Rockin' On

The tantalizing, both in form and intellect, Curvaceous Dee named me a Rockin' Girl Blogger -- and I was rendered speechless.

Some may consider this just another meme, but since I know Dee (and the company she keeps in the blogosphere) and I know that this wasn't started by Roberta Ferguson with the intention of being a meme, I consider this a grand thing, a real honor. That alone can make a girl blush and stammer -- and it certainly did so here -- but the kick is that I'm supposed to select five others to give the award to and that's a lot of pressure!

I don't want anyone to feel slighted, or have their feelings hurt, but I do want to acknowledge my Rockin' Girl Status. *wink* So I took a long silent pause (one which I hope didn't seem rude to Dee) before I making my decisions. (I even cheated a bit, as you will see.) So here we go... In alphabetical order.

I grant Rockin' Girl Blogger status to:

Angela St Lawrence of Zen Fetish. This minx mixes literature, her own wonderful written works as well as those of others, with more traditional blogging snippets of her own life as a PSO. So you can visit for the quality writing and while you're there be a bit of a voyeur too. For those who think that all phone sex operators are just talking dirty for a quick jerk-off, Angela is one bad girl who works hard for her money. (Toot-toot! Hey, Beep-beep! Hey, Mister, if you've got a dime...)

Gloria Brame. No, I didn't select Gloria because I'm afraid of being rude to a well-known Domme :p In fact, Gloria, for all her well-deserved recognition, is really quite a doll. (Maybe she doesn't want everyone to know that... But hell, it's true.) And her blog a wonderful mix of academia, news, common sense, and 'everyday woman'. It's also true that her Erotic Art Fridays were both inspiring and intimidating. Who could even try to follow that? Who would be dumb enough too? Well, me, a bit, I guess. But like reporters, we cover slightly different beats; and our drummers are obviously different too. I would have thought she'd already had this award, but it is my honor to present it to her.

Gracie Passette. (And here's my cheat -- I asked her if she already had the award, and upon the surprising discovery that she had not, asked which of her blogs she'd like the award for, so it officially goes to The Marketing Whore.) Gracie is one of the kindest women ever. You might not think such an opinionated woman could be so generous with her time with newbies and all, but she is. If that weren't enough, Gracie was one of the earliest 'sex bloggers' -- before there was blogging software. Years ago she and her friends were dishing their sex lives, vintage babes and other matters at SK, and it was from reading them over the years that I finally decided to give bloggin' a go myself. So Gracie is inspiration, mentor, role model and friend.

Slip of a Girl. Proof that what may be simple, isn't necessarily so. Slippity-do-da, as we girls often call her, took her (obsessive) love of lingerie and showed us all that it isn't some trifling matter. While many of us knew that lingerie was more than the stuff we wore to save our most tender parts from the chafing of other clothing, more than just the stuff we put on to entice a lover, more than just a shopping addiction, Slip was/is able to put these things into words and start the conversations. Lingerie articulation may seem frivolous, and hearing 'lingerie blog' may make you think of shopping coupon codes and splogs, but read at her blog and you'll see there is so much more to lingerie.

Thom of Fabulon. I know he's a guy, and I'm not trying to be some ignorant ass by suggesting a gay man is a girl trapped in a man's body (that's transgendered), but honestly, Fabulon is one of my favorite blogs. It's a dirty secret, but relevant here, that after being shown Fabulon I toyed with pretending I never saw it and to do my own such blog. My admission is a compliment, really it is! :P And since I scoured the Internet for the origins of the award (finding no hard rules) and had permission from Dee to make and break my own rules (because I am now a Rockin' Girl Blogger), I feel that Thom and Fabulon must be on this list. One, after all, can take "Rockin' Girl Blogger" to mean that it's a blogger whose blog rocks girls, as Fabulon certainly does. I do, however, require that Thom make himself a new badge -- one that reflects Fabulon's personality. Others have done so, as noted at Roberta's, so it's A-OK. (I would do so myself but have zero skills in that area; no small part of my decision not to copy Fabulon. lol I know Thom does have such skills -- it is one of the reasons the blog is so fabulous.) So, Thom, go make a button and make me proud!

If your name is on this list, proudly display the button (it is customary to link back to the person who gave you the award, and I'd appreciate it!).

And enjoy the sweet-torture of naming your own favorite five Rockin' Girl Bloggers. *wink*