Back in 2011, as a new mother floundering in search of community, I, like so many others, discovered the world of mommy bloggers. Their unofficial leader – Dooce, run by Heather Armstrong. I was drawn to her raw honesty about the mental conflict of being a mom. Even as a pregnant woman, I learned quickly that professing anything other than ecstatic joy about impending motherhood resulted in uncomfortable silence and sideways glances. Ambivalence was not socially acceptable for this particular occupation.
The more raw and outrageous she was, the more followers she amassed.
