Podcast appearances and mentions of Ariel Gore

A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops next week on April 1st! In our off weeks, we air a recent episode of The Gaily Show which John hosts for AM950 Radio. The Gaily Show is one of the only daily LGBTQ news and talk shows in the country.In this episode, I'm talking with Ariel Gore about her new book Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer. It's a memoir of gay marriage and a searing critique of the for-profit breast cancer industry.Watch on YouTubeWe're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshowCreditsHost/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change)Executive Producer: Jim PoundsProduction and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy EricksonHey, so I'm going through a name change. If you've wondered what the JP in J.P. Der Boghossian stands for, well it's John Parker. And that is the name I'll be moving to over the next few weeks. Read more about it here: thisqueerbook.com/name-change.Save the date! We'll be hosting a live version of the podcast at Brooklyn Public Library - DeKalb branch on April 10 at 6pm with Mia Arias Tsang and Chloe Caldwell! Support the show

In this episode of Becoming Witchy, we're diving into the often-misunderstood world of baneful magic—hexes, curses, and bindings. While these spells are frequently labeled as “bad” or taboo, it's important to explore their historical and cultural context. From protection to justice, these forms of magic have long been used by marginalized communities to reclaim power and prevent harm. We'll unpack the nuances of these practices, challenge ingrained stigmas, and discuss how intent and framing shape our perception of these types of magic.Plus, in Seasonal Corner, we celebrate the early signs of spring—magnolia blooms, seed-starting, and the fresh energy of the season. Tune in and rethink the way you view baneful magic!Keep in touch and up to date by following Bramble & Brimstone on ⁠instagram⁠ and Bluesky, visit our ⁠website⁠ or ⁠shop⁠, where you can sign up for our newsletter for monthly rituals, shop our wares, and get more Becoming Witchy content! Support the creation of the podcast on Patreon! Mentioned in this episode:Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 potions, spells, and magical elixirs to embolden the resistance by Ariel Gore

It's a conversation with the one and only Ariel Gore! In this episode of the Cabana Chats podcast, Resort founder Catherine LaSota is thrilled to be in conversation with a writer she admires not only for the various zines and books she's put out into the world, but also for the ways she helps other writers to find their path by integrating their creative practice with the fullness of life and forging a way that works for them. Ariel and Catherine talk about the helpful permissions we give ourselves, the ways that life impacts writing output, and tricks for getting back into the writing flow, among other topics. Ariel Gore is a journalist, memoirist, novelist, and nonfiction author. She is the founding editor and publisher of Hip Mama, an Alternative Press Award-winning publication covering the culture and politics of motherhood, and she leads writing workshops at Ariel Gore's School for Wayward Writers. Pick up a copy of Ariel Gore's The Wayward Writer: Summon Your Power to Take Back Your Story, Liberate Yourself from Capitalism, and Publish Like a Superstar here: https://bookshop.org/a/83344/9781648411847 More in Ariel Gore's world: https://arielgore.com/ http://literarykitchen.net/ https://readingandtraveling.net/ Cabana Chats is brought to you by The Resort: https://www.theresortlic.com/ Hosted by Catherine LaSota: http://catherinelasota.com/ Our podcast editor is Jade Iseri-Ramos. Our music is by Pat Irwin. Join the Resort mailing list for an awesome weekly newsletter, full of opportunities for writers!

High among common myths repeated about publishers is that "authors need a platform" before someone would consider publishing them. It's not bad to have a platform, but is it necessary? This week on the pod, we are joined by Wayward Writer author and teacher Ariel Gore to dismantle this myth to its pieces and talk about best practices, what authors could do better, and where publishers can meet them.************Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast!  Get the book: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catal...Get the workbook: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catal...More from Microcosm: http://microcosmpublishing.comMore by Joe Biel: http://joebiel.netMore by Elly Blue: http://takingthelane.comSubscribe to our monthly email newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/0...Find us on social mediaFacebook: http://facebook.com/microcosmpublishingTwitter: http://twitter.com/microcosmmmInstagram: http://instagram.com/microcosm_pub************

Specializing in house call services allows veterinarians to strike out on their own as entrepreneurs and build both the business and life they'd like to have. This week, Shawn & Ivan speak with Dr. Eve Harrison about house call vet innovations. Eve recommends The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp (amzn.to/3U9fSk1) & Fuck Happiness by Ariel Gore (amzn.to/3UcGWyH). Learn more about Eve at dreveharrison.com.

