http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html Wed, 16 May 2012 23:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-192 Ry M. Sal Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:32:27 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-192 What was the rebuttal post? This topic fascinates me... kind of a what are we all DOING HERE scenario.. What was the rebuttal post? This topic fascinates me… kind of a what are we all DOING HERE scenario..

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-191 absenceofalternatives Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:58:56 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-191 It must be a sign that I didn't read this post until now. I left a comment at some other blog giving the writer kudos for embracing the Mommy Blogger label, bravely and openly. (And hers is exactly like what you said here: eclectic.) I wrote: I respect your embracing the mommy blogger label though anybody can see that your blog is “more than” just a mommy blog. Of course, by saying this, I am implicitly looking down on “just” mommy blogs. I think it is interesting, at times frustrating, to ponder why we loathe to be labeled as “mommy bloggers” while at the same time demand to be respected as “mothers”.I was and still am at a loss on how to explain myself. What's funny is that someone wrote a post, sort of discussing, spun off, as a rebuttal to my comment. So now I cannot stop thinking about what exactly is that I was trying to say. What was my point? It must be a sign that I didn’t read this post until now. I left a comment at some other blog giving the writer kudos for embracing the Mommy Blogger label, bravely and openly. (And hers is exactly like what you said here: eclectic.) I wrote: I respect your embracing the mommy blogger label though anybody can see that your blog is “more than” just a mommy blog. Of course, by saying this, I am implicitly looking down on “just” mommy blogs. I think it is interesting, at times frustrating, to ponder why we loathe to be labeled as “mommy bloggers” while at the same time demand to be respected as “mothers”.I was and still am at a loss on how to explain myself. What’s funny is that someone wrote a post, sort of discussing, spun off, as a rebuttal to my comment. So now I cannot stop thinking about what exactly is that I was trying to say. What was my point?

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-190 Jamie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:53:29 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-190 I struggle with this BIG TIME. I just had a baby and write about babies and pregnancy and gross woman stuff but I still HATE being called a "mommy-blogger". It sounds so... slimy. And old. And I am not slimy or old. Do. Not. Like. I struggle with this BIG TIME. I just had a baby and write about babies and pregnancy and gross woman stuff but I still HATE being called a “mommy-blogger”. It sounds so… slimy. And old. And I am not slimy or old. Do. Not. Like.

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-189 Ry M. Sal Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:05:05 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-189 who knows, she might just shed some light.. you know she'll be shedding something... (oh, that was bad.) who knows, she might just shed some light.. you know she’ll be shedding something… (oh, that was bad.)

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-188 Windsor Grace Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:28:36 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-188 So, Ashley Dupree, someone's mistress (I really hate that word) is going to be giving love advice to New Yorkers? O.M.G. So, Ashley Dupree, someone’s mistress (I really hate that word) is going to be giving love advice to New Yorkers? O.M.G.

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-187 kelly Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:42 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-187 I've got such conflicting feelings on this it causes my blog to look way too adhd. Three to four posts on normal topics and then whammo! I end up writing something about one of my three that has nothing to do with them. Case in point, I did puppets, rock starts and groupie skanks followed by a post on my four year old. Talk about all over the map. I’ve got such conflicting feelings on this it causes my blog to look way too adhd. Three to four posts on normal topics and then whammo! I end up writing something about one of my three that has nothing to do with them. Case in point, I did puppets, rock starts and groupie skanks followed by a post on my four year old. Talk about all over the map.

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-186 Amanda Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:28:32 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-186 It just seems that if you have a blog and have a vagina and happen to have had a child come from said vagina you are....TA DA! Super Duper Mommy Blogger!I'm not sure what I am. I prefer not to define myself . But I sure do know one thing. In the past few days I have typed the word "vagina" far too many times.Okay, one more time Ryan. Vagina. It just seems that if you have a blog and have a vagina and happen to have had a child come from said vagina you are….TA DA! Super Duper Mommy Blogger!I’m not sure what I am. I prefer not to define myself . But I sure do know one thing. In the past few days I have typed the word “vagina” far too many times.Okay, one more time Ryan. Vagina.

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-185 A Vapid Blonde Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:27:59 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-185 Very well said Mom! *ducks out of the wiffle bats way* Very well said Mom! *ducks out of the wiffle bats way*

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-184 BugginWord Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:10:11 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-184 I know there was a whole lot of angst and profound stuff in there, but it all sounds so sunny as I hum that "Body Electric" song from Fame (the original one). Of course I'm changing the words to: I see the Blogger Eclectic.... I know there was a whole lot of angst and profound stuff in there, but it all sounds so sunny as I hum that “Body Electric” song from Fame (the original one). Of course I’m changing the words to: I see the Blogger Eclectic….

]]> http://forthebirdsblog.com/2009/12/blog-eclectic.html#comment-183 Ry M. Sal Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:05:12 +0000 http://forthebirdsblog.com/wp/2009/12/blog_eclectic.html#comment-183 it did occur to me that my internal angst may cause others to evaluate... only the Eclectic ones will do it though! it did occur to me that my internal angst may cause others to evaluate… only the Eclectic ones will do it though!

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