Look, the press representation of mumsnet is only to be expected - it's Old Media doing what it does best, simplifying a complex beast into a single, completely inaccurate, stereotype for people who like their world to be uncomplicated and unchanging.
As I said on Ed Miliband's thread, I do find it irritating that I can spend considerable portions of my working life discussing smart metering and energy policy with the media, and yet, my one throwaway comment about washable nappies, out of everything else that was discussed on energy policy, is what actually makes it into the papers. Why? Because I'm a mother, and obviously that's all I know.
But it's not something I'm going to loose sleep over, and actually I'm not convinced it's going to have a huge impact on Mumsnet anyway, because as Justine has observed, what happens on Mumsnet is much more down to us than it is to any policy Mumsnet HQ puts in place.
I think we just need to take a lesson in the knee jerk idiocy and sexism of print media in this country and continue to enjoy ourselves, to be honest. It's great to have some political clout, we should use it while we can, but I really don't think it should ever be Mumsnet's main purpose because in chasing it we'll lose a lot.