So many people have suffered endless rejections and want to know how to get their foot in the door. They think that if they can just get the right editor on the phone or get someone to listen, they can get published. To be fair, much of publishing is gatekept, preserving the experiences of certain people's experiences with certain educations from certain schools. So this week on the pod, we take a look at how to sidestep that and get your foot in the door! Ariel's new book, The Wayward Writer, addresses this point directly!************Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast!  Get the book: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catal...Get the workbook: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catal...More from Microcosm: http://microcosmpublishing.comMore by Joe Biel: http://joebiel.netMore by Elly Blue: http://takingthelane.comSubscribe to our monthly email newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/0...Find us on social mediaFacebook: http://facebook.com/microcosmpublishingTwitter: http://twitter.com/microcosmmmInstagram: http://instagram.com/microcosm_pub************

So many people have suffered endless rejections and want to know how to get their foot in the door. They think that if they can just get the right editor on the phone or get someone to listen, they can get published. To be fair, much of publishing is gatekept, preserving the experiences of certain people's experiences with certain educations from certain schools. So this week on the pod, we take a look at how to sidestep that and get your foot in the door! Ariel's new book, The Wayward Writer, addresses this point directly! 

Elisa Sinnett is a writer and teacher and a member of the American Federation of Teachers. She lives in Windsor, Ontario with her family, but her hometown is Detroit, Michigan. She works on her writing with author Ariel Gore and the Literary Kitchen. Sections of her book Detroit Fairy Tales have been published in or recognized by various magazines and journals. Elisa says that she is “an immigrant to the middle class and is dismayed to discover shortly after her arrival that is was being dismantled.”  Detroit Fairy Tales is her first book. www.elisasinnett.com 

Suzanne LaGrande talks with journalist, teacher and renowned feminist writer Ariel Gore about her new book, Hexing The Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells and Magical Elixirs to Embolden Resistance. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Gore talks about how magic has always been a resource for the disenfranchised and the different ways it may be used to harness power and vanquish institutional oppressions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Who decides what happiness looks like? One woman delved into the science of happiness. She found early positive psychology studies focused overwhelmingly on men.

