When you publish an article about women bloggers, including women political bloggers, and seem to be making the point that women are a force of nature in the blogosphere, as well as being responsible for spending 83 cents of every dollar spent, don’t you think it’s just a bit of an insult…

…to publish said article in the Life and Style section?

There is a certain bitter irony about seeing a New York Times report about the BlogHer conference entitled “Blogging’s Glass Ceiling” published in Life and Style.

Because, um, we’re not all about shoes and hairstyle, though there’s something a little scary about a political blogger with a pair of kickass shoes, for sure.

But as long as we’re on the subject of women and political blogging, let’s take a look at what the NYT had to say about the most excellent session at BlogherCon on women and political commentary (or as I like to call it, “Finding my Inner Pundit”). Or not. Because it wasn’t much, beyond acknowledging that such a session took place.

Instead, this was the punch line:

This year, women seemed to have moved on to other issues, such as gaining influence and making money. There were practical workshops on issues like building Web traffic and using open source software, sessions that dealt with emotional issues related to blogging, and specialized meet-ups (like one for baby boomer bloggers).

Now, this much is true. We were certainly courted by companies looking for a receptive audience. Not that there’s anything wrong with that — there isn’t. I would do the GM Tahoe carpool thing again in a heartbeat. But…

That wasn’t the heart of what BlogHer was about. Not at all. At its heart, it was about connections, community, building friendships and renewing old ones. It was about stretching our voices, coming out of our exiles as second-class bloggers in all areas of the blogosphere , from tech to politics, to speaking out directly as consumers about what we like and what we don’t like, and learning to be strong, credible, confident.

It was about being what has come much more easily to men in this space. About some equality. Not pushing men away, just stepping up to their level, joining our voices with theirs.

Perhaps a conference like BlogHer for men wouldn’t even be news, so they wouldn’t have to be exercised about being stuck in the Style section, but do you think that if it were, the Times would have put it in the Style section?

Women are much more than a pair of shoes and a credit card. Yes, we spend and should have a voice with those who want to sell their products. But we also think, we parent, we build and are community, we volunteer, we are professionals, we are laborers, we are voters….

We are entitled to be considered as a multi-faceted part of the larger whole that is the world we live in. Don’t boil BlogHer down to baby boomers and mommybloggers. There’s just much more than that.

And if they don’t believe ME, they should listen to Erin, who has assigned them her official #SUCKIT tag.