Puttin’ the Hatablockas On
Once again, it’s come to my attention that some people don’t like us mommybloggers (or mom bloggers, blogging moms etc) and that some even find us “annoying,” according to a spate of comments on a couple blogs I’ve read recently.
As a matter of fact, to hear them tell it, we ALL write about our kids 24-7, we’re obsessed with their bowel movements and we’re all drinking this mommyblogger Kool-Aid that makes us go around virtual high-fiving each other and commenting “You go, girl” all over other other’s blogs.
It’s been my observation that the first two aren’t even true and the third is sort of true but only because there’s a strong sense of support and community among moms who blog. My God! Community! Support! How AWFUL! No wonder they hate us. *rolls eyes*
But honestly, are we mom/parent/mommy bloggers really all the same?
Do we really all talk, act and blog alike?
Do we really all worship our children’s poop? So much that we’d get it bronzed? Heh.
Do we really have nothing worthwhile to contribute to the world?
So how about if I said something ridiculous like this:
“I really hate those non-mommybloggers. They’re so annoying filling up the internet with their self-absorbed minutiae. Like I really care what they had at Starbucks today or what shows they watched last night or what their dog/cat/ferret did or what they think about current events.”
Clearly, that’s NOT how I really feel because I read blogs from a wide range of people, many of whom aren’t mommybloggers, and it’s truly a non-issue for me but I sounded like a total asswipe, didn’t I?
And that’s how the haters sound, too.
Seriously, people… Hating moms who blog is sooo summer ‘06.
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In a similar vein, for those of you that don’t hate on mommybloggers, there is a really cool search engine that now allows you to search 1500 mom blogs specifically.
How do you access it?
Visit the mistress behind the genius mom blog search engine, Michelle of Scribbit. She has it on her blog in the upper right sidebar and will also very graciously give you the code so you can put it on your own blog.
Thank you, Michelle, for your awesomeness in putting together such a cool resource for us :)
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I have no time for haters. They make me tired.
AND how!
(sorry - brain-dead ;) )
But SERIOUSLY, people… :rolls eyes WITH ya:
Open zee minds a little bit! ;)
Peace, to all, but especially MOMMY BLOGGERS, whom I have recently ‘discovered’ and for whom I have the utmost respect and admiration. Not ’simply’(?!!) for the fact that they’re MOMS, but that they are AUTHENTIC, and UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, just like EVERYBODY ELSE.
:coughs: Sorry. Blatant ‘asinine stigmata’, as I like to call it :cringes:!
Erm, where was I? OH yes! Sayin’ g’night ;)
Peace,
~Ank (lurker/fan/first-time?poster/currently brain-dead :P )
I hate the whole mommy blog hate thing.
And what is wrong with a little writing about poop? Poop is funny. I think I am going to go blog about some poop right now.
I am not a mommy blogger, though. I am a crappy blogger - who happens to have kids.
People who hate mommy bloggers need to get a life. Hating someone isn’t a hobby (is it?)… if it is, it’s pathetic.
Screw ‘em. People blog about what’s most relevant in their lives, period. I grow weary of reading single person blogs about the fabulousness of clubbing every night and the pointlessness self-absorption of their childfree existence, but do I harass and criticize? No. I simply DON’T READ THEM. It’s an amazingly simple concept. Don’t like, don’t read. Don’t hate.
Haters should just say no to hating. It is VERY summer of 06. ;)
DADDY BLOGGERS have got to be the worst of all…
Interesting that haters take the time to read the posts…if you don’t like it, don’t read it!
I love the support in the community of mommybloggers, makes it easy to ignore haters.
All you need is love and high fives!
I see plenty of diversity and individuality within the mommasphere. Anyone who throws out negative generic slurs should do more research.
You already know how I feel about this issue! But, to add one comment, I do think that sometimes, when someone is clearly hurting or in need of maybe taking a step back from their blog and getting their life together, the “you go, girl” comments are sometimes not what that person really needs. It’s hard to know exactly what the role of “virtual friend” entails. When all you have to offer is what you can write in an email or comment box, your hands are tied by that limitation.
I might not be making any sense. I haven’t had my whole cup of coffee yet this morning. So, I’ll just say this: I AM A MOMMYBLOGGER. Bring it the fuck ON, haters.
Maybe some of the hattas need some kids of their own. They clearly have too much time on their hands if they’re running around hating on mommybloggers.
