BlogHers on 9/11: Women Writing Our Past, Present and Future

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September 10, 2011 Share This: BlogHers on 9/11: Women Writing Our Past, Present and Future (©) Copyright 2005 by Bryan Smith/ZUMAPRESS   Hi everyone,  Last night I sat in a local Chinese restaurant, waiting for takeout for my family and trying to look away from national network news coverage of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I was so disappointed in the treatment of  this world event. The maudlin prose written by the CBS National desk -- something like, "…that fateful day…" -- voicing over horrifying images from 2001 was edited to include breaking news  reports from Time Square of scary new terror threats to New York City. First I was nervous, then I was, frankly, nauseated by the tone, the sheer packaging of it all.  Today? You are the media -- in no small part due to the seminal event that the World Trade Center bombing became to drive us into blogs for real breaking events, news, stories, opinions and, yes, memorials. Today, no national television news segment could ever capture the tragedy nor its effect on world events and American culture like your voices. In honor of the World Trade Center bombing and what meant to you -- that day, in the years since, in the future -- BlogHer is compiling a list of links off to your stories, your drafts of history. We hope you'll add yours -- there are 40 so far, including:    Experience, Memories, Emotions BlogHer Co-Founder  Elisa Camahort Page was in New York on September 11 on business. She posted a multi-part story of her experience several years ago. Ellen Bailey has a guest post by retired firefighter Keith Murphy called  How 9/11 Made Me a Dad. BlogHer Entertainment Editor Morgan Shanahan was also in New York; she remembered September 11 when she heard of Osama bin Laden's death. Ten Years Later: A Veteran's Reflections on 9/11 by  Contemplations of an Army Wife Time Traveler by  My3LittleBirds Letter to Princess on 9/13/01 by  Milaka Where in the World Was I on September 11, 2001? by  Rosenfried September 11 by  Revangelica Analysis, Investigation, Opinion Love, Ramadan and 9/11 by  Noor Osama bin Laden in New Kids' Coloring Book by  Between Babies 9/11 - Where were you is not the question. Where were you not? by  Laura Sussely-Pope Amy Waldman's "The Submission" - A Great American 9/11 Novel? by  The Oncoming Hope Fresh Pick: Watching the World Change by David Friend, 9/11 book recommendation by  FreshFiction Traditions, Teachings, Remembrance On That Day: Teaching Our Children About 9/11 by  BlogHer Family Editor Jenna Hatfield Cookies for Firemen on 9/11 by  MomRaisingBoys Talking to My Muslim Son about 9/11 by Remembering 9/11 in Our Family by  Karen T. Smith September 11, 2001: A Solemn Moment in My Heart by  HomeRearedChef To add a link to your blog post, join us here.   Thanks   Want to keep up with BlogHers? Here's how:   Sign up for our other newsletters or our   RSS feeds. For daily updates on hot BlogHer content, follow us on  Twitter and be our friend on   Facebook.  We hope you have a wonderful week! If you have a question or idea, email me at   lisa@blogher.com.     Best, Lisa for Elisa, Jory and Lisa BlogHer Co-Founders Quick Links Breaking into a Tech Chick's House? Think Twice by Jessica Benton   When A Mother Loses A Child by Stacy Morrison   Top 15 Reasons I May Block You On Twitter by Jennsbookshelf Promotions & Prizes Six Bloggers Connect Like Never Before With OnStar FMV! Read their reviews and be sure to visit OnStar on Facebook!    Share a moment & enter to win $100!         Bloggers to learn more about CVS' MinuteClinic!     From Our Sponsors BlogHer | 1301 Shoreway Road | Belmont | CA | 94002

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