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I'm trying not to post about the big current issue of the blogging world anymore, but I tend to blurt whatever I'm thinking about, and I'll admit it, I'm frankly obsessed. Feels like it has something to do with me.

One thing I don't want is to draw attention because of it. I've found the attention mongering really distasteful, from comments on Scoble's blog encouraging people to "Come vote in the K**** S***** poll on my site!" to remarks in blog posts like "Watch this space for developments." Not everybody has this motive, only a few, I know that. Something I saw this morning took the cake. Now the name of the blogger is being exploited as a tag on splogs. A post about increasing sexual desire on a "wellness" blog is tagged youtube, k**** s*****, joost, twitter.

Blech.

Plus, you have a watchlist for this topic and there's nothing new in it. Not much anyway, except I did read a comment by Shelley on a BlogHer post that I want to consider. She said that down the road she'd like to write about how women can't be afraid (or maybe can't show we're extra afraid) when sexual overtones accompany violent threats.

I look forward to reading that. It seems true. Bullies do have a radar for vulnerability, that's part of the equation. Believe me I know. I'm a classic dormat personality. Somehow I'm able to teach my kids not to act like victims when walking through a bad neighborhood in the city. "Be confident, stand up straight, and look everybody in the eye," I say. But I've never quite learned to take my own advice when it comes to protecting myself in other arenas.