Show Notes and Links to Karla Brundage's Work On Episode 27, Pete is honored to speak with Karla Brundage, who he has been lucky enough to meet through Nervous Ghost Press and the virtual open mics that have coincided with the release of Writing for Life, an anthology in which Karla is featured. Karla Brundage is a Bay Area based poet, activist, and educator with a passion for social justice. Born in Berkeley, California, Karla spent most of her childhood in Hawaii where she developed a deep love of nature. She is the founder of West Oakland to West Africa Poetry Exchange (WO2WA), which has facilitated cross-cultural exchange between Oakland and West African poets. Karla is a board member of the Before Columbus Foundation, which provides recognition and a wider audience for the wealth of cultural and ethnic diversity that constitutes American writing. Her editorial experience includes a pan-Africanist WO2WA poetry collection, Our Spirits Carry Our Voices, published by Pacific Raven Press in 2020; Oakland Out Loud (2007); and Words Upon the Waters (2006) both by Jukebox Press. Her poetry book, Swallowing Watermelons, was published by Ishmael Reed Publishing Company in 2006. Her poetry, short stories and essays have been widely anthologized and can be found in Hip Mama, Literary Kitchen, Lotus Press, Bamboo Ridge Press, Vibe and Konch Literary Magazine. She holds an MA in Education from San Francisco State University and an MFA from Mills College. About her collection of poetry, Swallowing Watermelons, Ariel Gore, Editor Hip Mama Magazine, wrote, “Karla Brundage's poetic voice is just what the world needs now. She writes truths too often silenced—truths familiar and truths unheard.  Lucky you if you are holding this volume. Open it and read on! It may be just what you need now.”       West Oakland to West Africa: Connecting the African diaspora with creative writing Karla Brundage's Website 826 Valencia Website Karla Reads Five Poems at October 2nd, 2020 Event: “Voices of California” Through Tia Chucha's Bookstore and Centro Cultural  Swallowing Watermelons, Karla's book of poetry-buy it here! Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode: Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael-at around 3:30 The Anderson Valley Advertiser, a place where Karla's father often published-at around 5:45 Sammy Younge Jr., first cousin of Karla's mother, and a tragic victim of Jim Crow racism-at around 9:14 Sammy Younge was first murder victim from SNCC-at around 9:30 Book about Sammy Younge, Jr., written by James Forman-at around 12:00 The Black Panthers and their Ten Point Program-at around 15:00 Danzy Senna, a writer who has inspired Karla-at around 16:00  Toni, Morrison, particularly her The Bluest Eye, as an inspiration for Karla: a writer who gave her “chills at will”-at around 18:50 Christopher Okigbo, a source of learning for Karla, particularly with his exploration of what it means to write in a colonial language-at around 20:30 Lawrence Mamiya, formative teacher in Karla's life-at around 20:30 The Autobiography of Malcolm X, a book that has “changed [Karla's] life”-at around 21:10 Ishmael Reed, “family friend and mentor” and publisher of Karla's Swallowing Watermelons-discussed at about 22:00 Karla's rec for an Ishmael Reed piece to read: Japanese by Spring-at about 23:00 Chinua Achebe and his contribution to the dialogue around writing in English about Africa-at around 23:45 Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie -at around 25:30 Maya Angelou and her influence on Karla-at around 27:15 2019 Citizenship Order-Ghana orders citizenship to all Black Americans-at about 39:20 The Cool Origin Story and Incredible Growth of Nervous Ghost Press-at around 43:00 Shouts out to progressive and activist poetry greats, Kim Shuck and Tongo Eisen-Martin-at about 50:55 Karla reads “Underneath”-at about 58:00 Karla reads “Why do Black people Protest”-at about 1:03:10 “I am a man” allusion explained-at about 1:04:50 Karla explains the Buffalo Soldiers connection to her family-at about 1:05:15

Who decides what happiness looks like? One woman delved into the science of happiness. She found early positive psychology studies focused overwhelmingly on men.

Hexing the system can feel overwhelming (especially in the shadow of recent political events) but stepping away just isn't an option. In this episode Paige and Erica list 10 ways you can witch the vote while you're waiting to cast your ballot, and how those actions can strengthen your magical practice.LINKS! (Charities and other stuff we mentioned, please give them your money)__________ Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project - http://www.wlrp.org/ MA Center for Native American Awareness - http://www.mcnaa.org/ Gifford Cat Shelter - https://www.giffordcatshelter.org/ Black Lives Matter Postcard by Nikini Kill - https://hauswitchstore.com/shop/w-t-c-h-boston-rally-postcard/ Rachel Cargle’s Therapy for Black Women + Girls Fund -https://www.gofundme.com/f/rachelcargle Hexing the Patriarchy by Ariel Gore - https://hauswitchstore.com/shop/hexing-the-patriarchy/ Follow us online at www.witchthevote.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/witchthevote, and on Instagram at @witchthevote. This episode of the #WitchTheVote Podcast is hosted by Erica Feldmann and Paige Curtin. It is produced by Anthony Bonarrigo.

Ariel Gore is the author of the new book, Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 potions, spells and magical elixers to embolden the resistance. Gore is a journalist, writer, and teacher. Her novel We Were Witches was celebrated for its "piercing and wise" (Booklist) examination of modern womanhood. Gore is the founder of Hip Mama, an Alternative Press Award-winning publication covering the culture and politics of motherhood, and the creator of the Fascism Fatigue Coloring Book. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. More information about the guest can be found at http://www.arielgore.com

This week we had a chat with: Lara Vapnyar to learn more about her novel Divide Me By Zero and Ariel Gore to learn more about Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance.Find out what’s happening in the world of books this week, this and every Monday! We will be sharing new releases for this week, other titles to look out for in future, bookstore events and what's trending.To get a list of all the books mentioned in the show - https://bibliohappyhour.com/biblio-news-week-of-oct-14-2019/ .Listen to our “off the cuff” discussions, “top shelf” monthly recommendations, get behind the scenes content, perks and more - https://www.patreon.com/bibliofinder .Find a bookstore near you or when you’re traveling over on - https://bibliofinder.com .

