Stine Eckert, Ph.D.May 14, 2023

Yes! I found the same in my dissertation back in 2014: #Dooce, #mothers & #women #blogging about issues of their concern incl. #motherhood in the US, UK, Germany & Switzerland opened new spaces for women to show the personal IS political & needs to be discussed way more in the public sphere, but also sadly brought hate & abuse toward women bloggers who dared to speak out publicly about problems they defined as relevant or political.

#MothersDay #heatherarmstrong #blog
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Opinion | Dooce and Other ‘Mommy Blogs’ Deserve Credit for Shaping the Internet

BuzzFeed and Gawker weren’t the only brands that moved the discourse.

The New York Times
Poetry NewsMay 12, 2023

Mommy blog was her life
Documenting joys, struggles bright
Heather Armstrong gone

#heatherarmstrong #mommyblogging #rip #haiku #poetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65553608

Heather Armstrong: 'Queen of mommy blogging' dead at 47

Ms Armstrong found success in the 2000s documenting the ups and downs of motherhood on her "Dooce" blog.

BBC News
gkatzMay 10, 2023
I followed Heather long before she had kids (before she was stuck with the odious label “mommy blogger”) back in the infancy of blogs. I remember the birth of her oldest child vividly. The last few years her writing turned problematic, and it’s clear she’s been so troubled. I feel like I’ve lost a long-lost, very complicated friend. My heart breaks for her kids. #Dooce #HeatherArmstrong https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/heather-armstrong-dead.html
Heather Armstrong, ‘Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,’ Is Dead at 47

Fired from a dot-com job for making indiscreet comments about her company online, she created, under the name Dooce, a hugely popular, moneymaking blog about parenthood and marriage.

The New York Times
Joe CrawfordMay 10, 2023
Not everyone can become a verb. But dooce did it. Rest in Peace Heather. @dooce #Dooce #HeatherArmstrong