Maryscott O'Connor (born April 29, 1968) is an American blogger best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of ''My Left Wing'', a
blog
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...
that focused on politics.
She first came to prominence as a blogger at
Daily Kos, a
left wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
blog that ''My Left Wing'' "spun off" from.
[Fox News]
Is the Daily Kos About to Implode?
July 12, 2006. Access February 14, 2015. While she was politically aware, she was prompted to blog shortly after a series of events in the 2000s, noting in a ''
Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...
'' profile of her blog that, even in her anger, she felt "more connected" than ever.
[''The Washington Post'']
The Left, Online and Outraged
April 14, 2006. Accessed February 14, 2015. While she quickly became one of the more popular writers at Daily Kos,
she was eventually banned from the site over a copyright issue,
[''Mother Jones'']
Meet the New Bosses
June 20, 2007. Accessed February 15, 2015. but My Left Wing continued to gain popularity, averaging 14,000 page views a day as of summer 2006.
References
External links
My Left Wing
1968 births
Living people
20th-century American journalists
American bloggers
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