kboo radio show

I'll be on KBOO 90.7 in Portland tomorrow - TUESDAY MAY 6 - with Hip Mama's new editor, Kerlin Richter, Rad Dad editor Tom Moniz, and Edgy'Catin Mama editor Nina Packebush.

Tune in to our mother's day show! Listen live at kboo.fm...

new issue

The new issue of Hip Mama is wending its way to newsstands and to subscribers mailboxes right now.

Featuring...

Yo Mama's Daybook
Pregnant daddies
How to counter military recruitment
Hip Mama readers old-school and new sending the zine off to its new editor with love, good wishes, and inappropriate memories...
Annaliese Jakimides on what we teach our children
Victoria Law reports from the first gathering of indigenous Zapatista women with women from around the world
And way more

You can order a single copy or subscription at theHip Mama shop.

Friends of Matt Diaz

Hey! My friend and ex-Navy officer Matthew Diaz gambled everything to uphold the rights of prisoners at Guantánamo. Now he may lose his law license.

He was just awarded The Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize

Read the Salon story about Matt Diaz here

Friends of Matt Diaz are accepting donations--all money will go directly to Matt to help him pay his costs. We expect to have a dedicated website up soon, but for now your donations are secure and deeply appreciated.

If you are not able to donate but want to be kept updated about Matt's case, just email Ariel with "Friend of Matt Diaz" in the subject line.

And of course you can comment about Matt's case here and/or ask questions about how you can help.

(Click here to listen to La Califusa's song for Matt)

Mother's Day Hip Mama Party & Variety Show

Come celebrate the spring & the changing of the editors...

MOTHER'S DAY PARTY & VARIETY SHOW IN PORTLAND!
We'll be hosting a Mother's Day party & variety show fundraiser for the relaunch of the zine
Connect with other counter-culture parents
Meet the new editor
Support the new Hip Mama
Music from The Repair and others
Puppet show
Silent auction
Beer & Wine
Readings by Ariel Gore and others...
Watch for more details right here...
Mark your calendar: Sunday, May 11, 5 - 8 p.m., at the Watershed - 5040 SE Milwaukie in Portland, $5 suggested donation (or get a free ticket with your 5-issue support the new Hip Mama subscription
Kids free & welcome

Hip Mama is getting a new editor

After 15 years, Hip Mama is getting a new editor!

The Spring '08 issue--the one I'm working on right now--is the last issue of Hip Mama I'll edit. It will be out in mid April. After that, I'll to stay on as Yo Mama & a consulting editor, but I'm passing the reigns to the amazing Kerlin Richter, a writer/editor, visual artist mama, and theology student.

Kerlin will of course bring her own vibe & vision to Hip Mama--and maybe even get back to putting it out 4 times a year--but the "mission" stays the same--feminist, pro-choice, reader-written--yes indeed. The post office box is the same, too (P.O. Box 12525, Portland, OR, 97212), but the new email address will be hipmamazine at gmail dot com

Support the new Hip Mama with a 5-issue subscription--your first issue will be #39, edited by Ariel, and then you'll get Kerlin's first four issues. Includes a free ticket to the Motrher's Day celebration for mamas in the Portland area. Take a chance on something new and beautiful!

three cheers for truth-telling!

I just learned that my friend Matthew Diaz, former JAG corps officer at Guantanamo, fresh out of jail and booted out of the military for telling the truth is being honored with the 2008 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling.

Woo hoo!

Congratulation to Matt. He deserves heroic recognition.

CLICK RIGHT HERE to listen to my sister's song for Matt.

As you may remember, a jury last year sentenced Matt to six months for giving a list of Guantanamo detainees to a New York law firm, making him, as Harper's Magazine put it, "the first political prisoner in recent United States history." He transmitted the names as an act of protest over the mistreatment of prisoners at Guantanamo. A federal court subsequently ruled that the Navy's decision to withhold the names was unlawful, and issued an order compelling their disclosure--so the Pentagon's withholding of the names, and not Matt's action, was unlawful.