false 396127 2 This book should come as manna to moms: a multitude of small, wry voices reminding them they're not alone. <I>Mothers Who Think</I> is a collection of pieces from the <I>Salon</I> magazine column of the same name. The column (and the book) has no fixed perspective, no set goal, no political agenda--just a bunch of women writers mouthing off about changing diapers. Okay, more than just diapers. There's Rahna Reiko Rizzuto on her gruesome labor ("the mucus plug ... fell out of my underwear and onto my husband's shoe"); <I>hipMama</I> editor Ariel Gore on family court ("I learned that two professionals on a case are usually worse than none. That three can be dangerous"); Susan Straight on being a single mom and taking care of everything yourself ("I just wish I didn't look so bad doing it"); and Elizabeth Rapoport on being a married mom and taking care of everything yourself ("I must confess I'm a little jaded by these sociological pissing contests. Just wake me when the dads are doing 50 percent. Period"). A couple of dozen others chime in as well, notably novelist Anne Lamott, <I>New York Times</I> reporter Alex Witchel, and sexpert Susie Bright.<p> Editors Camille Peri and Kate Moses have created a chorus with range: this is not a stream of white, privileged voices interrupted only occasionally by news from the underclass, news from women of color, or news from sexual minorities. If anything, the book is too focused on a wide variety of very personal stories--one often wishes for the gesture of expansion, the linking of the personal to the cultural. Still, that's a small gripe to have with a book that takes us into the brainier, funnier kitchens of motherhood all over America. 160237 1999 Mothers Who Think: Tales Of Reallife Parenthood total:138|5:30|4:69|3:33|2:5|1:1| 138 536 223 23 5 2 false false Tue Apr 29 08:29:10 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 17:25:16 -0700 2008 All of my role models (mom, aunts, cousins) seemed to love being a mother all of the time. There was (and remains) a chunk of resentment in me that I was unable to express, let alone learn to live ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 31 11:00:55 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:29:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 09:04:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 09:24:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:12:13 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:13:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 30 19:02:13 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 19:02:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Jan 16 12:56:27 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 12:56:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 08 13:37:53 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 13:38:07 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 07:19:27 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 07:19:46 -0700 2009 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 14:36:11 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 14:38:38 -0700 2008 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 14:11:23 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 17:18:17 -0800 2008
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