Posting on MN & NC

[slowlywiltingpetal]

I have been here years, but NC several times as I've thought about posting, then thought about those who end up in the press, so have been put off.

Is it just me who thinks the dynamics have changed, it's sad we have to NC when we think about posting, then get put off posting altogether in the off chance you end up as a story in a paper.

I noticed there's even Vlogs that are based on MN posts, how we're all TERFs SAH AP women, who feed their children primarily on food that is either from Waitrose or an Organic veg/fruit box company Must check if the ingredients to school dinners are sourced from the best organic local organisations

It was either a feminist journo or comedienne who basically surmised MN as the above. With something like AIBU on MN is a chuckle as it's SAHM pondering whether to fire the Nanny as she allowed the children to watch the TV & took the 'darling children' to McDonalds for a treat, whilst SAHM was getting her hair done. Something way OTT like that.

I do feel that it's pretty sad that other people's misery, tbf some people have a lot of guts posting what they do, to end up as an article on the Daily Fail website. The most shocking was a story about that poor woman whose DH needed full assistance, possibly putting her in danger in he found out such particulars were being shared at all, let alone on a forum where it's known you could end up as a story seen by those who read the site / paper.

I remember when forums were placed you could share things, there wasn't that worry you'd end up going viral, as it just wasn't a thing.

So to all that have the courage to post. Is it just me being over sensitive or do you worry about such things?

The Daily Mail and other media outlets have been using material from MN for about 10 years now (someone posted the earliest thread complaining about it). So it's pretty much always happened.

Don't put identifying threads on the internet if you don't want millions of people to see it. A lot of threads now are designed to get into the DM. Some are probably started by journalists.

And that stereotype is a bit OTT but it is based on many MN posters who do post suggesting their life is like that. I've seen plenty of threads saying McDonalds is poison, all the lunchbox threads complaining about how much sugar is in fruit. And peas. Wanting to sack a Nanny because she hadn't made fresh pasta from scratch for a toddler etc.

I guess AIBU is comedy gold for some journalists.

Did the woman with the cheeky au pair ever come back? I got invested in that one, then the OP vanished.

The way Mumsnet gets vilified in the media and.so on is a good indicator of the general level of misogyny we still have to put up with IMO. Like OK, we can have jobs and stuff and opinions and take part in public life - so long as we don't flaunt our femaleness too much, particularly femaleness that has not got to do with wearing a short skirt and looking sexy. Mumsnet is a) women talking to other women b) about things that might not interest most men while c), identifying as mothers. And it gets ridiculed to fuck. As if associating yourself with the fact of your motherhood means that you automatically must be trivial and overprivileged. There's people on Mumsnet from all walks of life, there's lone parents on here struggling to pay their rent and people asking what to do with six figure inheritances. I've read political discussions on here (eg Brexit) that covered the issues with more detail than the bloody Today programme. But it's a cheap laugh isn't it, to make out we're all swapping hummus recipes and judging each other for eating spicy food while breastfeeding.