Comments on: An Open Letter to the New York Times About Mom Bloggers, Women Writers & the Universe

By: Amy@UWM

Amy@UWM — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:35:47 +0000

Just saw this. Love it. That last line was brilliant. Good luck at BlogHer!

By: Quizzlar

Quizzlar — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:14:49 +0000

Your blog is called “PunditMom.” You are doing the same thing as the NYTimes.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:30:31 +0000

Their are some important take aways here. 1) People love to read about niche groups accomplishing things. While the article may have been a condescending joke piece doled out to the lowliest writer, it did accomplish its primary purpose.

The other important take away is that if you DON’T HAVE HATERS YOU’RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT. Of course people are out there to marginalize, demean and belittle you. If you were paying your dues working in mainstream media for 27k/year and you saw this niche of “Stay at home Mommy Bloggers” turning over 6 figures/year, you’d take advantage of your relatively wide audience to try to move the universe back into alignment as you saw fit.

Haters gonna hate.

Nice write up.

Josh

By: adriana

adriana — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:03:43 +0000

wondeful!

By: Virginia B. Elliott

Virginia B. Elliott — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:21:42 +0000

Active regional writer, member of NSNC, 91 years young this month, mom of 4, grandmother of five gr gr of 6. Earned my living since age 16, yes during the great depression when I quit school to help support the whole family. So what is new about working, writing, successful creative Moms? Has there ever been any other kind? Even with a successful husband, we did all the business entertaining in our home, I was hostess, cook, writer for his business, promo writer for developments that feathered our nest and cared both hands on and $$ wise for three aged relatives for 15 years..sent kids to college…so what else is new and where have you all (N. Y. Times) been the past 75 years? Get a life. Ginny Elliott

By: Jennifer Martin

Jennifer Martin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:32:34 +0000

And yet my blog is my attempt at the humorous side of mothering and I don’t think that even if the topic is point-blank motherhood, that shouldn’t be marginalized either. But as you point out, they are lashing out due to their weak business model.

By: deborahlquinn

deborahlquinn — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:23:51 +0000

It’s the “style” section thing that gets me. Because, you know, this online thing is really just a passing whim, like harem pants or shoulder pads. And while it may be very, very petty of me, the thought crossed my mind: Jennifer Mendelsohn, writer of the NYT piece… failed blogger? One of those bitter folk who just couldn’t keep going, day after day, week after week; who found the bar set by NaBloPoMo just a tad too high? Is that the real source of her snark?

By: Rose McNichols

Rose McNichols — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:54:49 +0000

Greetings:

I think you missed the point of the Times story, which I also read. As a matter of fact, I was surprised that they took the whole “mom blog” craze so seriously.

Mothers today seem to think they’ve invented parenting. They haven’t. We’ve all been there, or many of us. And while it’s nice to get support, don’t they (mom-bloggers) realize it’s terribly redundant and after a while not particularly interesting to read this avalanche of domestic detail.

By: Chelsea Bell

Chelsea Bell — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:42:04 +0000

Great post. I have worked in the male dominated tech world for 19 years, and I was so offended by the NYT column! Thanks for this intelligent rebuttal; you took thw words right out of my mouth.

By: Star Rockers

Star Rockers — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:28:54 +0000

This is the best response I’ve seen to that ridiculous story. Well done.