Big-time blogger

By Jana on Mar 20, 2008

At a recent SXSW (read: geek conference), blogger Heather B. Armstrong, was awarded a lifetime achievement award and her blog, dooce.com, was recently named in the top 5 of most influential blogs by The Guardian.

So, why should you care?

Because Heather is a SAHM living in Salt Lake City, a BYU grad, a post-Mormon. Her website is followed by tens of thousands of readers each day, which makes her one of the most-widely read LDS writers.

For me, reading dooce is a guilty pleasure. She’s crass and completely self-absorbed. But I have to admit that I just love her that way.

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5 Comment(s)

  1. Thanks for pointing that one out. I’ll check it.

    Jonathan Mahoney | Mar 20, 2008 | Reply

  2. Meh. Even though self-absorption is a key component of blogging, an even bigger component (in my book) is community. If she’s an exmo blogger, then she can provide a link to Outer Blogness. We’d be more than happy to see her participation in the community, but if she’s not interested, then the feeling is mutual.

    If I’m going to read a “celebrity blog,” I’d rather read Pharyngula — P.Z.’s latest episode with the “Expelled” people is hilarious!!!

    C. L. Hanson | Mar 21, 2008 | Reply

  3. I read dooce religiously and find her funny as can be but I don’t know that I’d characterize her as an LDS writer. She writes of her former religion very seldom and then only with contempt. I’m not offended by her and wish her only the best, but LDS she ain’t.

    MCQ | Mar 22, 2008 | Reply

  4. I read her daily & know that she’s an ex-mo/mommyblogger, but I read her for the humor. I get some dose of mormonism, but not much. More doses of mommyblogging, but she’s still super funny, so I keep reading. Congrats to her! CL: I like what you say about blogging being about community, I may have to steal that concept.

    Reg-o-rama | Mar 24, 2008 | Reply

  5. I can’t stand her self-absorption. If Dooce hates the church and her family so much, why does she live in the bosom of both? Perfect justice would require her daughter to grow up to be just like her.

    Vonnegut | Mar 31, 2008 | Reply

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