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BlogHer '11 : Voices of the Year
Voices of the Year
Thank you for checking out the BlogHer '11 Voices of the Year submissions. Please peruse to your heart's content, and feel free to leave comments on individual entries!
If you are interested in more information about the BlogHer '11 Voices of the Year, including the judging committee, selection process, or category definitions, please read our announcement post.
If you'd like to submit your or someone else's work, please use the nomination page.
There will be 20 Voices of the Year honorees selected per category, and this year one of those 20 per category will be a People's Choice honoree. As you review these posts, feel free to give a big thumbs up to any that particularly amaze you. You can only vote for any single post once, but you can vote for as many posts as you like. YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO NOMINATE A POST AND TO VOTE ON A POST.
| Title | Blogger Name | Blog Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lone Stripper Shoe-Napping: A Tale | Lindsay Maddox | Silly Mom Thoughts | Visual |
| Can't take us anywhere | Lindsay Maddox | Silly Mom Thoughts | Humor |
| Chasing Butterflies | Molly Shalz | A Day in Mollywood | Life |
| Story of an Embrace: Hugging my Son's Birthmom | HonestConvoGal | Honest (Mostly) Conversations: Real and Surreal | Life |
| Story of an Embrace: Hugging my Son's Birthmom | HonestConvoGal | Honest (Mostly) Conversations: Real and Surreal | Humor |
| Caller ID | Kizz Robinson | 117 Hudson | Life |
| Sitting Here in Limbo | Varda Steinhardt | The Squashed Bologna: a slice of life in the sandwich generation | Life |
| Subterranean Homesick Blues | The Flying Chalupa | The Flying Chalupa | Life |
| The Five P’s of Highly Effective Working Moms | Christine LaRocque | amotherworld | Perspectives |
| There Is No Such Thing As A Little Moment | Maria Lianos | amotherworld | Life |
| Food Revolution: Taking the Junk Out of School Lunches | Amanda Goetz | amotherworld | Niche |
| And then it happened to me (a confession of sorts) | Lisse | @ Home in the World | Perspectives |
| What I Know | Ashleigh Burroughs | the Burrow | Life |
| They Call Us Extreme Parents | Alexandria Durell | amotherworld | Perspectives |
| How Am I | Ashleigh Burroughs | the Burrow | Life |
| Vehiculus, the parking god | Lisse | @ Home in the World | Life |
| Healing Through Typing | Ashleigh Burroughs | the Burrow | Life |
| Comparing Myself to Myself | Ashleigh Burroughs | the Burrow | Life |
| Bikini Wars | Meredith Groenevelt | BuenoBaby | Perspectives |
| Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Helpful or Hurtful | Danielle Elwood | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| The Time I Ran Away from My Pregnant Wife | John Cave Osbourne | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Life |
| The Time I Accidentally Called My Pregnant Wife Fat. And Old. | John Cave Osbourne | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Humor |
| I Already Have a Daughter: Who Do You Think Let Me Marry My Wife? | John Cave Osbourne | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Life |
| A is for Autism | Varda Steinhardt | The Squashed Bologna: a slice of life in the sandwich generation | Niche |
| 10 Things Grand Finale Needs to Know About Daddy's Backpacking Trip | John Cave Osbourne | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Life |
| Mom Confessions: I Wish My Kid Looked More Like Me | Monica Bielanko | Baby's First Year at Babble.com | Life |
| Bad Mom Chronicles: I Don't Go To All My Kid's Baseball Game | Katie Allison Granju | home/work at Babble.com | Life |
| If "Life is Suffering," Why Do We Parents Too Often Pretend Otherwise? | Katie Allison Granju | home/work at Babble.com | Life |
| Why I Don't Want to Visit the Cemetery for My Son | Katie Allison Granju | home/work at Babble.com | Life |
| You Can't Hurry Love: A Valentine's Message To and About My Daughter | Meredith Carroll | strollerderby at Babble.com | Life |
| Maternity Care in America: Rife with "Systematic Errors" | Ceridwen Morris | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Niche |
| Maternity Care in America: Rife with "Systematic Errors" | Ceridwen Morris | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Humor |
| 5 Quirks My Wife Found Endearing... Before She Was Pregnant | John Cave Osbourne | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Humor |
| 5 Quirks My Wife Found Endearing... Before She Was Pregnant | John Cave Osbourne | strollerderby at Babble.com | Humor |
| 5 Reasons I Don't Like the Easter Bunny | John Cave Osbourne | strollerderby at Babble.com | Humor |
| The Children's Book I Wish I'd Written: 5 More That Maybe I Should | John Cave Osbourne | strollerderby at Babble.com | Humor |
| Should Breastfeeding Be Taught In Elementary Schools? | Ceridwen Morris | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Oh, Yes She Did | Kristy Dolha | World's Worst Moms | Humor |
| Am I Pooping? | Monica Bielanko | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Humor |
| Forcing Parents to Volunteer At School | Madeline Holler | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| The Card | XLMIC | World's Worst Moms | Life |
| Response to Tilda Swinton: Birth Is "Murderous" and "Violent" | Ceridwen Morris | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Niche |
