With a name like “Flaming testicles”, one would expect a controversial blog headed by a team of contentious males. I was in for some disappointment. Most of the content appears to do with “[taking us] on a ride of sexual self discovery”. Not particularly enlightening. It then causes me to question the relevance of this blog to budding journalists, particularly women. I say this because we as visitors to the blog are welcomed as “testes”. I highly doubt any female visiting this blog would enjoy being addressed like this. And referring to themselves as “team testicles” just gives the impression that they are a group of sexually frustrated males. One of the bloggers is in fact, a female.
One of the first things that caught my eye, apart from the clichéd blog template, was a video bar on the side. All about cars. I still fail to see the significance of this. There is, however, a beautiful though rather random slideshow of romantic sunsets. One aspect of the blog that I find absolutely pitiful is the fact that there are only eight posts. This not only shows that they did not contribute extra blog posts, but they did not even complete the required assignments. There are no hyperlinks within the articles – just some unrelated hyperlinks in the sidebar. Some blog posts are either without titles or have unimaginative ones. This blog seems to give the wrong impression of Journalism; it is explicitly implied that it involves “juicy gossip”. Flaming testicles – you’re certainly not on fire.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Flaming testicles: On fire or burnt out?
Posted by Sungeni at 7:39 AM
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