''Hip Mama: The Parenting Zine'' is an American Alternative Press Award-winning quarterly periodical covering the culture and politics of

parenting Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a ...

. The magazine is widely credited with launching the contemporary mothers' movement. The first issue of ''Hip Mama'' was published in December, 1993, in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

, by the founding editor Ariel Gore as a forum for single, urban and

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

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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*{{Official website, http://www.hipmamazine.com
Ariel Gore's website
1993 establishments in Oregon Alternative magazines Quarterly magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1993 Magazines published in Portland, Oregon Parenting magazines