Comments on: My BlogHer Accountability Post http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/ ...exploring the art and science of parenting Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: marie femanol http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-119390 marie femanol Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:37:25 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-119390 I’ll make an analogy (stick with me). I follow Talib Kweli on twitter. He is an antiracist, socially progressive rapper. He happened to have a show planned in Arizona right after the passes their new immigration laws. He asked his followers on twitter if he should boycott the state and cancel his show, or go and perform for the people his fans who presumably did not support the law. In the end he decided to go, because “people need music.” I think this is similar. People need your voice. The blog sphere, particularly the mommy blog sphere, is overrun with people who, to be blunt, never think or write about issues of race, poverty, and everything that is implicated by the Nestle boycott. If you go, you bring that voice and that perspective to the people who want to and need to hear it. Plus, there are probably people going who have no idea about any of this, and would be exposed to new information through you. I would go as you have planned, and put effort into spreading the word about why it is important to boycott or at the very least think critically about nestle. You can encourage people not to eat or use their freebies (from the one blogging conference I attended, I assume they might have snacks for people), you can even make protest buttons or bring information about Nestles unconscionable practices. While it’s true you can’t really hurt their empire, economically speaking, you can make their sponsorship more about what they do wrong then the yummy stuff they make. Point being, as a progressive bordering radical mother and antiracist advocate, your voice and your stance on this issue is one I would want to hear if I was attending. That is more important to me than you staying behind. I’ll make an analogy (stick with me). I follow Talib Kweli on twitter. He is an antiracist, socially progressive rapper. He happened to have a show planned in Arizona right after the passes their new immigration laws. He asked his followers on twitter if he should boycott the state and cancel his show, or go and perform for the people his fans who presumably did not support the law. In the end he decided to go, because “people need music.”

I think this is similar. People need your voice. The blog sphere, particularly the mommy blog sphere, is overrun with people who, to be blunt, never think or write about issues of race, poverty, and everything that is implicated by the Nestle boycott. If you go, you bring that voice and that perspective to the people who want to and need to hear it. Plus, there are probably people going who have no idea about any of this, and would be exposed to new information through you.

I would go as you have planned, and put effort into spreading the word about why it is important to boycott or at the very least think critically about nestle. You can encourage people not to eat or use their freebies (from the one blogging conference I attended, I assume they might have snacks for people), you can even make protest buttons or bring information about Nestles unconscionable practices. While it’s true you can’t really hurt their empire, economically speaking, you can make their sponsorship more about what they do wrong then the yummy stuff they make.

Point being, as a progressive bordering radical mother and antiracist advocate, your voice and your stance on this issue is one I would want to hear if I was attending. That is more important to me than you staying behind.

]]> By: At least one of y’all think I’m Most Inspiring « Raising My Boychick http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-99908 At least one of y’all think I’m Most Inspiring « Raising My Boychick Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:13:48 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-99908 [...] at their exclusive shindig at the BlogHer ‘10 conference. Which I will be attending. (BlogHer, not the shindig, and there’s a post somewhere on my ambivalence about [...] [...] at their exclusive shindig at the BlogHer ‘10 conference. Which I will be attending. (BlogHer, not the shindig, and there’s a post somewhere on my ambivalence about [...]

]]> By: Why I Protest Nestlé’s Unethical Business Practices | PhD in Parenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-83400 Why I Protest Nestlé’s Unethical Business Practices | PhD in Parenting Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:16:01 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-83400 [...] Since then, I have continued to write a variety of posts on issues related to Nestlé and on my decision and the decision of others with regards to the Nestlé sponsorship of BlogHer [...] [...] Since then, I have continued to write a variety of posts on issues related to Nestlé and on my decision and the decision of others with regards to the Nestlé sponsorship of BlogHer [...]

]]> By: View from my window at butterflylike network http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-75870 View from my window at butterflylike network Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:58:24 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-75870 [...] BlogHer ’10 there was a lot of concern over corporate sponsorship, and also a lot (a LOT) of swag. I couldn’t decide how I felt about that until, roughly, the [...] [...] BlogHer ’10 there was a lot of concern over corporate sponsorship, and also a lot (a LOT) of swag. I couldn’t decide how I felt about that until, roughly, the [...]

]]> By: phdinparenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-70581 phdinparenting Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:54:59 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-70581 Thank you to everyone who commented on my BlogHer Accountability post. I wanted to let you know that I put up a post announcing the charities that I am supporting with my $600 donation. I hope that some of you will join me in making a donation of $20 or some other amount that fits your budget and goals. Here is the post: http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/07/15/decision-contra-nestle-unsponsored-blogher-ticket-price-donation/ Thank you to everyone who commented on my BlogHer Accountability post. I wanted to let you know that I put up a post announcing the charities that I am supporting with my $600 donation. I hope that some of you will join me in making a donation of $20 or some other amount that fits your budget and goals.

Here is the post:

http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/07/15/decision-contra-nestle-unsponsored-blogher-ticket-price-donation/

]]> By: Decision: Contra-Nestle “Unsponsored” BlogHer Ticket Price Donation | PhD in Parenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-70577 Decision: Contra-Nestle “Unsponsored” BlogHer Ticket Price Donation | PhD in Parenting Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:48:31 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-70577 [...] RSS feed for updates from my blog.Powered by WP Greet Box WordPress PluginAs I promised back in my BlogHer Accountability Post, I am making charitable donations in the amount of $600. That is the full cost of a BlogHer [...] [...] RSS feed for updates from my blog.Powered by WP Greet Box WordPress PluginAs I promised back in my BlogHer Accountability Post, I am making charitable donations in the amount of $600. That is the full cost of a BlogHer [...]

]]> By: Bloggers boycott BlogHer ’10 over Nestle (Stouffer’s, Butterfinger) sponsorship | PhD in Parenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-67918 Bloggers boycott BlogHer ’10 over Nestle (Stouffer’s, Butterfinger) sponsorship | PhD in Parenting Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:49:30 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-67918 [...] written here already about my choice, my approach, and my reasons. Although I’ve taken one path in my activism, I also have a great deal of [...] [...] written here already about my choice, my approach, and my reasons. Although I’ve taken one path in my activism, I also have a great deal of [...]

]]> By: Boycotting BlogHer Because I Boycott Nestle | Sustainable Mothering http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-66338 Boycotting BlogHer Because I Boycott Nestle | Sustainable Mothering Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:27:01 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-66338 [...] few bloggers who oppose Nestle corporate practices have written posts about why they are going to BlogHer anyway. They have been criticized and they have been supported and they have been mocked by people I [...] [...] few bloggers who oppose Nestle corporate practices have written posts about why they are going to BlogHer anyway. They have been criticized and they have been supported and they have been mocked by people I [...]

]]> By: phdinparenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-63953 phdinparenting Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:09:09 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-63953 kgirl: There are some quotes from Elisa from BlogHer in the post on Sheposts: http://sheposts.com/content/blogher-10-picks-nestle-sponsorship-what-will-boycotters-do kgirl:

There are some quotes from Elisa from BlogHer in the post on Sheposts:

http://sheposts.com/content/blogher-10-picks-nestle-sponsorship-what-will-boycotters-do

]]> By: kgirl http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/06/01/my-blogher-accountability-post/#comment-63951 kgirl Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:04:49 +0000 http://www.phdinparenting.com/?p=4515#comment-63951 Any word from BlogHer yet? Any word from BlogHer yet?

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