Comments on: Typology of the Mommy Blogger

By: Because, links « blue milk

Because, links « blue milk — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:55:38 +0000

[...] This break down of ‘mummy blogger’ types at PhD in Parenting. (I’m in a category, guess which one?) When a lot of bloggers I know see the mainstream media talking about mommy bloggers, they want to scream or do scream: “BUT THAT IS NOT US!”. Some react by rejecting the term and saying that they are not a mommy blogger and others see a need to correct misinformation, to remove the negative connotations, and to reclaim the label. [...]

By: Dana K

Dana K — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:50:46 +0000

Excellent breakdown. Society still seems to want to put women of any group under the same umbrella, if that makes sense. The term “mommy blogger” doesn’t bother me, but the term “mommy” doesn’t bother me. (I’ve read several posts about why “mommy” should be offensive; I just don’t have the same life experiences for any of the reasons I’ve read to ring true for me)

The moms who blog are as diverse as any group of people. The only subset that gets on my nerves are the ones who would be just as comfortable hawking goods on late nigh television & the blogs that (rather obviously) write solely to stir up controversy & drive traffic to their sites.

Having just typed that, I am now wondering if this is somehow sexist on my part. Would I have the same issues with a man whose blog fit into either category?

Great post. You have obviously made me think.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:39:18 +0000

I dislike the term mommy blogger because the first time I ever heard it – before I had a blog myself – it was used in a derogatory manner. I do wish we could do away with that kind of label. Aren’t “mommy bloggers” actually “bloggers”? Just as “tech bloggers” are “bloggers”? Does it have to be defined?

I always go back to the point that you don’t hear women called a Mommy CEO or a Mommy Administrative Assistant or a Mommy Construction Worker. So, why Mommy Blogger?

I fall into the little of this, little of that category, which definitely means there are posts about my child/family life thrown in. But that is by no means the sum of all that I write about. I would feel that referring to myself as a mommy blogger is far too limiting and inaccurate – even if I was okay with the term.

By: blue milk

blue milk — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:23:38 +0000

Really interesting summary of the thinking and interpretation of this term, makes for very interesting reading. Thank you.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:02:36 +0000

I would have to say, I’m a little of this and a lot of that but most of it has to do with my position in the Islamic Community as a Non-Muslim. So, I guess I’m a little research & tips style too.

By: mamarolf

mamarolf — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:56:00 +0000

When I first started blogging a few years ago, I did it as a bit of a diary for family and friends to follow. I’d like the think I’ve grown since then. And, since I don’t seem to fit in to a specific category, I’ll say I’m a “Bit of this, bit of that” blogger.

Call me a mommyblogger, call me Fred… I don’t care all that much. Just don’t. take. away. my. blog!

By: Is this a mommy blog? « Raising My Boychick

Is this a mommy blog? « Raising My Boychick — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:53:31 +0000

[...] August, Annie at PhD in Parenting put me in the mommy blogger category of “Social commentary inspired by parenting“, which sounds about right to me, [...]

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:16:57 +0000

Kind of like Americans are related to Canadians?

By: ebbandflo aka pomomama

ebbandflo aka pomomama — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:43:08 +0000

There are so many of us writing online and we’re definitely not all mommybloggers.
Personally I’m a mummy (oh how I hate the ‘misspelled for me’ version) and I blog and I’m blogging about my life as a mother ….. so I guess I could be one, but I could just as well be writing about my new life in Vancouver (which I did when I ran a webpage for my dog and his walks in his new neighbourhood/country when we emigrated so our friends back in the UK could stay up to date) as I am writing about the thrills of throwing a mid life crisis around parenting a Grade 1 kid and running/establishing a work-from-home business/new career.

You didn’t mention the mid-life crisis mommybloggers ………..

By: Marinka

Marinka — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:04:42 +0000

I’m a humor blogger, which is related to humour blogger.