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 27, originally published in November 2010. Jason Hartman talks with author, editor and literary coach, Ariel Gore. Some call her The Indiana Jones of literature” and her books include Bluebird: On Women and Happiness (forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux), the critically acclaimed writing guide How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead, the Booksense pick novel The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show, the Oregon Book Award finalist Atlas of the Human Heart, and cult classic The Hip Mama Survival Guide. She founded the award-winning parenting zine Hip Mama back in 1993. Over the years, the zine featured many new and emerging writers. Still, The New Yorker raved: Gore's the quality of the writing that sets Hip Mama apart. Ariel now serves as Hip Mama's consulting editor. The Utne Reader said, Ariel Gore's transformation from globetrotting teenager to the hippest of mamas reads like a movie script about a Gen-X slacker following her bliss to unlikely success. Website: Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness

Ariel Gore, the original Hip Mama, joins us for a witchy parent shame-smashing chat on creating her magazine and books, the special brand of misogyny she experienced single parenting when she was very young, and how she escaped the "perfect parenting" pressures by being an outcast. Ariel Gore a memoirist, novelist, nonfiction author, journalist and teacher. She is the founding editor/publisher of Hip Mama, an Alternative Press Award-winning publication covering the culture and politics of motherhood. Her books include Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness, How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead, The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show, Atlas of the Human Heart, The End of Eve, The Hip Mama’s Survival Guide, The Mother Trip: A guide to staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood, We Were Witches, a memoir, The Art Life Coloring Book and the upcoming Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 potions, spells & magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance . She is widely credited with launching the maternal feminism movement. She’s a LAMBDA Literary Award Winner and the mother of two children born 17 years apart from one another. You can support this podcast at www.Patreon.com/washyourmouthout

Welcome to Season 2! On today's episode, I talk with Rebecca Scolnick, who I met on Instagram, and loved the brevity in her bio: Video Witch, NYC. Yes! Her website says that she is a filmmaker, and creative intuitive with a fervor for personal mythology, and I am so here for this conversation that covers her journey to find tarot through an angel deck, and our mutual love of The Hero's Journey. Find Rebecca online: Instagram: @beescolnick or www.rebeccascolnick.com We mention Lindsay Mack (https://https://lindsaymack.com/), Ariel Gore( http://arielgore.com/) and Anne Lamott (@ANNELAMOTT) Connect with Me: Instagram: @leorisingtarot Wesbsite: www.leorisingtarot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support

