Dooce goes to Bangladesh and all she got was grief

July 1, 2011 9:06 AM

Heather Armstrong, aka Dooce, went to Bangladesh.

Christy Turlington Burns invited the pre-eminent mommyblogger on a 5 day trip. And a twitter storm erupted. Charges of Poverty Tourism were made. Her husband chimed in.

posted by Ideefixe (6 comments total)

mommybloggers are an interesting case enough, and are easy to ignore. Is there a real issue here, or just some drama and drama seeking types ? Because If the issue is poverty tourism, I could sure do with out the friggen drama.
posted by k5.user at 9:09 AM on July 1, 2011 [2 favorites]

Not 30 seconds into reading her husband's blog entry the word "troll" fell victim to semantic satiation.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 9:12 AM on July 1, 2011

Yeah, I'm also trying to figure out what the real issue is here. Someone care to explain?
posted by grouse at 9:14 AM on July 1, 2011

I read her blog. The only thing that bugged me was her saying she hasn't seen poverty like this before. And while not a mass culture like it can be in a 3rd world country, she's never seen a homless person before wearing clothes so tattered, unwashed, etc.? She needs to go to more big cities and see our own atrocities and heartache. Poverty in any country, esp. a 1st world country, is inexcusable. I think she would have made more of an impact by taking care of that issue rather than Bangladesh.
posted by stormpooper at 9:14 AM on July 1, 2011 [2 favorites]

The only thing you left out of your post is why I should care.
posted by crunchland at 9:15 AM on July 1, 2011 [6 favorites]

Yeah, I'm trying desperately here, but I just can't seem to muster a "meh" on this one.
posted by koeselitz at 9:19 AM on July 1, 2011