I keep meaning to take Double X off my Google Reader, because their posts keep annoying me. Their bloggers have issues with women who get their kids off the school bus.

Sara Mosle wrote a confusing rant about Etsy. How can anyone find a problem with this cute crafts shopping website? Well, Sara finds a way. Sometimes she's mad at the women themselves for making  jewelry for spare money when the kids are at school. Sometimes she's mad at the website, which is run by men. Sometimes she thinks the whole thing would be a lot more acceptable if men did it, too. I always find it strange when feminists look down on activities done by women, but find them much hipper if men do them, too.

A few months ago, I made a promise to not waste my time responding to everything that annoyed me. I'm avoiding all bitter/jealous/angry mommy war nonsense. That's why I really should delete Double X.

But then they pointed me to the tweets of Susan Orleans about the difficulties of writing at home with when the kids are around and I refrained from deleting. I friended Orleans in Twitter, because it's good to hear how others do it. So, I kept Double X in the feeder just for that useful little tidbit.

I can actually get a lot of writing done when the kids are in school. Well, I can get work done if nobody gets sick and if there are no teacher meetings and if here are no half days or vacations and if I'm not distracted by annoying posts on Double X.

UPDATE: I'm not the only one who was ticked off by this article. Read Jezebel, this crafty blog, and another crafty blog.