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