Museum Shinobi: Anonymous Guest Posts

This is an odd idea I’ve been entertaining for a while which only came to a head after a joke James Gleventhal started. Sometimes, ideas just need a name.

Whilst I’ve had guest posts before, it’s normally because I’ve been away for long periods or just bored with the museum news. I always gave people credit and linked to their site to hopefully drive some traffic their way.

Now, I wonder. I’ve enjoyed writing some pretty strange tangents lately and people seem to be enjoying them more. I’ve also felt very free to say whatever I like and make criticisms without having to walk on eggshells. I now wonder if anyone else would like to have this freedom.

I’m offering people to join my Dojo of Museum Shinobi. You can write whatever you like, criticise, praise, appear like a breeze, stick in a knife then disappear again. Shinobi means stealth, so you get to do this anonymously.  (I exercise the right to not get myself sued, which may help me judge if things get “too far”)

As Museum Shogun, I get to give you your new Museum Shinobi name. Remember, grasshopper, I will not reveal you or your identity. I would like indicators to people if a Shinobi makes more than one article.

So, here is your chance to get something off your chest without committing Career Seppuku. Or  your chance to air an idea without worrying about Reputation Harakiri. However, I am probably not going to publish what a million people are saying publicly ( ie ”I think Brandeis University is wrong!”) or mundanely (Museums need to be more child-friendly!).  This is not a chance to be timid.  My Shinobi will be Strong.

Interested, grasshopper? Email me shogun(at)newcurator.com with either a finished article or some ideas of what you want to write about and we will discuss it further.

I may make t-shirts.