| Danger! Children Ahead! | Rebecca Odes | strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Stroller Haters Can Suck It. Kids Are People Too. | Rebecca Odes | strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| My Totally Unsolicited Advice for Huma Abedin | Katie Allison Granju | Home/Work at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Stroller Haters Can Suck It. Kids Are People Too. | Rebecca Odes | strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Should Dad Skip the Birth? | Ceridwen Morris | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Niche |
| The Giant Butt of Target | Crystal Rodriguez | World's Worst Moms | Humor |
| "Get In Bed!" | Dawn Meehan | Because I'm the Mom at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Advice to a Young Blogger: When "Shock & Awe" Confessionals Cross the Line | Katie Allison Granju | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Is it accurate to describe motherhood as a "job?" | Katie Allison Granju | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Leave Those Kids Alone: An Argument for Benign Neglect | Rebecca Odes | strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| How is a Mom Supposed to Look? | Rebecca Odes | strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Fear(less) | Lisse | @ Home in the World | Life |
| The Lost Wheel | Tammy Soong | Partly Sunny, Chance of Rain | Life |
| Should Kids Play Football? Absolutely. | John Cave Osborne | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| How Not to Treat Your Friends After Your Baby is Born: A Tale of Baby Blindness | Rebecca Odes | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| In Which I Admit I Am Not Keen On Breastfeeding | Monica Bielanko | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Is Teenage Pregnancy Really Such A Problem? | Rebecca Odes | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Am I The Only Mother Who Ever Felt Embarrassed Breastfeeding In Public? | Carolyn Castiglia | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Keepers | Tammy Soong | Partly Sunny, Chance of Rain | Niche |
| Dear Erica Jong, We Parent in a Vacuum, Not a Prison | Madeline Holler | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Dear Erica Jong, We Paret in a Vacuum, Not a Prison | Madeline Holler | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| 5 Reasons I Would Never Publicly Compare or Contrast My Children | John Cave Osborne | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Is 34 weeks the new 36 weeks? | Danielle Elwood | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Niche |
| Exclusive Interview with Adam Mansbach, Author of "Go the F*ck To Sleep" [VIDEO] | Carolyn Castiglia | Strollerderby at Babble.com | Humor |
| The Not So Quick Fix | Tammy Soong | Partly Sunny, Chance of Rain | Perspectives |
| Pregnancy Choices and the Mean Girl Syndrome | Monica Bielanko | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Pregnancy Choices and the Mean Girl Syndrome | Monica Bielanko | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| 5 Things I Wish I'd Known or Done Before Getting Pregnant | Monica Bielanko | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Life |
| The False Heroes of Childbirth: Women Who Don't Get Epidurals? | Meredith Carroll | Being Pregnant at Babble.com | Perspectives |
| Ladurée Macarons | Lady Jennie | A Lady In France | Visual |
| Over Infertility? | Lindsey Andrews | Only God Defines Family | Perspectives |
| Sixteen minus one | Dimity McDowell | another mother runner | Niche |
| Silencing my little brute family | Sarah Bowen Shea | another mother runner | Humor |
| Thousand Miles | Lady Jennie | A Lady In France | Life |
| A marathon friendship keeps going strong | Sarah Bowen Shea | another mother runner | Niche |
| The Lighting of a Fire | Ivory Coghlan | The Trivial Pursuit of Happiness | Perspectives |
| Feeling Young | Mandy W (Amanda McClelland) | Four Against Two | Perspectives |
| What A Way To Go | Michelle Hammons (aka Burgh Baby) | Burgh Baby | Humor |
| Ladies, What Are We Waiting For? | Dana Theus | Reclaiming Leadership | Perspectives |
| Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Poopyhead | Varda | The Squashed Bologna | Niche |
| The Conversationalist | Varda Steinhardt | The Squashed Bologna: a slice of life in the sandwich generation | Humor |
| Letter to a Pregant Friend: Some Things You Should Know | Emma Waverman | Embrace the Chaos | Life |
| Endings...And Beginnings. | Naomi Odes Aytur | I Am Still Awake | Life |
| There Is A Picture I Have | Naomi Odes Aytur | I Am Still Awake | Life |
| I'd Rather Be...With My Sister | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Life |
| I'd Rather Be...With My Sister | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Life |
| Give Me Some Apricot Love | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Life |
| Splendor in the Corn | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Life |
| Angela vs. the Windmills | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Humor |
| In the Beginning, There Were the Words | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Life |
| Refreshing Honesty? | The Worst Mother in the World | The Worst Mother in the World | Humor |
| One Day They Will Put Love & Chocolate into a Pill and Cure Everything | Lana Watkins | Bibberche | Life |
| I See the Rainbow, Not the Muddle | CJ's Mom | Raising My Rainbow | Niche |
| Dr. Phil Wants to Make My Son Cry | CJ's Mom | Raising My Rainbow | Perspectives |
| Teaching Your Child to Lie Like a Celebrity | CJ's Mom | Raising My Rainbow | Life |
| Teaching Your Child to Lie Like a Celebrity | CJ's Mom | Raising My Rainbow | Life |
| What If It's Gay? | CJ's Mom | Raising My Rainbow | Life |
| If I Die: How to Raise My Gender Nonconforming Son | CJ's Mom | Raising My Rainbow | Niche |