Celebrate 15 Years of Hip Mama and Meet the New Editor- March 19, 2008 After 15 years, the print version of Hip Mama is getting a new editor! The Spring '08 issue--the one I'm working on right now--is the last issue of print zine the Hip Mama I'll edit. I plan to stay on as Yo Mama & a consulting editor. --read more BookmarkSearch this post with: delicious digg reddit google yahoohttp://www.hipmama.com/node/37521 Lucky 13: Punk Parent Questions for Jessica Mills by China Martens- March 9, 2008 Editor's note: China Martens is the author of The Future Generation: Zine-book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends & Others (Atomic Book Company, March 2007). Jessica Mills is the author of My Mother Wears Combat Boots (AK PRESS, November 2007). They're both great books, go check them out! Jessica Mills is a partnered mother of two children, ages 7 and 1. She is also an activist, artist, a touring musician (who plays saxophone with Citizen Fish), and a first time book author. I've been.http://www.hipmama.com/node/37394 "Rockin out" During Nap Time by Shawnee Shahroody Spitler- March 9, 2008 They are down. I tiptoe past their doors barely breathing, listening for a sound. Please save your applause, my two boys (3 months old and 2 years old) are sound asleep AND at the same time, no less. With extra bounce, called glee, relief, freedom call it what you like, I fly down the stairs open the front door and place my note on the doorbell. "Please do not ring or knock, babies sleeping, thanks!" Really it says, you touch that f&%$!g door or bell and I will mow you down. Do not...http://www.hipmama.com/node/37393 The Teenager Formerly Known as Me: Or How Baby Got His Groove On by Cheryl Dumesnil- March 9, 2008 "You'll never guess what Jess' dad offered me." Through the phone, I heard the freeway rushing past Tracie's open car window, warbling the sound of her voice. "What" I asked, sitting on the edge of our bed, short of breath from rushing my seven-and-a-half-months pregnant self down the hall to answer the call. "Tickets to the Prince concert." "What! No F-ing way." My wife, Tracie, works with children with autism. Occasionally the grateful parents of one of her clients will bestow upon her an.http://www.hipmama.com/node/37392 |