I was very sorry to hear that Dooce had died. I read her blog religiously for years and occasionally for more years. Reading the comments online, many people appear to attribute her death to social media and vitriol she was on the receiving end of as a blogger. But Armstrong herself said that blogging helped her deal with her mental health struggles. Many people seem to think ill of her because she made her living off the internet. They lump her in with influencers. I see this kind of disdain often; it’s like some people can’t handle the fact that some other people have managed to monetize the internet and make money without doing “real work.”

One of the comments on the New York Times summarizes my thoughts:

“I hope she is remembered as a beautiful, talented, entrepreneur that had an incredible voice that was poignant, witty, insightful and honest and that she tragically died of a terminal disease that deserves greater research and compassionate attention.”