There's been some "negative press attention" regarding moms who blog. It's almost like they're trying to make MommyBlogger a bad word.
This always happens when women find and use their voices. Someone always swoops in to reprimand or slap them on the wrist. Or to mock, condescend. Zip it, little lady.
It's like when someone suddenly started calling high-waisted jeans "MomJeans" and suddenly there was this collective ewwwww. Like Mom-Jeans were the epitome of unsexy. Uncool. Like if you wore Mom-Jeans and sprayed your bangs with AquaNet you were so 2000-late.
Spare me.
If a woman wants to wear Mom-Jeans, more power to her. If she wants to write about cooking or homeschooling or share pictures of her kiddos, MORE POWER TO HER.
If a woman at the end of her long day derives a special joy from publishing a post about her gratitude list or how she burned the crockpot dinner but at least the dog enjoyed it, MORE POWER TO HER.
I'm so sick of critics who want to muzzle women's freedom of expression. As if the only form of acceptable speech is the kind that rivals an academic thesis or a scientific journal. Or if a woman starts making money off her writing, she needs to be smacked down a peg or two.
I'm proud of the women who can make a full-time living off their blogs. I'm proud of the stay-at-home-mommies who write and see their articles published in print media. MORE POWER TO THEM.
But who says you have to be a published writer with a thriving freelance career in order to be taken seriously? The answer is: you don't.
Some of my most favorite blogs are the tiny, undiscovered ones. These sweet women who openly and happily share pictures of their farm or backyard, swap recipes or talk about potty-training ideas. I love these gals.
And frankly, I'm a little protective of them. I would be so sad if they stopped publishing stuff because they felt intimidated by some lame-ass writer who felt all empowered because she picked on the littler writers on the playground and got everyone to laugh with her in that sort of self-congratulatory, patronizing tone.
Please. Blogging is not a competitive sport. It's self expression. It's art.
And anytime anyone tries to squelch freedom of expression, things tend to backfire. My suggestion? Quit.
We're Mommy-Bloggers. We're dang proud of it.
And we're not going anywhere.
[for more inspiration--and a prettier analogy--go read Heather of the EO's similar musings (she gave me courage to post my own thoughts)]
I’m a mommyblogger and I’m dang proud of it!
There's been some "negative press attention" regarding moms who blog. It's almost like they're trying to make MommyBlogger a bad word.
This always happens when women find and use their voices. Someone always swoops in to reprimand or slap them on the wrist. Or to mock, condescend. Zip it, little lady.
It's like when someone suddenly started calling high-waisted jeans "MomJeans" and suddenly there was this collective ewwwww. Like Mom-Jeans were the epitome of unsexy. Uncool. Like if you wore Mom-Jeans and sprayed your bangs with AquaNet you were so 2000-late.
Spare me.
If a woman wants to wear Mom-Jeans, more power to her. If she wants to write about cooking or homeschooling or share pictures of her kiddos, MORE POWER TO HER.
If a woman at the end of her long day derives a special joy from publishing a post about her gratitude list or how she burned the crockpot dinner but at least the dog enjoyed it, MORE POWER TO HER.
I'm so sick of critics who want to muzzle women's freedom of expression. As if the only form of acceptable speech is the kind that rivals an academic thesis or a scientific journal. Or if a woman starts making money off her writing, she needs to be smacked down a peg or two.
I'm proud of the women who can make a full-time living off their blogs. I'm proud of the stay-at-home-mommies who write and see their articles published in print media. MORE POWER TO THEM.
But who says you have to be a published writer with a thriving freelance career in order to be taken seriously? The answer is: you don't.
Some of my most favorite blogs are the tiny, undiscovered ones. These sweet women who openly and happily share pictures of their farm or backyard, swap recipes or talk about potty-training ideas. I love these gals.
And frankly, I'm a little protective of them. I would be so sad if they stopped publishing stuff because they felt intimidated by some lame-ass writer who felt all empowered because she picked on the littler writers on the playground and got everyone to laugh with her in that sort of self-congratulatory, patronizing tone.
Please. Blogging is not a competitive sport. It's self expression. It's art.
And anytime anyone tries to squelch freedom of expression, things tend to backfire. My suggestion? Quit.
We're Mommy-Bloggers. We're dang proud of it.
And we're not going anywhere.
[for more inspiration--and a prettier analogy--go read Heather of the EO's similar musings (she gave me courage to post my own thoughts)]