People who loooovvveee to bitch about "mommybloggers" tend to complain about the lack of substance in your average parenting blog; that any intelligence or insight about other matters goes right out along with the placenta and suddenly we only write about poop.
And while that certainly holds a grain of truth, the parent blogs I read capture the experience of parenting with such depth and beauty that I'm drawn to them again and again.
Then, there are those that use their parenting to inform their view of the world and are not shy about being outspoken about such. Motherhood sure didn’t stunt their brains, and they are all the more ready to take on the world because of it.
So this week my Dream Playdate is Uppercase Woman (formerly known among we infertile bloggers as Wasted Birth Control). Cecily's smart, funny, loud, liberal, and not afraid to stir shit up. This week alone she's written about the Barbie/princess dilemma with her toddler daughter as well as midseason TV and, in post that drew a whopping 67 knock-down drag-out comments, the lighthearted treatment of adoption in "Juno." The current post is about Cecily's experience with pre-eclampsia, which took the lives of her twin sons and nearly killed her as well.
I might not always agree with her, but if you enjoy chat about deeper topics than teething and diaper rash during a playdate, this one's worth a read.
