If you live in Toronto, which I don’t:
Demeter Press invites you to join editors, May Friedman and Shana L. Calixte
to celebrate the publication of their new book:Mothering and Blogging
The Radical Art of the MommyBlogFriday, February 26, 2010
Toronto Women’s Bookstore
7pm
73 Harbord Avenue, Toronto
(Harbord/Spadina)
Mothering and Blogging
The Radical Art of the MommyblogAt the 2005 BlogHer conference writer and mommyblogger Alice Bradley (finslippy.com) responded to criticisms that mommyblogging was solipsistic and self-indulgent by stating that “Mommyblogging is a “radical act.” This collection seeks to interrogate this emergent genre in all its contradiction and complexity, looking equally at the ways that mommyblogs benefit some mothers while relegating others to the margins. Most importantly, however, this collection sheds light on a growing and overwhelming site of maternal narrative where many mothers are able to take on the “radical act” of speaking for themselves.
“With wit and candour, this book deconstructs concepts of ‘mommy’ and motherhood, offering a unique set of perspectives that capture the tension between women’s individual and collective personal, cultural, and political identities and experiences as lived through new technologies.”
- Krista Scott-Dixon, author of Doing IT: Women Working in Information Technology
