I love iVillage
I’m not a parent…but I came across this fantastic parenting blog on iVillage.com, called “Tales from My Tiny Kingdom.” It’s a narrative from a fantastically witty and harried mom.
I worked at iVillage.com in the early-mid 1990′s. I think they don’t get nearly enough credit for the huge innovations they made in online community. We did online participatory politics way before Moveon.org. They started trackbacked online conversations on micro-topics before bloggers ruled the headlines!
Now, iVillage.com reads more like a slick women’s mag, but it did important stuff. It changed things.
Idolsize Me!
Yeah right. Read on…
Ann Hornaday from the Washington Post hits the nail on the head.
Idolspizing should not be an unfamilar emotion to any red-blooded woman. I, for example, idolspize most everyone I meet when in New York or LA, or certainly at the rare DC cushy media event to which I am invited. SOmetimes it happens at Whole Foods. I certainly idolspize women who found non-profits while earning six figures and maintaining their manicure.
It’s someone you COULD have been, had you been better.
To paraphrase Hornaday (insert your favorite target here; she uses author Susan Orlean):
I love X, I hate Susan X, I wish I could be X, I’m not smart/pretty/talented/enterprising enough to be X. I idolize X. I despise X.
I idolspize X.
Feminism must have humor
Traditionally, we’ve lacked irony and all that, no?
From the Onion:
My Conservative Friends
I hate hate hate their politics. They hate everything I think I stand for…but they are funny. Their humor is light…dare I say it’s because they’re in power?
when’s the last time a D blog was funny…or light?
Proof that the Earth is Warming
Damn, my Mom is cool (she sent this)
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Morra Aarons-Mele utilizes social media strategies to help employers, employees and communities connect. She also consults with leading organizations on how women can use the internet for professional and personal development. In her spare time, Morra enjoys blogging about women and politics. Read her full bio >>
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