The Essential Hip Mama

Writing from the Cutting Edge of Parenting

Ariel Gore author Ariel Gore editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Seal Press

Published:1st Nov '04

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Essential Hip Mama cover

It's been over a decade since Ariel Gore, in a caffeine-induced brainstorm, invented Hip Mama as her senior project in college. The zine that's been called "fun and irreverent" by USA Today, "delightful" by Glamour, and "cutting-edge" by the Chicago Tribune has grown up alongside Gore's daughter, covering subjects from weaning to home schooling with a political edge and a puckish sense of humour. The Essential Hip Mama captures the heart of a decade's worth of earthy, honest, soulful parenting,and topics from circumcision to dating, abortion to the belief that "mothers don't fart." Gore has gathered in one volume the whispers and conversations heard in homes, on playgrounds, and in coffeehouses around the country. Reassuring and hopeful, The Essential Hip Mama is a brilliant testament that one becomes an "expert" simply through the act of mothering, echoing Gore's own words, "Whenever I've needed parenting advice, I've put out a call for submissions."

ISBN: 9781580051231

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

352 pages