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Hormone-Colored Days: Marketing to Mommy Bloggers in the New York Times
The Secret to Success is Support: NY Times Article About Mommy Bloggers
Strollerderby: Honey, Don’t Bother The Gray Lady. She’s Busy Angering Mommybloggers.
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Former newspaper reporter Kelby Carr comments on media response to women bloggers. http://bit.ly/bLUZDp 3/22/2010 |
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RT @HappyHousewife: Great post Kelby! It is getting to the point that I am frankly embarrassed for the traditional media. - @typeamom http://bit.ly/bYvKgL 3/15/2010 |
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It is getting to the point that I am frankly embarrassed for the traditional media. - @typeamom (Amen!) http://bit.ly/bYvKgL 3/15/2010 |
Marketing to Mommy Bloggers in the New York Times
Hormone-Colored Days —
... once again fodder for America's newspaper of record, but don't look in the business section to read the latest take on online moms because apparently we belong in the style section. *Sigh* I'm spending the day at the International Housewares Association show, so I'm directing you toward the commentary of my blog sistahs. See what these fine entrepreneurial mamas have to say about the New York Times piece. Liz Gumbinner Kelby Carr Jessica Gottlieb Angela England Edited ...
NY Times Article About Mommy Bloggers
The Secret to Success is Support —
... links to herself in the article.
Below we have linked up some of the responses to the article.
We encourage you to take the time and read the posts and comment. Become part of the conversation.
Tiffany Honey, I Just Want to Connect Women.
Jessica Gottlieb Don’t Bother Mommy, She’s Rabid Right Now.
Liz, Mom 101 Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy, I am writing a Mildly Annoyed Letter to the NY Times.
Kelby Carr Newspaper Bias Against Mom Bloggers
Mama Kat Honey, Don’t Bother with the NY ...
Honey, Don’t Bother The Gray Lady. She’s Busy Angering Mommybloggers.
Strollerderby —
... , followed by a list of the useful, creative, powerful things mommybloggers are doing. Kelby Carr argues that the Times has had it in for moms who blog for a long time. She also breaks down the gender politics behind the bias pretty persuasively. ...
What Kathryn Bigelow can teach us “mommy” bloggers
Self Made Mom —
... “ behemoths have rightly stated their opinions online and I care not to rehash the debate of who said what, if you’ve chosen to work at home or at an office or out of your car or whatever. I just wanted to point out that even if it took 82 freaking years (can you even imagine blogging that long?), Ms. Bigelow rose above the “chick flick” female director fray and did something powerful and magical with her movie. ...
An Open Letter to the New York Times About Mom Bloggers, Women Writers & the Universe
PunditMom —
... those important conversations about building online businesses to the menfolk — you know, fathers like Guy Kawasaki and Markos Moulitsas — is pretty outrageous.
Of course, maybe it’s just because you’re afraid of what the future holds for the New York Times and that if you don’t smack down the competition, your failing business model will run out of gas sooner than you’d like.
It’s not just me. Other well-respected online women writers (I really prefer that term to “mommy ...
Does the world see moms the same way the New York Times does?
PhD in Parenting —
... Newspaper Bias Against Mom Bloggers (Kelby Carr): Kelby (also known as Type A Mom) writes about the condescending and insulting tone the article uses to describe mom bloggers. She points out that mom blogging is an industry, not just “something we cute adorable widdle mommies do to share diaper stories” and that there are a number of reasons why we are being marginalized by traditional media. ...
Click: It's Mommy Time(s)
Silicon Valley Moms Blog —
... This is not about mommy taking off time -- for herself. This is about mommy taking on Times -- the New York Times -- after its recent controversial article about mommy bloggers..
Mommy bloggers who felt the article was condescending and insulting are making their cases in the modern version of the town hall meeting.
Mommy is mad as hell and she's not going to take it anymore.
Though I don't know how many mommy
bloggers would say they are feminists -- to me, this battle feels ...
