parenting
When a Woman is a Daddy to Her Kids
I was well into my thirties when my partner of six years and I signed ourselves up for parenting. And I mean signed up literally.
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Newsstands Ban Magazine Cover Featuring a Breastfeeding Mom
Long-running alternative parenting magazine Hip Mama just re-launched its print edition this spring and it’s already making waves. The cover of its 55th issue was banned from Facebook and newsstands.
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New Reality Show "Modern Dads" is Extremely Boring
Modern Dads is a new reality television show on A&E that follows the lives of four stay-at-home fathers in Austin, Texas. There have only been three episodes so far, but it probably won’t last long because... Read more »
Popaganda Episode: Wired
How are we wired? This episode talks with tech expert Ashe Dryden about why tech industries lose out when they're boys clubs,Code for America fellow ... Read more »
Q&A With Michelle Tea on Her Alternative Parenting Project "Mutha Magazine"
After nearly two years of documenting the trials and travails of trying to get pregnant as a queer woman, Tea is starting up a new site, ... Read more »
When I Say My Daughter is Transgender, Believe Me.
Many transgender people have made their story public in recent decades, including Nikki (above) a 12-year-old who graced the cover of People magazine in June.
Decorated war veteran Kristin Beck... Read more »
This Father’s Day, More Than 1 Million Fathers Are in Prison
Many kids will spend this morning hanging out with their fathers. But 1 in 7 African American children will have a hard time seeing a parent today—they’re in prison.
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What I Learned About Gender and Power from Sailor Moon
My life began in 1995 — the year I turned eight and became a divorced kid.
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Why We Need to Talk About Race in Adoption
Two years ago, on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains, I saw a white couple at a restaurant with their Asian daughter. Though her father told her to quit staring, I felt the girl's eyes on me all through the meal. I smiled at her, feeling a strong sense of kinship, a pang of sympathy. As a... Read more »
Teen Sex is Safer than You Think
Over the past several months, I have found myself increasingly depressed and enraged by what seems to be endless stories about sexual and physical violence directed toward girls. There is something that tends to haunt our culture’s thinking about girls: suspicion.
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