I'm getting the birth story section started up in our features again. We used to have one & I don't know where those stories are. All you need to do if you want to contribute is post the story on your hipmama blog (or let me know the URL for the one you've already written in your hipmama blog) & I'll add it to the collection!

For now go ahead and respond to this thread, but once it falls off the front page, PM me. This is an opt in thing, you need to let me know you want it done.

Thanks!

I'm so sorry! I accidentally deleted your profile in the spam clean up (explanations in your thread now appearing as by "anonymous"). I need to let you know your new password & fix the email in your registration.

susan at hipmama dot com

Thanks!
--Susan

I took a pledge to write about a woman or women in technology for Ada Lovelace Day this year. My post can be found at Susan's Beeswax (it's due to self publish at midnight, so if it's not quite midnight yet & you want to read it, hang on just a little longer)... It's amazing what the early women in computer history did. Initially computer was their job title. As in, "a woman who computes" (complex math long-hand!), eventually transferring to the machine itself. Amazing, amazing women!

From the NYT:On blogs and social networking sites, teenagers are having an e-shouting match about this highly publicized episode — perhaps the first time their generation has been compelled to think aloud about dating violence.

And what may be surprising is the level of support for Mr. Brown. While thousands of teenagers have certainly turned on Mr. Brown, many others — regardless of race or gender — defend him, often at Rihanna’s expense...

Has anyone seen the presentations from the TED conference this year? I've had them on in the background at work & they've been really outstanding.

It's totally worth putting them on in the background & listening to them. I've really enjoyed the Wade Davis one, Mike Rowe talking about Dirty Jobs, Stuart Brown talking about the importance of play... there's one about designing games for girls &... holy crap, all kinds of really interesting stuff. LOVE! They seem to typically run around 20ish minutes...

Kerlin sez there's a HipMama Print Zine fiction contest.

See HipMama Print Zine for details.

HipMama.com group on Facebook --
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62678219016

Mamaphonic group on Facebook --
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51589137029

HipMamaCom & Mamaphonic are now set up to tweet... not sure what'll be tweeped yet, but... we'll get there.

Mama Steps by Diana DukeI have the most beautiful writer’s loft. It has wide windows on two walls and cream carpet so thick that my toes sink into the pile as I walk. Because it’s so high in the house, the air is always warm with dusty shafts of golden light. Cardboard boxes line one side, contents marked by black Sharpie on the exposed ends. Galleys, manuscripts, rejections, acceptances. File cabinets on another, filled with collected bits and pieces waiting to turn into stories.

A cat wanders on to the stage during a weather forecast. I'm not sure why I thought this was so funny & endearing, but it was!