Comments on: Pikelet and Pie featured in Cleo http://www.pikeletandpie.com/2010/01/pikelet-and-pie-featured-in-cleo/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lili http://www.pikeletandpie.com/2010/01/pikelet-and-pie-featured-in-cleo/comment-page-1/#comment-1645 lili Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:39:19 +0000 http://www.pikeletandpie.com/?p=1752#comment-1645 <strong>kathryn</strong>: I know. They could have done something with a nutritionist as well. Thanks for the support, and yes, definitely a cautionary tale. <strong>Moya</strong>: Agreed! <strong>Kathryn</strong>: How lovely! Thank you for your kind words, to be honest I've never really read CLEO, but I'm glad something positive has come out of all this. kathryn: I know. They could have done something with a nutritionist as well. Thanks for the support, and yes, definitely a cautionary tale.

Moya: Agreed!

Kathryn: How lovely! Thank you for your kind words, to be honest I’ve never really read CLEO, but I’m glad something positive has come out of all this.

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.pikeletandpie.com/2010/01/pikelet-and-pie-featured-in-cleo/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Kathryn Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:06:20 +0000 http://www.pikeletandpie.com/?p=1752#comment-1634 If it makes you feel any better, I have just discovered your blog because of reading the "article" in question, so it can't have been entirely negative publicity! I think anyone with any sense who reads CLEO (or is that an oxymoron in itself?!) automatically filters out the sensationalist stuff. Those magazines just can't stop themselves from putting self-help and advice into every article - and it's nearly always either terribly obvious or terribly incorrect. Wouldn't worry too much about it if I were you! Hopefully it just makes more people discover the blogs they mentioned. If it makes you feel any better, I have just discovered your blog because of reading the “article” in question, so it can’t have been entirely negative publicity!
I think anyone with any sense who reads CLEO (or is that an oxymoron in itself?!) automatically filters out the sensationalist stuff. Those magazines just can’t stop themselves from putting self-help and advice into every article – and it’s nearly always either terribly obvious or terribly incorrect. Wouldn’t worry too much about it if I were you! Hopefully it just makes more people discover the blogs they mentioned.

]]> By: Moya http://www.pikeletandpie.com/2010/01/pikelet-and-pie-featured-in-cleo/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 Moya Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:21:02 +0000 http://www.pikeletandpie.com/?p=1752#comment-1629 Typical mag beat up to make story more sensational, you didn't expect the journo to actually do research on this did you? The fact they didn't even bother to have a face to face interview should have alerted everyone! You can't pick up nuance, subtlety and wit from a survey. Congrats on getting some publicity (mostly welcome for food bloggers, hehe) but pity a better job was not done by the writer. .-= Moya´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YayasYumYums/~3/R84fgT8P38o/holiday-hoopla.html" rel="nofollow">Holiday Hoopla</a> =-. Typical mag beat up to make story more sensational, you didn’t expect the journo to actually do research on this did you? The fact they didn’t even bother to have a face to face interview should have alerted everyone! You can’t pick up nuance, subtlety and wit from a survey. Congrats on getting some publicity (mostly welcome for food bloggers, hehe) but pity a better job was not done by the writer.
.-= Moya´s last blog ..Holiday Hoopla =-.

]]> By: kathryn http://www.pikeletandpie.com/2010/01/pikelet-and-pie-featured-in-cleo/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 kathryn Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:55:23 +0000 http://www.pikeletandpie.com/?p=1752#comment-1627 Oh Lili I'm sorry to read all of that. It's an odd little article and I agree it's sending out some strange messages. In my opinion what you are all doing is a positive thing and a different message could have been promoted. People are making businesses out of their blogging and their love of food; getting books published; finding like-minded people; making friends; discovering new information and ideas. And it's all self-generated work. I think you're right to contact Cleo and get some answers from them. But it's a cautionary tale about future interactions with magazines and other media isn't it? .-= kathryn´s last blog ..<a href="http://kathrynelliott.com.au/blog/2010/01/21/quicklinks" rel="nofollow">Quicklinks</a> =-. Oh Lili I’m sorry to read all of that. It’s an odd little article and I agree it’s sending out some strange messages. In my opinion what you are all doing is a positive thing and a different message could have been promoted. People are making businesses out of their blogging and their love of food; getting books published; finding like-minded people; making friends; discovering new information and ideas. And it’s all self-generated work.

