Liz Jones is Back Complaining About Mumsnet & Their Bloggers

So, Liz Jones hates "Mummy Bloggers". This isn't exactly news to anyone who has ever used Mumsnet. Frankly, it shouldn't be news to anyone who has ever read Liz Jones' column: she hates everyone and everything. Whilst I loathe everything Jones writes, I don't think she's a troll. I still think she's a deeply unhappy woman who has simply never experienced just how powerful and beautiful the Sisterhood is. Yes, the article in the Daily Mail is vile tripe, deliberately written to belittle and humiliate Stay-at-home-mothers. But, you know what, the countless threads on MN today slaughtering Liz Jones are also belittling and humiliating. 

MNHQ knew perfectly well that this would be Liz Jones' response to the Blogfest. It's why they invited her. The publicity they will get out of her column today will be huge. There are already countless blogs slagging off Liz Jones. I understand the feeling. I'm frequently over-whelmed by the desire to kick Liz Jones viciously in the shins but this isn't productive. It doesn't help Smash the Patriarchy. It's just another way for the Patriarchy to isolate women.

Liz Jones may wish to be the Quintessential Handmaiden but, mostly, she's an incredibly unhappy woman who has a public platform in which to humiliate herself daily. I'm disappointed MNHQ used her for the publicity because no woman deserves the ridicule and vitriol Jones will receive today. I know the old adage is "if you can't take it, don't dish it out" but I think it's horseshit. Sometimes, we need to take ten minutes and spare some compassion because, unlike the incredibly talented MN Bloggers, Liz Jones has very little to write about in a celebratory fashion.