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I’m A Mom And I Think Too!
Even though I use MomLogic advertising on my blog I wanted to share this article from Momocrats about Hillary and MomLogic dropping the ball. Hillary Clinton was interviewed by MomLogic, which I’ll admit I did not read. Luckily a few other women were reading and were able to put together exactly why it was poorly done. As commenter cynematic said:
Well holy geez, I never thought I’d use a variation on a neocon phrase, but I *hate* when women audiences are treated with the “soft sexism of lowered expectations.”
What it reminded me of was when Erin called out those marketing to mommy bloggers.
It’s a damn shame these companies, marketers, PR flacks and social media opportunists don’t actually READ the blogs of the Moms they target. They would learn an awful lot in a very short period of time if they did.
See, we already know we are moms. Yes laundry, dinner time, and guilt are already a part of our daily lives. I don’t need a president that knows how to get grass stains out of a white shirt, I need one that knows how to get Bush stains out of the country. Moms we may be, but that doesn’t mean we can’t wrap our pretty little heads around the big issues. Read the blogs of the women, the moms, that Hilary and MomLogic were trying to appeal to and you will see how many of us are thinking and writing about the things that matter in this country.
I guess Hillary’s fluff piece was another attempt to show how she’s not “elitist”. Hey, she’s just a regular mom like you and me. But if “elitist” gets honest talk about race in our country and no holds barred talk about the bitterness many are feeling (and oh yes, here in the Bible Belt there is a whole lot of bitter going on) then I choose elitist. Because that’s what I need from a president, not baking tips.
[tags]politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama[/tags]
Although I am not an American and would not be seeing all the coverage, I agree with your sentiment completely. In Australia the term “elitist” is used as a put down and politicians seem to cut down to the lowest denominator. Leaders should do just that lead and take the nation with them to a better place.
yea…annoying.
Hi there, Wired For Noise,
Thank you for the linky love! Glad you liked my point.
You can turn a mean phrase yourself…I think I swooned when I read, “I need a president…that knows how to get Bush stains out of the country.” Hell yeah! Scape that off my shoe!
Thanks for reading,
Cynematic
LOL Thank you!