motherhood,  writing

mom blogs.

The world of mom bloggers.  Or is it a blackhole?  I catch glimpses of this exclusive underworld over the shoulder of my wife who easily drops an evening surfing pastel-bordered, theme-music blogospheres.  Moms who talk about real life.  Online.  To a virtual audience they’ve never met.

What’s with putting things in bold?  Or.  Sentence fragments?  And interspersing random kid pics?

The format is identical – catchy title, sassy bio: “Mom x3.  Blue collar wife.  Sweat tea addict.  A little unstable.”  A host of social networking links and “you might also like” tags to maintain centripetal, virtual orbit.  And copyright pictures.  You’ve got to be kidding.  Like I’m going to swipe that shot of you homeschooling in your frumpy sweatpants.

What an endless ocean of blogo-dribble lacks in originality, it makes up in variety.  There’s a little something for everyone: My Twintastic Life, The Gluten-Free Goddess, Whiskey in My Sippy Cup, or Redneck Mom, “where dirt meets the skirt.”

For the religious, Momastary or Dalaimama.  Or not, Atheist Mom.

For the self-indulgent, All Things Jennifer, or deferential, Just Another Mommy Blog.

Even some ethnic flair in Kim Chi Mamas.

And above all, the sassy mom: Fussypants, Undomestic Diva, Girls Gone Child, and Motherhood Uncensored (“because if she don’t tell her story, no one else will”).  The post “Post Partum Panty Syndrome” is a must-tweet.

Mom blogs can turn college high-life Thirsty Thursdays into domesticated, “Whatcha Making Wednesdays.”  They can transform empty milk cartons into Thanksgiving centerpieces or forge Chan Luu wrap bracelets out of, well, pretty much the same junk Chan Luu uses.  They make MOMolutions for 2012.

So for all you SAHM’s out there, pour yourself a cup of  organic chai, upload your birth story, and browse 48 frugal DIY glutton-free gifts in a jar to your heart’s content.  And keep the Momversation alive.

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