There are quite a few strong opinions about the term Mommy blogger. I don’t particularly mind it but I do get why people take offense at this label. Are there Daddy bloggers? Yes, but if a man blogs about, oh, I don’t know, social media, is a he a daddy blogger or just if he writes about parenting is that his handle? Google “Mommy Blogger” and you get 3,470,000 results. There are clubs, discussion boards, great information and writing, like this from PhD in Parenting, Typology of the Mommy Blogger gives a great breakdown of types of Mommy Bloggers and links to them as well.
Yesterday I found great responses to the New York Times article on Mommy Bloggers. I list just a few here but there are so many more – please excuse inconsistency in showing links/articles. I am a newbie and it shows but my enthusiasm for the writing should make up for it – yes?
From Mom101: http://www.mom-101.com/2010/03/honey-dont-bother-mommy-im-writing.html
From The Heir to Blair:
http://theheirtoblair.com/2010/03/16/honey-dont-bother-mommy-im-too-effing-pissed/
from Upper Case Woman:
and another great site: The Secret is in the Sauce
http://www.thesitsgirls.com/2010/03/ny-times-article-about-mommy-bloggers/
Enjoy reading these posts and let me know what you think.