Librarian's picks: Mama Zines by CJ Wong
You know what the mainstream parenting mags are full of? Ads and consumerism. Most of these mamazines are made by WAHM (work at home moms)! Here is your chance to support the small, independent press. Consider ordering some today. [Back to Librarians.Info]

• Organic Family Magazine: Learning to live an organic life.  This zine is edited by librarian mama C.J. Wong and her assistant editor and librarian sister, Karen Woodworth-Roman. It covers Organics, Parenting, Herbs, Pets, Nature, Books, Politics, & Health and Wellness Issues.  Several more librarians are contributors. Other contributors are herbalists, organic farmers, gardeners, wildlife biologists, authors, and more!  We are excited that issue #7 is just out.
• Apron Strings: A Zine for Mamas, Papas and people who have them. A San Francisco-based zine where contributors share essays on parenting and such. $2 or trade to robin_cookston at yahoo dot com.
• East Village Inky: This handwritten zine by Ayun Halliday features drawings by the author and is hysterical!
• Fertile Ground: For people who dig parenting. I enjoy this zine.  It is edited by Stacey Greenberg of Memphis, TN.  Articles give you the real dirt on parenting, not the phony cr*p you read in mainstream mags. Contact Stacey at staleyg@yahoo.com to order.
• Green Tit: The Magazine for Alternative Parenting and Resources. This online zine is edited by Demetria Clark and covers attachment parenting, natural living, herbs, and more.
• Hathor the Cow Goddess and the Evolution Revolution:  Artist and Zine Mama Heather Cushman-Dowdee gives her views on parenting in her Evolution Revolution Manifesto as well as her hip comics. 
• Hip Mama: The Parenting Zine from editor Ariel Gore is full of beautifully written essays on parenting.
• Hippohank: Daily domestic trials personified. Follow the story of one mom through her adventures with a little hippo. You’ll love this zine!
• Lone Star Ma: The Magazine of Progressive Texas Parenting and Children's Issues
• Ma Generation: Adventures in Mothering and beyond from an inept multi-tasker and her two smarty-pants sidekicks in a Midwestern hamlet called Appleton. E-mail lee_snodgrass at yahoo dot com. $2 cash or trade.
• Miranda: Motherhood and Other Adventures. This zine is written by Kate Haas and contains stories from her life pre and post-motherhood.
• MotherVerse: A Journal of Contemporary Motherhood. Essays poems, and fictional works on motherhood.
• Nursing Family Newsletter: This newsletter has lots of great tips for nursing moms.
• Organic Family Magazine: What? You already saw this up top? Well, this is my zine, so please let me tell you more about it!  See my website for information about current and back issues. Sign up for the free newsletter to get a feel for the publication or better yet support independent media and subscribe! 
• Tenderfoot: A compilation zine about firsts. The first issue covers the first day of school and looks like an examination booklet. Nice variety of essays and poems.
• Wrinkle Zine: Mama and Papa made.  Essays on Life, Love, and Parenting. This zine is really funny.  It brings a smile to my mailbox.
• Zuzu and the Baby Catcher: This is a wonderful pocket-sized zine about the life and times of Rhonda Baker, a midwife based in Portland, Oregon. It is written and illustrated by Rhonda and is a must-read!