just re-read recent posts and want to comment on julie's post of 14 sept.
first of all, Brianne's post to the webboard is intense! i love julie's response that Brianne is usually a quiet student in class and then she has this powerful written voice that gets read by her peers, her teacher, and now all these bloggin' fools in Alabama! absolutely one of the reasons the technology intrigues me ... when I taught the cybergrrls and wired women class at UMBC, i remember one of the students talking about how she ruled on the MOO (MOO=something like a chat interface) cuz she typed so fast and was so quick-witted but her persona in class tended to be kinda mousy. and her experiences online then affected her class persona and she started to speak up more.

and then there's the content of Brianne's post, and i just want to say that some major legislation has passed ... FCC rulings that companies can own huge chunks of all kinds of media just recently got repealed (16 Sept. vote in the House)... and a lot of the resistance was grassroots on the internet!!! check out MoveOn's discussion of the issue and the protest they led. further votes will take place, so this issue is ongoing...check it out and find out more!!! where do you stand?