemme guess. The yoga instructor probably got her period, right?!

and furthermore … *snap*

;P

]]> By: churlita http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/02/12/my-mothers-bad-yoga-instructor/comment-page-1/#comment-234614 churlita Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:15:25 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=4557#comment-234614 That's so funny. We might believe it more if you hadn't introduced us to your wife. I bet Sophia is laughing her ass off and then handing you yours. That’s so funny. We might believe it more if you hadn’t introduced us to your wife. I bet Sophia is laughing her ass off and then handing you yours.

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