Try it, haters, you’ll like it.
All of the in-fighting drives me insane. Blech.
And OMG that poop! GAHHHHH!!!
I got a comment about my hot guy in the gym post (in an email no less, not actually on the blog!) that said “Aren’t you married? Should you really be lusting after guys in the gym? I guess things aren’t as awesome in your marriage as you let on.”
So, if I blog about my fantastic and buggardly kids and my darlingly shitheaded husband, I’m boring. If I blog about something OTHER than them and how I still am just some chick who writes about her life, I’m immoral and a potential cheater (which is a lot more exciting isn’t it?).
We can’t win!
I hate how people are labeled so easily. You’re a mom and you blog, therefore, you’re a mommyblogger. I rarely have a post about my son. This blog is for me and what I want to blog about. Should I choose to share something about him, then so be it.
It must be the “in thing” to hate on mommy bloggers. I’m fine with that.
And, that IS a freakishly HUGE crap for a baby! I’d be bronzing that shit for sure!
Izzy…
Ummm…
This is exactly why I nominated you for the Thinking Award…
Congrats and looking forward to your list!!!!
These people sound like the same people who want to censor radio and tv. Like they’ve never touched an “off button, can they not just keep on clicking past the mommy blogs if they truly hate it so much? I have such little patience for others who hate groups for no other reason then for the fact that they exist.
I find the hating a little funny - is that wrong? I got an email full of f-bombs and calling me a hater once - laughed my ass off! A fellow blogger told me that’s how I could be sure I’d “made it big.” Spam and hate mail. Ahhh, I love the anonymity of the interweb.
My feelings exactly!
You go girl…High Five!!!!!!
It always amazes me the time people take out of their lives to write hate mail or nasty comments. The time they take to continue to read stuff they obviously don’t like or relate to. Get a life. It is a shame really, but unfortunately a fact.
I don’t like being squeezed into a category. Not that it bothers me to called a mommyblogger, but to be called anything beyond just a blogger, bugs me. I blog about everything, not just my family and kid.
Mean people suck.
Oh NO. I totally said “you go girl” on someone’s blog this morning. Sorry I’m really busy - I need to go drink some more kool aid and check the status of my childs bowel movements…
I’m pretty proud to be a mommy blogger. My mommy blog isn’t in the link, it is http://www.acracknlife.squarespace.com but only b/c I’m trying to build Page Rank on my other new site…either way, I am very proud of my kids and my ability to blog about them and love every minute of reading similar stories so that I know I’m not insane.
Don’t you just have to laugh at narrow minded people who are always looking for something to complaign about in our blogs… There is nothing wrong with blogging about our kids and the things were are experiencing in our lives. It’s a heck of a lot more interesting than some of the stuff out there…
I’ve been calling myself an “internet columnist” because people my age (40) don’t know what the hell a blogger is, anyway.
Thanks for the mention, glad you liked it.
I would like a re-label please. Mommyblogger? Pah. I’m the ReallyEffedUpBlogger now. Suck it, haters!
Oh and Izzy? YOU GO GIRL!
Right on sister! High fives! (heh.)
Seriously. With one click of the mouse, a blog is gone if you don’t like it. Poof. Who has the time to hate blogs? So odd.
Well I read you in spite of the fact that you’re a Mommyblogger. (hehehehe - just kidding)
I’m a non-mom and I’ll probably never have kids. I like reading about a life that is so vastly different from mine. And then finding out that the person underneath isn’t all that different after all.
ONE QUESTION ~ Is that mommyblogger Kool-Aid spiked or not? Because if it’s not spiked I’m totally dropping out of this ring!
There is all sorts of crap out on the Internet to make everyone happy. If you don’t like what you read, go elsewhere to find what you do like. Hating on blogs you don’t like or agree with just proves you’re a pansy ass with no control over your life. Leaving anonymous hate posts or hate mail tells the world you have no life and are trying to gain some pathetic sense of power by hurting others.
Yeah, I hate bullies. Now I’m off to write about my daughter’s blow out diaper.
I heart you, Mel. You always make me laugh. Let’s high five!!!
You Go, Girl!
Sorry. Had to say it.
Jamie
Izzy, you are amazing and I love you. Even if you are a Mommyblogger. Oh, wait, so am I!
Snap.
Up high…in the middle…down low…TO SLOW!
I just taught The Girl that….because I am a moron like that.
