ABSTRACT

This Viewpoint positions the contemporary UK parenting website Mumsnet within the wider history of mothers’ organisations’ interactions with politics and politicians over the last 100 years. While the politicisation of motherhood is nothing new, and Mumsnet follows its predecessors in insisting on an apolitical stance, Mumsnet users are unusual in their willingness to embrace an identity as feminists and to engage in debate on controversial contemporary issues. Mumsnet has been attacked by some for allowing such conversations to happen, and praised by others for its commitment to a policy of freedom of speech. In this way, it has continued the historical role of the media in the creation and support of organised women's voices on contemporary political issues.

摘要

这个观点将当代英国育儿网站Mumsnet置于母亲组织在过去100年与政治和政治人物互动的更广泛历史中。尽管将母性政治化并不是什么新鲜事，Mumsnet追随其前辈，坚持非政治立场，但Mumsnet用户却不愿意接受女权主义者的身份并参与有争议的当代问题的辩论。Mumsnet因允许进行此类对话而受到一些人的攻击，并因其对言论自由政策的承诺而受到其他人的称赞。这样，它在创造和支持有组织的妇女在当代政治问题上的声音方面继续发挥了媒体的历史作用。