Yesterday Holly sent me over a NY Times article (a term used loosely as it was more of a ‘commentary’ than article..article would imply research) since it mentioned me, written primarily about Bloggy Bootcamp, the whole mini conference deal that SITS is doing. You know..another conference I’m not a speaker on?

Cause I know nothing about making money online, building communities, or otherwise branding .

*cough*

Am I digressing?

I get why mom bloggers are mad. The title alone was meant as nothing more than link bait to force the hands of bloggers to get riled up, link back, and freak out on them, thereby assisting them in traffic and comments.

Don’t believe me?

The only reason these online newspapers still continue to write about mom bloggers is because we are the long tail of advertising and have an immediate foot hold and personal audience that cares. They fire us up, 500 people respond with content articles, drive up links, facebook pages, thousands of tweets and Ta Da…NY Times in the limelight.

Its so obvious its reeking of unoriginality.

Easy as pie.

Or baby food.

Except the sad part was that the article was the poorest representation of what a journalistic attitude or NY Times article should be. I mean, don’t we all think about the NY Times, The Washington Post, and The Wallstreet Journal as the be-all, end-all? It’s sad, but newspapers just don’t hold the same value as they used to. Contrary to popular belief, I’m not even sure its the Internet putting them out of business. Its clearly due to poorly written posts that are meant to antagonize but fall short of even making a real point that keeps its audience engaged.

Other then the title I never actually got the gist of what the article was implying. That moms meeting in groups to discuss and grow in their industry is a bad thing? Was that the dig? The big insult? What part was the bad part?

The meeting…or the moms?

Ooh. Scandal.

In fact there just may be kids loose all over America at this very moment with shit in their diapers and chocolate on their face with all this parenting gone awry.

I am so absolutely befuzzled that in 2010 other women find ways to suppress other women. Cause wasn’t that what the title implied? That women should be raising kids and not raising a career?

That we ignore our kids to twitter, blog, and connect?

Maybe moms just figured it out and everyone else that has to work a 9-5 is jealous. We have figured out how to work from home, how to raise money, how to interact with corporate America, how to take our degrees and apply them, how to host communities even if we cant leave our house, and we STILL raise our families.

Yes, my daughter sees me work. Let me say it again. W-O-R-K. This is a job. While I love it and its a passion, its also my job. She understands my work hours, she gets that mom earns money, that mom has an office, that mom cant be there 24/7 for every single whim.

But I am there for the needs and most of the wants. I am there to tie her shoes in the morning, brush her hair in the afternoon, tuck her into naps, kiss her boo-boos, and go on walks in the afternoon.

I am a good example.

An example of entrepreneurship, of invention, of hard work, and of perseverance. I can promise you that my laundry is done, even if not folded daily, everyone is fed, even if sometimes we go out to eat, and that my daughter is happy, healthy, and adjusting just fine to a mom that brands.

Its called balance.

It’s not one or the other.

I can never remember a time that someone told my dh he was a shitty dad cause he went to work today.

It’s terribly primordial.

You. Mom. Stay. Home. Cook. Clean. Shut. Up. Barefoot. Pregnant.

You. Dad. Spread. Seed. Go. Work. Bread. Butter. Paycheck. Have. Beer.

But that’s the point.

This article is a clear indication that regardless of organized meetups, corporate sponsorships, or self regulated industry standards, that the second we pop a baby out of our vaginas we become second class citizens that might as well drop her opinions, careers, and brains at the door.

The irony is that even with all the negative mainstream media attention and incessant drama filled hate that plagues the blogosphere on its own, we still dominate with an industry that is largely listened to by consumers, citizens, and online readers.

Geniuses. We are frickin geniuses.

Man, that really has got to piss off newspapers. No overhead and an audience? Did I mention the genius part? And now we are monetizing?

BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

For the record, this “one blogger” would have linked the article in reference, but they sorta left mine out on their own with their poorly researched material..maybe Miss Mendelsohn was popping back a few of those mimosas in sippy cups herself.

~Trisha