Thoughts on "mommy bloggers"

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First, let me link to the original story I was posting about.  

Story about "mommy bloggers"


I've seen that style of writing before. It's the style of writing of every "mommy blogger" on the internet. It's very popular with other "mommy bloggers", mostly because the first "mommy blogger" explains all of the funny anecdotes about her life -- her kids throwing up on her, her husband spilling the dish soap, her neighbors dog barking all night, her life falling apart because she goes insane from "postpartum depression" -- with which the second group of "mommy bloggers" will ultimately sympathize and read, and reread, because what else are they supposed to do while their kids are in school and their husband is at work. Eventually, when the first "mommy blogger" gets enough of the second group of "mommy bloggers" to sympathize with her and start following her blog, she'll become famous, just like this chick did. It's an easy formula for success.

Unfortunately, the reality of blogs like this one is that the writing style stinks (lots of grammatical errors and off-topic filler material), the topics are inane (i.e. her kids), and the whole thing smacks of people who have too much time on their hands.



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