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EducationAriel Teaching Online Writing Class!Submitted by Susan on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 6:48pm.
Hip Mama founder Ariel Gore will be teaching an online writing intensive STARTING NEXT WEEK (11/26/07)! Check it out at chuckpalahniuk.net
Travels With Sam: A Mother/Son Adventure in Spanish Language School in Granada, Spain by Nava RenekSubmitted by Susan on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 2:00am.
Last year, when my 13 year-old son, Sam, staked his claim in adolescence and announced he wasn’t going to attend summer camp anymore, I panicked. As a single mom living in New York City, I couldn’t afford to send him to sleep away camp, nor could I leave my job as an administrator in one of the local colleges, pack the SUV (even if we had one), and head for Maine or Cape Cod for a month. Sam was too old for day camp and too young to work. What kind of TV addled X-box blurry-eyed puddle of sludge would I come home to find if I left him in the apartment all day? Then I had an idea. Although Sam had put the kibosh on summer camp, why not take the opportunity to do something I’d always dreamed of doing myself: enroll us in a Spanish language immersion program, somewhere far away from the hot and sticky city? I’d always wanted to improve my embarrassing tourist Spanish, and Sam was already studying Spanish in middle school. What could be better than giving him a leg up before 9th grade? --read more >> Abused Mamas: Escape by Trula BreckenridgeSubmitted by Susan on Sat, 08/11/2007 - 8:30pm.
On another blog it was suggested that I write a separate blog post about how I got away from the man who abused me. As you may know I have an outside hipmama blog called Beyond Battered that is about what I went through. I am getting my story out in bits and pieces...truthfully it is very hard to re-visit the mental state I was in at the time but I am finding it therapeutic. I left after a 'minor' beating, meaning no skin breaking/bleeding,and no kicking. He 'just' pushed me into a wall, smacked me really hard several times and knocked me down. This was in response to him coming home and finding me on the phone. He had recently stopped taking the phone with him when he left and allowed me to use the phone again, so I thought it was ok to use the phone when he was gone. I was wrong in that belief and I paid for it that day.--read more >> Top Ten Pieces of Baby Advice to Ignore by Julie Brill, CCESubmitted by Susan on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 5:28am.
We Are All Gifted and Talented by Evelyn HardestySubmitted by Bee on Tue, 01/13/2004 - 1:21am.
We Are All Gifted and Talented By Evelyn Hardesty But this is fourth grade and I'm not tested on mustangs. I'm tested on long division which I cannot grasp. The report card in my pocket has a "D" on it. Every time I touch it, I burn with shame. I dread telling my parents. The "C's" I often get are bad enough. This "D" adds the lead weight of "dunce" and 'dumb."--read more >> welcomeSubmitted by Bee on Mon, 10/20/2003 - 6:39pm.
Welcome to hipmama.com! There have been lots of changes, so please take a moment to click around and check out all the options. One of the first things you might notice is that you can now register to use the site. I promise that your confidential information will not be shared or sold - registration is in place to enhance the experience of people who want to participate at a deeper level. If you are mainly interested in reading our feature stories they are still available without registration. You can also view our events listings, links to other sites, and vote on our polls. The new design and registration process does not change existing email accounts at community.hipmama.com. That service is separate and you will need to register in both places to use all the tools. --read more >> about usSubmitted by Bee on Mon, 10/20/2003 - 5:08pm.
Hip Mama is a magazine bursting with political commentary and ribald tales from the front lines of motherhood. Edited and published by Bee Lavender (online) and Ariel Gore (print), the zine started as a forum for young mothers, single parents, and marginalized voices, but has grown to represent progressive families of all varieties. Hip Mama maintains the editorial vision that qualified it for the title "conservative America's worst nightmare." "Proof that being a mother doesn't have to be boring - or apolitical." -- Fast Company 
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