Ok..so from the link:
* She argues that its openness to discussion around this subject has allowed the site to function as a subaltern counter-public - a space where gender-critical feminists have been able to share information and make plans for action and agitation.*
I confess I had to look up "subaltern" on Wikipedia:
In postcolonial theory, the term subaltern describes the lower social classes and the Other social groups displaced to the margins of a society; in an imperial colony, a subaltern is a native man or woman without human agency, as defined by his and her social status.
The aspect fundamentally disagree with is:
Professor Sarah Pedersen investigates the growing politicization of the online parenting forum Mumsnet and its use by politicians to influence middle-class women in the UK. The site's discussion topics go far beyond traditional 'mothering' subjects and encompass politics, feminism and current affairs.
I've been here a while and the site has for many years gone beyond "traditional" topics.
As for it's use by politicians....if they are influencing us then they are doing a poor effort. Just look at the threads where MP's came to answer questions....
Finally I'm absolutely fucked off with notion that as a mother and contributing poster to MN that I should stay in my lane and "just" talk about mothering.
Why do sites like pistonheads never get this much attention?
The threads there cover topics as wide as MN (and in some topics far more strident) but never get a mention for being a "hotbed" of thought.
Honestly it's bloody depressing and annoying.
Why the hell are we even discussing why women should not convergence and discuss women's issues that exist outside of motherhood?