Monday, July 15, 2013

Hideously Diverse?

So, am I being too diverse?  In terms of this blog, obviously.  I'm not talking here about that awful term 'diversity', as in 'diversity awareness training', that they like to bandy about the workplace these days, when what they really mean is 'multiracial' or, probably even better, 'multicultural' and 'anti-racism training', respectively.  I so hate this management speak which, whilst trying to tackle the fact that we are all living in a multicultural society, doesn't want to actually acknowledge that fact, whilst at the same time assuming that we're all ignorant racists in need of 'attitude adjustment'.  Frankly, most of us have been well aware of the multicultural nature of our modern society since childhood: we grew up with it and take it for granted.  Just because we don't all go around acknowledging each other's cultural ancestry every time we meet, doesn't mean we're bigots - we just accept it as normal, something barely worth commenting on.  We're well aware that we're all different and respect those differences.

Ok, having already gone on a massive digression, let's get this post back on track.  My original question concerns the subject matter of this blog.  If you are a regular reader (or even a casual visitor) you will probably have noticed that this isn't a single-topic blog, dedicated to collecting light bulbs, for instance.  This is an example of that increasingly rare breed: the old-fashioned personal blog where I write about anything that takes my fancy.  Anyway, the other day I was perusing the now almost defunct personal blog of someone else and they were actually apologising for the diversity, speculating that it put visitors off as they wouldn't always be able to find what they were interested in.  Now, leaving aside the fact that the fact he was a boring bastard that was probably putting reasers off, I found this an extraordinary statement.  I don't expect a personal blog to be about anything other than the author and whatever interests them.  I like the idea that people visiting this blog never know what they are going to encounter: it could be moaning about Google one day, a political rant the next, one of my films on another day, or a review of some Italian exploitation movie.  Even a podcast, (On the subject of which, the next edition of 'The Sleazecast' is now well advanced and I'm hoping to release it somewhen in the next fortnight).  So, long-live diversity in blogging!  We here at Sleaze Diary embrace multi-subject blogging wholeheartedly!  

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