Slow Blogging

You’re heard of the slow food movement, right? Well now folks are bringing that same sensibility–a mindful, patient, sensual exploration of the full enjoyment of the present moment–to one of the fastest of mediums: the blog.
The New York Times had a fascinating story on this trend on Sunday. It turns out that there is even a Slow Blog Manifesto, written in 2006 by Todd Sieling from (of course) Canada. Sieling writes:

Slow Blogging is a reversal of the disintegration into the one-liners and cutting turns of phrase that are often the early lives of our best ideas. Its a process in which flashes of thought shine and then fade to take their place in the background as part of something larger. Slow Blogging does not write thoughts onto the ethereal and eternal parchment before they provide an enduring worth in the shape of our ideas over time.

He also encourages others to write their own Slow Blog Manifesto and, indeed, they have.
It got me thinking…what are the effects–both short and long term–of our speed as feminist bloggers? Sometimes we will have an activist goal in mind–eg. get Walmart to pull their sexist, violence-promoting t-shirts or make sure that Bush keeps his paws off our bodies in these last legislative days). In these cases, time is of the essence. It is less important that we write well, or get at the deepest recesses of the issue at hand, as it is that we get the content out there, incite outrage, and create collective action.
But other times, we feministing editors do try to insert some slower, more reflective posts. Vanessa thought back to her own experiences working in direct service with girls last week. I tried to introduce some of the ongoing questions in my own head and heart as I continue my feminist journey (interestingly, commenters were quick to speedy answers rather than the slow reflection I had intended.) I think sharkfu’s beautiful stuff, more than anything on feministing right now, tends towards the reflective (even when it has decisively time-sensitive content).
So while I certainly don’t see feministing as a member of the “slow blogging movement,” I do think that we try to balance our quick hits with our slowly-developing consciousness, our action-oriented items with our reflection-encouraging content, and our sass with our search. What do you all think? Do you ever wish we were “slower” or “faster” (haha, sounds like we’re doin’ it)? For those participating in the community blog (THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU), what do you notice about your own literary instincts in this regard?
*For more interesting, and very slow, writing on blogging, check out Andrew Sullivan’s piece in this month’s Atlantic.