MommyBlogging: Is MommyBlogging Still a Radical Act?

Let me give you a bit of BlogHer history. Back in 2005, at our very first conference, Alice Bradley brought the house down by declaring "MommyBlogging is a radical act!" Of course in 2006 we had to have a session by that very name. By 2007 it was clear that MommyBloggers had claimed a powerful presence in the blogosphere, and that they were being recognized as powerful consumers by companies. Last year's MommyBlogging session, The State of the Momosphere addressed the commercialization head on. Much to the dismay of some who still wanted to focus on the cultural and community aspects of MommyBlogging. Having a MommyBlogging track allows us to serve more interests, and we're kicking off the track with this look at the culture and community of MommyBlogging. Lindsay Ferrier recently made us all stop and think about it with her post "The State of the Mommyblog", and Lindsay is on hand to moderate this discussion with Polly Pagenhart (aka Lesbian Dad), Maria from Immoral Matriarch and Charlene Li, who still thinks blogging of any kind is a radical act, but is having trouble figuring out out to merge her personal and professional blogging identities to feel like one whole person. Will commercial influence come up? Probably. But it will be a different panel that delves into the ethics, policies and guidelines MommyBloggers set for themselves (and would like to set for the marketers reaching out to them.) This is a panel that focuses on what made MommyBlogging such a powerful community force, before they became a powerful commercial force.