She was one of the first prominent so-called mommy bloggers. Although she had been blogging for years, she gained a massive following when she chronicled her challenges with post-partum depression following the birth of her first child eight years ago. She has blogged about many of the challenges of motherhood.

I used to read her religiously but I stopped a few years ago when she stopped focusing on motherhood and started focusing on other stuff.

I was shocked to see in that Slate article that she generates more than $1M in ad revenue alone. Crazy!

Can someone please give a bit more detail on who this person is and how she has made herself famous? I'm curious but when I looked through a few too many pages of this woman's blog I still don't quite get it. What's the hook?

Anonymous wrote:Don't read her blog but if it's anything like Kelly Hampton I really don't give a shit.

It is literally the polar opposite of Kelle Hampton.

Dooce is cray as in suffers from bipolar disorder.

Don't read her blog but if it's anything like Kelly Hampton I really don't give a shit.

He's blogging his side.

http://blurbomat.com/2012/02/16/bright-and-shiny-surfaces/

Had never heard of her, but checked out her blog. Sharing her whole life might not be ideal for her family, but I give her credit for all the people out there she has helped. I saw how candid she was about post partum depression landing her in the hospital and hopefully that has helped many women get help sooner.

I could never blog-way too private. However, I benefitted so much from other people's blogs. I am grateful people are willing to put it all out there.

I've not read much of Dooce, but it seems like whenever I'm on her site it's a lot of really obvious product placement/sponsorship. Good for her for getting advertisers, but I wish it wasn't quite so obvious.

Too bad about her marriage.

I find Dooce and her legions of copycats/followers to be completely boring and fake. Can you imagine your parent or spouse live blogging your life and all of your foibles, etc. What a bunch of egomaniacal douches.

I am shocked. But then again, he was married to someone else when he started dating dooce so that doesn't exactly bode well for a marriage.

Not surprised. I don't think people can live under that microscope. I would hate it if DH blogged about us and our children. I also wonder if she became an egomaniac. The lifestyle lends itself to self absorption. Her early stuff was funny but I haven't read it in years.

Not surprised--These blogs always paint a rosy picture but I thought her life sounded crazy, frankly. I mean what is she a lapsed Mormon? there was all this talk about drinking and everything always just a big party--I stopped reading a couple of years ago--it seemed so fake--like "I'm so awesome--look at me"--very inauthentic. Sad, though if they are breaking up.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/01/mommy_blogger_dooce_separates_why_it_affects_her_readers_so_deeply_.html


I had to google - I have never heard of this woman before....

Huh - you just never know. I haven't read her blog in a while, but too bad...

Wow! I just read this. Been reading her blog forever. Am really surprised. They seemed well matched. Makes me sad. our kids are the same ages.