Posted in Rants, tagged Facebook, Home, Housewife, Manhattan, Marissa Meyer, New York Magazine, Sheryl Sandberg, Skype on March 19, 2013 | 8 Comments »
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Sheryl Sandberg wants us to Lean In. Marissa Meyer wants us to come in (to the office, that is.). New York Magazine wants to reignite the Mommy Wars by re-branding them as being between those who lean out and those who lean in.
But the truth is, the distinction between leaning out or in, working in the home, from the home, at an office, virtually or not at all…it’s all moot. There is a whole new category of working woman: the digital housewife. (more…)
Posted in Rants, Social Media, tagged Dave Barry, Infographic, Lifestyle bloggers, Mashble, Meg Whitman, Mom Bloggers, Mommy Bloggers, Nellie Bly, Sheryl Sandberg, The Rise of the Mommy Blogger on May 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »
This week, Mashable published an infographic called The Rise of the Mommy Blogger. And it was offensive on OH so many levels. And wrong. Just plain wrong.
Commissioned by H&R Block for reasons I can’t really fathom (maybe they think we’re all making the big bucks blogging and they wanted to let us know they care/want our business?), the Infographic – bright pink (strike one), featured a white, blond woman in a frilly apron, (strike 2), and defined anyone who has even READ a blog as a Mommy Blogger (you’re out!). One of the very first comments, by Dresden Plaid, points out one of these problems right away:
Could you have used a more offensive/obnoxious graphic to “illustrate” a Mommy Blogger? Blonde, white, in pink and an apron? …. these women are writers. The term “Mommy Blogger” is jaw droppingly backwards. These are women, who are mothers, who write, and sometimes they write about being a Mother. Packaging it in pink fluff is just a bummer.
The comment immediately following pretty much exemplifies the problem. And of course, it was written by RJ Silva, a man, at least judging by his avatar: (more…)
