It is Mama Monday and I’ve got a problem with mommy bloggers. This is truly, madly, deeply problematic since apparently I AM a mommy blogger – at least on Mondays.
Be warned. Snobbery and sexism may make an appearance in this post.
This is my blog. I set the editorial calendar, such that it is. [Oh my god, I am killing myself with laughter. I have an 'editorial calendar'. Oh, the pretentiousness of it all.] And yet I dread both Mama Mondays and Fat Fridays.
On Fat Fridays, I have to go deep (or wide, to be more accurate) and write about my fat ass. Depending on my mood, this is either painful, political or amusing. To me. I can’t speak for you.
On Mama Mondays, I sell out.
That is what it feels like. I write sweet pieces about my sweet babies and sweet comments ensue. It is easy. I am not sure that the results are particularly good. Just because I have a kid and a keyboard does not mean I am – **hushed, reverent, pause** – a Writer.
Yet I want to be a Very Serious and Important Writer, or at least a reasonably clever and funny one who gets paid every now and again.
Still, on Mama Mondays, I hop on the cognitive dissonance wheel and give it a good hamster go: while I aspire to create art, what I actually produce is easy, sentimental and forgettable. Gag.
At the same time, this blog needs a sweet spot. Revealing the chinks in my armour is essential to my own wellbeing and the health of this blog, too – otherwise it is just all piss, vinegar and posturing all the time.
Maybe I’m just being sexist. Writing about your children: how domestic, how personal, how female.
Yikes. Don’t lump me in with them.
oh no, I can’t post this one on my twitter because most of my followers are mommy bloggers!
[Reply]
Don’t worry. There’s more coming. I’m further elaborating on my position on mommy bloggers…and you’ll be able to post it
[Reply]
More On Mommy Blogging (or: Moron Mommy-Blogging)
There has been an awful lot of criticism about mommy bloggers lately. Yesterday I added my whisper to the chorus – but if you read that piece, you’ll see that it was more about me whining about my writing than it was about mommy bloggers.At issue is the idea that mommy bloggers ought to be avoiding bias in their blogs and in their reviews of products. Journalists, for example, do not get paid by companies to review products. No, journalists work from conglomerates who get paid by other conglomerates to advertise products. Big distinction (riiiiiiight). …
[Reply]
More On Mommy Blogging (or: Moron Mommy-Blogging)
There has been an awful lot of criticism about mommy bloggers lately. Yesterday I added my whisper to the chorus – but if you read that piece, you’ll see that it was more about me whining about my writing than it was about mommy bloggers.At issue is the idea that mommy bloggers ought to be avoiding bias in their blogs and in their reviews of products. Journalists, for example, do not get paid by companies to review products. No, journalists work from conglomerates who get paid by other conglomerates to advertise products. Big distinction (riiiiiiight). …
[Reply]
More On Mommy Blogging (or: Moron Mommy-Blogging)
There has been an awful lot of criticism about mommy bloggers lately. Yesterday I added my whisper to the chorus – but if you read that piece, you’ll see that it was more about me whining about my writing than it was about mommy bloggers.At issue is the idea that mommy bloggers ought to be avoiding bias in their blogs and in their reviews of products. Journalists, for example, do not get paid by companies to review products. No, journalists work from conglomerates who get paid by other conglomerates to advertise products. Big distinction (riiiiiiight). …
[Reply]
This is a test to ensure your comment (and your commentluv) work well on your mobile site.
Also, very intersting piece. It is helpful to look back at these dusty archives and see a bit of your journey to where you’re at now. Holla.
Carlos Velez´s last blog ..Sunday Short: A Definition, A New Experiment/Series On Conscious Me
[Reply]