Hands Rocking the Cradle…and the ‘Net
Posted by Karoli in Blogging, Music, News, Parenting February 29th, 2008
Dear Mommybloggers,
When I first started blogging, two groups emerged for me immediately: tech bloggers and mommybloggers. The first because I had no clue as to what I was doing and so looked to the ‘big blogger names’ as a guide; the second because their topics at least touched on my ADHD theme, despite the fact that I was actually a little bit apart from their demographic — older with a teen and preteen.
At the time, I had no idea that there was any kind of negativity attached to the term ‘mommyblogger’, and I use it in this post as a complimentary, not derogatory term, though there still seems to be a sense that the term is too limiting, too pigeonholed. Tonight on Twitter that very subject came up in this question:
“Tell me, is ‘Mommyblogger’ still a negative term in the Social Media space? Has it changed? Do you still look down? Be truthful.”
Your responses were swift and forceful, ranging from surprise that the term has ever been viewed negatively to yes, there still are those who view it as a negative term. And honestly, my surprise comes in the form of incredulity that anyone can put a negative to that term.
Jenn Satterwhite wrote a great post on BlogHer tonight, placing the question in the context of two other mommybloggers who have a high and respected profile in the blogosphere and the Momocrats’ smackdown of racist pigs yesterday. She applauds. So do I.
The value of a term like mommyblogger is this: It identifies a very powerful and vocal demographic — a group of thinking, tech-savvy, engaged women. Women committed today to raising their kids, but also raising their kids in the context of what it means to live in today’s world. Working moms, stay at home moms, self-employed moms, writer moms, political moms, religious moms, moms coping with autism, moms knitting, military moms, moms coping with their own illness while raising their kids — the gamut. Moms committed to community, both virtual and ‘real-life’, to others, and to service. That’s who you are, that’s who mommybloggers are.
The real benefit of being part of a larger community called ‘mommybloggers’ is the power that comes with the rise of collective voices. Power to change things. Power to be heard. Power to have a direct positive impact on the world, on products, on the environment, on the world our kids live in, the world we live in. It’s not a name; it’s a community and one you should be proud of.
So take it out and wear it, show it off, love it, own it. Isn’t it cool to have influence?
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