Theresa Duncan became famous (before her suicide), most recently, because of her blog--or, I should say, the identity she constructed and presented in her blog. The many who have blogged about her after her death are struck by the amount of plagiarizing she did, as well, without crediting the appropriate sources. As this adds to the overall dubiousness of both her public identity and the credibility of her journalism/art/thoughts, it has been suggested that the falseness of her "self" (i.e. her blog) imploded and ultimately helped contribute to her demise.
The whole thing, especially its relation to the blogosphere before and after her death, is really both sad and riveting.
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Dude: that's some story. I don't even know what to say, except that I hope no one ever has to write an article like that about me.
Theresa Duncan became famous (before her suicide), most recently, because of her blog--or, I should say, the identity she constructed and presented in her blog. The many who have blogged about her after her death are struck by the amount of plagiarizing she did, as well, without crediting the appropriate sources. As this adds to the overall dubiousness of both her public identity and the credibility of her journalism/art/thoughts, it has been suggested that the falseness of her "self" (i.e. her blog)
imploded and ultimately helped contribute to her demise.
The whole thing, especially its relation to the blogosphere before and after her death, is really both sad and riveting.
"Sad and riveting". I second that!
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