Fluff Piece about Dooce in VOX

[keen23]

For some reason, Vox decided to do a piece about Heather Armstrong, AKA Dooce.

It's kind of a fluff piece, but if you were one of her OG followers, you might be interested.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/25/18512620/dooce-heather-armstrong-depression-valedictorian-of-being-dead

[usedbicycle]

I used to follow Dooce as one of the first mommy bloggers many moons ago, along with Rebecca Woolf of Girlsgonechild. They used to have a sort of vlog together, can't remember the name.

I haven't read their blogs in years but last night on a whim, I decided to check up on Rebeccca, and was so saddened to find out that her husband Hal very suddenly died of cancer a few months ago. She has 4 kids, ages 7-15. I went into a rabbit hole of her beautiful/raw writing on grief on instagram. 

Anyway, it made me really sad because I feel like I grew up with these women. I don't know if I'll read Heather's book but I'm glad she's finding solutions to her chronic depression. 

[Howl]

Interesting article on the arc of Heather Armstrong's life.  It also made me want to check in on Freckled Fox. 

Back from The FF check in: Emily and 2nd husband and six kids are moving to Utah from Idaho. 

Also The FF has this to say in a post about being happy and struggling with panic and depression: 

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"One recurring theme in questions from you guys is how I'm so positive all of the time and how can I help you to be. Before I get started with a few tips, I want to stress as strongly as I can is that I am not positive all of the time. I have always prided myself on my ability to spin any negative situation into something I can learn from or use to better myself, but I am currently (and have been for some time now) fighting against severe anxiety, panic, depression, and other strong mental blocks that make constant happiness impossible. (edited to add that I developed these issues after my husband was given a few months to live, and since then I have recognized that I needed help navigating my trauma, sought professional help, started receiving proper treatment, and am currently doing pretty darn awesome:)) 

 

Edited May 3, 2019 by Howl

[Briefly]

6 hours ago, Howl said:

Interesting article on the arc of Heather Armstrong's life.  It also made me want to check in on Freckled Fox. 

Back from The FF check in: Emily and 2nd husband and six kids are moving to Utah from Idaho. 

Also The FF has this to say in a post about being happy and struggling with panic and depression: 

 

It seems to me like FF basically quit blogging after she remarried, it especially seems like she slowed down after the shooting accident.  I forget why, but I did get the feeling from something (maybe it was in her blog?) that the second husband is very domineering.

[fundiefan]

She's still around? Wow. I guess it's true that nothing on the Internet ever truly goes away. 

[PopRox]

Unpopular opinion: I used to read Dooce about 10 years ago, but eventually stopped after she started to seem so OOTP that her writing was just irritating to me. I still check in on her blog / Instagram once in awhile, but I still find her style grating. Also, it makes me uncomfortable how she exploits her children's personal lives and issues (e.g. M's depression) using their full names. Not cool.

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[keen23]

, Heather Hamilton, aka Dooce, is dead by suicide at the age of 47. 

[FiveAcres]

48 minutes ago, keen23 said:

, Heather Hamilton, aka Dooce, is dead by suicide at the age of 47. 

I followed her blog for a while back when blogs were new and shiny. I am sorry for her kids who are probably young adults by now.

[JermajestyDuggar]

34 minutes ago, FiveAcres said:

I followed her blog for a while back when blogs were new and shiny. I am sorry for her kids who are probably young adults by now.

Unfortunately her youngest is 13. Poor girl lost her mom so young.

[ADoyle90815]

She was my age, and I remember following her blog for a while years ago. I'm sorry for her family at this time, especially her kids. 

[PopRox]

How sad. I stopped following her a while ago, but the last few times I popped over to her blog or IG she seemed really unwell. I knew about her depression of course, but didn't know about the addiction/sobriety/relapse stuff until yesterday. How incredibly sad for her family, especially her kids (i also learned yesterday that her younger child is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns).

[noseybutt]

People die by suicide from all walks of life but it does seem that fame and living in the public eye is a special form of stress, particularly with addiction/shame.

May she rest in peace.