Bloggers are people who WRITE.

i've always wondered why some people are called "bloggers". sometimes it feels like these people are not worthy of the title. i for one, grew up believing that bloggers are people who write and share stories. because that's what i've always been doing with mine, as well as some other people i know.

but it seems different now. people are being called "bloggers" not for their writing anymore. the people who fall into this privileged category are teenaged girls who use their blogs to post selfies, outfits, and are sponsored by blogshops.

these girls are being recognised for their looks, not for their writing. the compliments they are getting are just focusing on their looks. "she's gorgeous", "she's so pretty", "so beautiful", blablabla. have they been praised "wow, her writing is good."?

[i'm not really talking about anyone in particular, i'm just saying in general.]

many other girls are also getting recognition for their selfies and ootds on Instagram, 'relatable' tweets [that are in horrible English most of the time].

alright, i understand that i dont have the looks and i dont have good tweets or an updated fashion sense, but sometimes i do wish i'd get more recognition for my writing. and not just me, but also those other people who actually sit down and spend their time writing, putting their heart into their blog posts.

i have two good friends from my secondary school, these two beautiful ladies who write in their blogs as well. both of them are artistic as well as loyal bloggers. their entries are real; they write about the dreams they had at night, the bad days they went through, and one of them travels a lot and writes about this too.

i also have a Twitter follower, and although we've never met, she's been a wonderful support, and she blogs too. she writes about her sadness, the pain she's watching others suffer, things about this world which she would never understand.

all of these people are wonderful bloggers, right here in the tiny island of Singapore. why do they not gain respect and recognition for that too? why give more and more spotlight to those who already have hundreds of likes for their instagram selfies?

why do blogs that already have sponsors still get the limelight? what about the poorer bloggers like me? i can't afford to be a regular customer at posh blogshops, so i cant be sponsored by them [if that's the way it works], so where the hell do i stand? that's right, just my writing alone.

if you noticed, i've completely stopped posting pictures on my blog posts. i also seldom wrote names in my blog posts, because i wouldnt mind being anonymous. because writing is all i want to be known for. not my face; my words.

i've talked about this so many times, but still, nobody ever notices me. it's like how Adele is known for her voice, not her body, because her talent is her songs.

and i thought that's what Blogger is for. that's what these online journals are for. they're for us to write. they're not a model agency for little girls to advertise their outfits and their sponsors and shit like that.

it's for the people who are in pain, to release their sadness. it's for the days we spent, laughing with our friends and family, for the reminiscing of all things lost, and at the same time the embracing of new memories to come. that's what blogging is for.

if all those fashionista "Bloggers" [really, some don't even deserve such a meaningful name] want to keep blogging, i suggest you keep it strictly to words, and pictures which are related to those words. because that's what freaking Blogger was used for since my early blogging days.

i don't care if times have changed. some people still suffer from their misery at home, or at school, or in their heads. they need the support more than the fashionistas do.

it's unfair to all of us who really use our time to sit down and write. this is what i do everyday. maybe it's society's fault, for choosing to give attention to the pretty ones. why? i want it to stop. i really want to be someone, known just for my words, complimented for my blog posts, and not for my face. i don't give a damn if people say i'm ugly, as long as you sit down, read what i write, and if you enjoy it, say that you enjoy it.

[with all this said and done, i do have a fair share of selfies, but at least i keep these strictly to Instagram and not my dearest blog. this treasure of mine labelled 109blackaxes.blogspot.com is only meant for the precious gold and pearls that come in the form of my words.]

thank you for reading.