The purpose of this blog post is to contribute to The March 18 Movement.

Millions of us around the world own blogs. Our blogs serve to educate, critique, entertain, and narrate a host of opinions to a universal platform. Most of us blog with a relative amount of anonymity, but in this digital age, what does "anonymous" truly mean? Sure, we can use pseudo names, different email addresses and the like, but as most of us know, we aren't really 'anonymous' on the Internet.

The point I'm to make here is this: do some of us compromise on what we blog about because we fear the repercussions? The short answer of course, is yes. We may not consciously do it, but our brains instantly red-flag something inappropriate while we're composing our posts, and the faithful backspace key does what it does best. But surely this defeats the purpose of blogging and of free speech? Some may agree, while others say that this form of self-censorship regulates what we blog about, so that our blogs don't turn into an all-out bitch fest. I myself have had a mixed relationship with my blog - what started as a hobby many years ago turned into something much bigger that brought me readers from across the globe and connected me to so many wonderful people. But I'm glad I started up this blog, because not only has it helped me deal with some of the things in my life, it's also helped other people (shocking I know) who've recently come out or are going through some of the problems I faced when I was coming out.

So to all of you out there who blog tirelessly about cats, war, elections, freedom, baking, politics, fashion, democracy and an eternal selection of other topics, I say "thank you".



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