I think you’re right to contact Cleo and get some answers from them. But it’s a cautionary tale about future interactions with magazines and other media isn’t it?
.-= kathryn´s last blog ..Quicklinks =-.

]]> By: lili http://www.pikeletandpie.com/2010/01/pikelet-and-pie-featured-in-cleo/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 lili Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:12:11 +0000 http://www.pikeletandpie.com/?p=1752#comment-1618 <strong>chocolatesuze</strong>: I think it was! Don't know for sure though as my questions are yet to be answered. <strong>Helen (grabyourfork)</strong>: Agree. It was not only lazy journalism but bad writing. Offensive. <strong>Karen</strong>: I think it was a bit of both - bitchy and inability to form a coherent thesis. Agree with you about leaving out Lisa's photo, lame. <strong>deana@lostpastrememb</strong>: I know, right? The writer certainly isn't interested in food and has totally missed the point. <strong>mlle délicieuse</strong>: It is very worrying, thats for sure. <strong>Rose</strong>: Bwahahah! That is awesome. You are totally right! <strong>Hannah</strong>: Very true. I hadn't yet thought of the up side, but you have a very good point there. <strong>Eating Melbourne</strong>: I'm not taking it seriously, I am just upset that young women are being told that enjoying food is wrong. I'm not too upset about how it relates to me. <strong>Ella</strong>: Thanks :) <strong>Steph</strong>: Confused, lacking focus and lazy is such a great way to describe it! I'm glad others felt like me, I sort of went out on a limb with this rant. <strong>SydneyCider</strong>: Hahaha yep, the female food bloggers are obsessed food addicts, but they men, hey they're alright! All females, and all pictures of desserts. Good points! <strong>Xai</strong>: Too true. How about bringing in a nutritionist and mentioning some healthy recipes, talking about how it is good when people know what they are eating and take an interest in cooking it. That addiction crap was unnecessary and offensive. <strong>Julia @ Mélanger</strong>: True, but what a whack story! <strong>Anita</strong>: And to you too. Well put. Unfortunately your website won't load for me, and you don't publish complete feeds so I can't read what you've said about the article. <strong>FFichiban</strong>: Thanks! <strong>Simon</strong>: I guess, I have never read CLEO, but you better believe it was sold to us as a story about food blogging. I feel sorry for Lorraine too, that is intense. I agree with you on the congratulations and I am pretty angry. The writer hasn't answered any of my queries, so I have just emailed the editor of CLEO to get a response. chocolatesuze: I think it was! Don’t know for sure though as my questions are yet to be answered.

Helen (grabyourfork): Agree. It was not only lazy journalism but bad writing. Offensive.

Karen: I think it was a bit of both – bitchy and inability to form a coherent thesis. Agree with you about leaving out Lisa’s photo, lame.

deana@lostpastrememb: I know, right? The writer certainly isn’t interested in food and has totally missed the point.

mlle délicieuse: It is very worrying, thats for sure.

Rose: Bwahahah! That is awesome. You are totally right!

Hannah: Very true. I hadn’t yet thought of the up side, but you have a very good point there.

Eating Melbourne: I’m not taking it seriously, I am just upset that young women are being told that enjoying food is wrong. I’m not too upset about how it relates to me.

Ella: Thanks :)

Steph: Confused, lacking focus and lazy is such a great way to describe it! I’m glad others felt like me, I sort of went out on a limb with this rant.

SydneyCider: Hahaha yep, the female food bloggers are obsessed food addicts, but they men, hey they’re alright! All females, and all pictures of desserts. Good points!

Xai: Too true. How about bringing in a nutritionist and mentioning some healthy recipes, talking about how it is good when people know what they are eating and take an interest in cooking it. That addiction crap was unnecessary and offensive.

Julia @ Mélanger: True, but what a whack story!

Anita: And to you too. Well put. Unfortunately your website won’t load for me, and you don’t publish complete feeds so I can’t read what you’ve said about the article.

FFichiban: Thanks!

Simon: I guess, I have never read CLEO, but you better believe it was sold to us as a story about food blogging. I feel sorry for Lorraine too, that is intense. I agree with you on the congratulations and I am pretty angry. The writer hasn’t answered any of my queries, so I have just emailed the editor of CLEO to get a response.

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