The Complex Legacy of Heather Armstrong: From Mommy Blogger to Cautionary Tale.
TL;DR
The death of Heather Armstrong, known as the "queen of the mommy bloggers," has prompted assessments of her complicated legacy. Armstrong wrote about her struggles with depression and alcoholism on her pioneering blog, Dooce, and took her own life at age 47. She was a pioneer in women making themselves heard on the internet, but also a target of online harassment. Her posts became increasingly disturbed and erratic in recent years, but in the end, she modeled her humanness and the constant fight to live.
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