The new Chicago Moms site is up and I’m starting it off with a bang.
I wonder if the new mom-o-sphere craze “Project Mom Casting” is really worth it, and if it’s good for the mommy blogosphere.
An excerpt from my post:
It used to be (cue the eye rolls) that we all just wrote funny or nice or smart or pretty content. We were happy if someone stopped by to say hi, that they agreed (or not) with our post, they liked a photo we shared or made them laugh. The biggest goal at the end of the day (for me at least), was to be come a better writer, blogger friend. (End the eye rolls.)
Now, it’s all about being heard, sponsored, swagged and branded and it doesn’t really matter by who. I certainly like to be heard by readers or friends, or even sometimes a larger audience. It’s nice when marketers, PR people and brands ask for my voice and my opinion. But I’m worried that this project will just muddle what we have to say. I feel like it’s just going to make the whole mom blogger lot of us look like crazy fools. It’s almost like some of the blog post submissions are from moms trying to be sadder, kookier and more uppity than the next. G-d knows we don’t need anymore Teresas running around TV. These supposed “Housewives” are not setting good examples for young mothers out there who may watch and cannot see through the irony. I think we can use our collective voice on a different medium like television in broader and better ways.
To read the rest go visit the new Chicago Moms site! I’m so happy to be back and a part of a terrific community.
