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post #1 of 8
7/13/07 at 4:19am
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If you could only subscribe to one or the other, what would it be...
Brain, Child or hipMama?
Assuming you were into both of them of course!
post #2 of 8
7/13/07 at 5:03am
Hip mama seems aimed at the very young mother in her teens or just barely twenty; so it doesn't get my groove on the way Brain Child does.
post #3 of 8
7/13/07 at 1:17pm
I would choose hipMama. I totally disagree with the OP, I don't find it aimed at young moms at all. It is alternative, though, and if you weren't into that lifestyle you might feel like it was "immature" in a way.

However, I don't know about Brain, Child. Tell me about it!
post #4 of 8
7/13/07 at 1:56pm
That's a tough choice! I have been meaning to subscribe to Hip Mama for a while now. I wouldn't say it's aimed at younger readers, it's just pretty subversive and probably at times there have been contributions by younger writers. It varies quite a bit on content issue to issue though. I really like it.

Brain, Child is really great though too. You would probably get more actual reading material out of Brain, Child. It has a few more pages I think. BlissfulMama, Brain, Child is basically like the New Yorker but all essays about parenting. It's really good.

I say subscribe to both! I'm no help am I?
post #5 of 8
7/13/07 at 3:51pm
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Originally Posted by fremontmama View Post
Brain, Child is really great though too. You would probably get more actual reading material out of Brain, Child. It has a few more pages I think. BlissfulMama, Brain, Child is basically like the New Yorker but all essays about parenting. It's really good.
Sounds great!! Off to subscribe...
post #6 of 8
7/13/07 at 9:41pm
HipMama for sure. I'm really tired of Brain, Child -- I feel it's grown formulaic and the writing is so much less sharp than when the magazine began. HipMama is always fresh, thought provoking, and not nearly so self-conscious about it's coolness. Just my take.
post #7 of 8
7/14/07 at 4:05am
For me, it would definitely be Brain Child. I find the quality of the writing to be better and more consistent and satisfying. I agree with a PP that HipMama seems younger, or at least more radical/punk rock (not that there's anything wrong with that--it's just a different stage than where I am right now).

They are both good magazines, but they are different.
post #8 of 8
7/14/07 at 2:20pm
I like HipMama but I find Brain, Child grating. There's this smug, jaded tone that just really gets on my nerves.
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