Seriously, what is wrong with blogging about your kids? I don’t do it all the time but I do. And what’s freaking wrong about that? They’re our freaking KIDS for cripes sake. Should we be ashamed to be loving mothers? Bravo that they’re a huge part of our life, I say!
If we ignore them and lock them in closets, we’re bad. If we talk about them and enshrine their poop, we’re bad. No winning! I vote for enshrined poop in the closet myself.
People who hate mommy/parent bloggers must go around kicking kittens and baby chicks when nobody is looking.
D’oh! My post was lost! Rewrite!
What is really wrong with blogging about our children? Why is being a mommyblogger such a dirty word? Does our content not have as much value or insight? For cripes sake, they’re our KIDS!!!! Why wouldn’t we talk about them? The joy, the irritation, the push, the shove. It’s nothing to be ashamed of!!! Why try to shame us????? I say BRAVO mommybloggers for giving light to what motherhood is really like. The good. The bad. The ugly.
Seriously, if we ignore them and lock them in closets, we’re bad. If we enshrine their poop, we’re bad. There’s no winning!!!!
I vote for ignoring the enshrined poop in the closet myself.
They just hate us because we’re beautiful.
It’s probaly my fault that some people don’t like mommybloggers. I’ve been breaking into people’s homes and forcing them at gunpoint to read stories about baby poop.
I love to read “Mommy” blogs and well…I don’t even have kids yet! :) I find them interesting and more truthful at times than just “regular” blogs! :)
Thats it exactly, why would you bother to take the time to read about a subject you aren’t interested in???? I can think of so many better things to do with the kind of time it would take to read enough about a subject to hate it.
So, I am a Band Geek AND a mommyblogger. I’m lower than all y’all! Word.
Seriously, the hating thing? Weird. Why waste the time reading what you hate? I’ve never quite understood that.
Um, you go girl! Or something.
To the haters, I’d say the same thing I’d say to people who want to censor television shows: “if you don’t like, change the channel”. Really, am I forcing anyone to read my blog?
Well…I’m gonna admit that blogs…whether written by a mother or father who seem to simply define themselves by their children or their antics don’t do much for me. On the other hand kids can make some very amusing posts. (I’m not a mommy blog hater btw)
But there are sports blogs who simply cut and paste sport stories out of the paper, or all the doofy celebrity blogs who simply repeat what’s currently in People magazine that can bore me to tears. Not to mention hate filled political blogs… which I sometimes consider the new alternative humor blogs by how ridiculous they get.
So carry on mommy bloggers..it’s your blog(s) and you can write what you please as far as I’m concerned. I read some of ya’s on a regular basis.
Scribbit IS awesome. isn’t she.
I find it kind of funny how people will complain about mommybloggers being boring. The complainers typically aren’t parents. They are at a different place in their lives. Which means they have different priorities and opinions.
At some point, odds are many will become parents and then they’ll “Get” where we’re coming from and understand why we blog about the things we blog about.
Love Scribbit. You go girl.
Oops.
Aw, screw it.
I’ll plug up the ole interweb any damn way I choose to.
Well said Izzy… thank you!
Support each other, build relationships and friendships - yeah!
Too bad those “haters” don’t have anything better to do…
What irks me, among many things, is they just can’t even take the time to get to know us…we are SOOOO not drinking the same Kool-Aid. Maybe the same brand, but totally not the same flavor.
Some people will do ANYTHING for attention.
“Hmmm…if I say something to piss them off, maybe they’ll come to my blog and post a comment - and then I will know what it’s like to have comments at all.”
I don’t even know what you’re referring to, but just roll your eyes and move on.
As the great Kate (Hepburn) said: I don’t care what people say about me, as long as it isn’t true.
You know who you are.
I wrote about this recently too. It annoys the piss out of me. And I only talk about Declan’s poop every other week.
I am a proud mommyblogger. Mmm-hmmm!!!
Ya know, when you write a blog called Mama Drama, what the Hades to people expect….
All I can say to these haters is go elsewhere if you don’t like it. And Michelle is an awesome blogger, she is very creative and one of my favs.
You go girl (jumping up for my high five) Thanks for speaking up on the mommy behalf.
I too read a lot of blogs and have them sorted into folders, by type, in Google reader. Two of my folders are ‘personal blogs’ and ‘mom blogs’ - yours is in the personal one! I hate labels anyway LOL