Hip Mama

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Hip Mama
Hip Mama (magazine cover).jpg
EditorAmanda Englund
FrequencySemi-quarterly
Founder Ariel Gore
First issueDecember 1993 (1993-December)
Country United States
Based in Portland, Oregon
LanguageEnglish
Website www.hipmamazine.com
ISSN 1074-195X

Hip Mama: The Parenting Zine is an American Alternative Press Award-winning quarterly periodical covering the culture and politics of parenting. The magazine is widely credited with launching the contemporary mothers' movement. [1]

The first issue of Hip Mama was published in December, 1993, in Oakland, California, by the founding editor Ariel Gore as a forum for single, urban and feminist mothers. Gore edited Hip Mama for 15 years. Hip Mama relaunches in 2014 with expanded food, arts, and political coverage. The magazine is now published in the East Bay.

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References

  1. "She's NO JUNE CLEAVER / Hip Mama Ariel Gore offers parenting tips for biker chicks and welfare moms". 16 October 1998.