Camille Peri is the editor of "Mothers Who Think," the most popular feature in the online magazine [...]. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Mother Jones, Parenting, Lear's, and Savvy.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD / ANNE LAMOTT

INTRODUCTION: THE MAMAFESTO / CAMILLE PERI AND KATE MOSES

REPARATIONS / Jane Lazarre

WHAT MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME, OR HOW I WAS

BLINDSIDED BY CHILDBIRTH AND SURVIVED /

Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

BOY CRAZY/ Sallie Tisdale

ON NOT HAVING A DAUGHTER /

Jayne Anne Phillips

DRAMA QUEEN FOR A DAY: HOW I BEAT A BULL

WITH MY THREE-SPEED BLENDER /

Cathy Wilkinson

ONE DRIP AT A TIME/ Susan Straight

MOTHER ROUX / Erin Aubry

HOW MANY WORKING FATHERS DOES

IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHTBULB?

Elizabeth Rapoport

ONE WEEK UNTIL COLLEGE /

Sandi Kahn Shelton

2-4-6-8, I'M THE ONE THEY APPRECIATE /

Joyce Millman

DRAMA QUEEN FOR A DAY: IS THAT A TONGUE

OR AN UMBILICAL CORD?/ Beth Myler

MOTHER ANGER: THEORY AND PRACTICE /

Anne Lamott

BRINGING UP BéBé / Debra S. Ollivier

THE LINE IS WHITE, AND IT IS NARROW /

Beth Kephart

YOU'LL GET USED TO IT/ Nora Okja Keller

THINKING OF YOU/ Rose Stoll

STEPMOTHER/ Alex Witchel

DRAMA QUEEN FOR A DAY: NO DIAPERS,

NO COFFEE / Catherine A. Salton

COURT OF LAST RESORT / Ariel Gore

YOUNG, BLACK, AND TOO WHITE /

Karen Grigsby Bates

EXPECTING THE WORST/ Jennifer Reese

A MOTHER OF A YEAR / Stephanie Coontz

STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF /

Susie Bright

DRAMA QUEEN FOR A DAY: SPAGHETTI WEEVILS /

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth

A MOTHER'S BODY / Kate Moses

MY OTHER MOTHER/ Lori Leibovich

CAN THIS CHILD BE SAVED? / Kim Van Meter

COMMON SCENTS/ Chitra Divakaruni

BOYS WITHOUT MEN / Celeste Fremon

TOY STORY / Joyce Millman

DRAMA QUEEN FOR A DAY: DOGSITTER / MOTHER /

NURSE PUNCHER/ Arlene Green

SEX AND THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY/ Mona Gable

THE BABY GIRL I GAVE AWAY / Ceil Malek

COYOTE DREAMS/ Cynthia Romanov

DOUBLE DARE/ Sallie Tisdale

DANCING WITH DEATH/ Camille Peri

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