Epigraph Y'all. It's been a minute (or, ya know, 8 months). But we're back with a brand new episode featuring Julia Turner and Christen Thompson Lain, the founders of Itinerant Literate, a mobile bookstore in Charleston, SC. Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, our website, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Support the show! All books in our show notes link to Indiebound, a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstore and your favorite podcasting booksellers. If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our email newsletter. This episode is sponsored by Books & Whatnot, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive here. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. Chapter I In which a local coffee shop assists in alcohol acquisition, we want more spaceships and dragons, and a book brings Emma to tears. We’re Drinking Christen and Julia were given some free beer from their local coffeeshop, Orange Spot Coffee: Stillwater Artisinal's Stateside Saisan and Sake-Style Saison. As our cocktail for the evening, we're drinking the Lime of the Ancient Mariner from Tim Federle's Tequila Mockingbird. Christen's Reading   War Storm by Victoria Aveyard I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Shout out to Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem Julia's Reading     Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka (audiobook via Libro.fm) How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Monsoon Mansion by Cinelle Barnes Daphne by Will Boast Kim's Reading   Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (audiobook via Libro.fm) Amateur by Thomas Page McBee (pubs August 14, 2018) McBee's previous book, Man Alive, is also excellent Emma's Reading   Circe by Madeline Miller (audiobook via Libro.fm) The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai  Forthcoming & Newly-New Titles We're Excited About Julia & Christen are Excited About    The White Darkness by David Grann (pubs Oct 30, 2018) My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (pubs Nov 20, 2018) Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura Kim's Excited About   So Lucky by Nicola Griffith (audiobook via Libro.fm) also check out her bestselling historical fantasy novel, Hild Any Man by Amber Tamblyn Emma's Excited About     There There by Tommy Orange Fight No More by Lydia Millet Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (pubs July 10, 2018) her previous book, Uprooted, is one of Emma's faves Half-Witch by John Schoffstall (pubs July 17, 2018) Chapter II [23:30] In which we discuss how bookstores work (and how you keep books on the shelves in a bookstore that moves), Julia and Christen give advice to future bookmobile owners, and the mobile bookstore finds a forever home! Customer: So, is this a library? Interested in breaking into publishing (then abandoning your fancy degree to become a bookseller)? Check out the University of Denver Publishing Institute. Julia and Christen met there, so that bodes well. Shout out to Blue Bicycle (founder of YALLFest, Charleston's Young Adult Book Festival) Fun fact: the aunt in Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson is described as itinerant. Maybe not the best role model, but not the worst! The bookmobile is so purrrrrrrrrty:   Books that Itinerant Literate must have in stock: City of Thieves by David Benioff Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine  Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer Replica and Ringer by Lauren Oliver Tips for potential bookmobile owners: What's an SAN? Ok, go to www.bowker.com Have an accountant in the family. Indiegogo is your friend. (Kickstarter only gives you the funds if you meet your goal, whereas Indiegogo allows you to choose to still get your funds if you don't meet your goal.) Bungie cords are clutch. Know your legal obligations (you need separate business licenses for every municipality!) For the first few months, plan two hours more than you think you'll need. Ask someone who is not in your field to walk through your store and give you feedback. Don't take everything a customer says to heart. Engage sometimes, but not always. Bookstores are businesses too, y'all. Chapter III [44:30] In which Julia, Christen, & Emma have the same wheelhouse; we debate Christen's concept of "feel-good" books; and Christen wants to be fierce & fearsome while naked Book Description Guaranteed to Get You Reading Christen loves fiction containing witches, dystopias, feminism, misandry, unreliable narrators, and anachronistic elements. Also, nonfiction books about product and content marketing. Highly recommend Building a Storybrand by Donald Miller. Emma recommends We Were Witches by Ariel Gore, cause witches + misandry = win! Julia digs retold fairy tales and pop science/medical nonfiction (shout out to This is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe). Desert Island Pick Christen: Harry Potter, natch Julia: Young Adult faves, such as Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Station Eleven Picks Christen's practical book: Peterson's Field Guides to Medical Plants Christen's "feel-good" books: Letters to a Young Poet, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, and The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Or, to go more apocalyptic: The Giver by Lois Lowry (aka "The Handmaid's Tale for children") Julia: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Wild Pick Julia: Nature reading (The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery) or books about female resistance Christen wants a guidebook about how to be Lady Godiva. #legit Lady Godiva, the ultimate Rebel Girl Bookseller Confession Christen actively doesn't finish things she doesn't enjoy. Real talk, this is a necessity for all booksellers. And readers. And humans. Neither Julia, Christen, nor Emma have read Philip Pullman's 

Jason Hartman talks with author, editor and literary coach, Ariel Gore. Some call her The Indiana Jones of literature” and her books include Bluebird: On Women and Happiness (forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux), the critically acclaimed writing guide How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead, the Booksense pick novel The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show, the Oregon Book Award finalist Atlas of the Human Heart, and cult classic The Hip Mama Survival Guide. She founded the award-winning parenting zine Hip Mama back in 1993. Over the years, the zine featured many new and emerging writers. Still, The New Yorker raved: Gore’s the quality of the writing that sets Hip Mama apart. Ariel now serves as Hip Mama’s consulting editor. The Utne Reader said, Ariel Gore’s transformation from globetrotting teenager to the hippest of mamas reads like a movie script about a Gen-X slacker following her bliss to unlikely success. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ariel ran away from high school at age 16 to become an international bag lady. She rambled back home a few years later as a new teen mom. She earned her BA in communications from Mills college and her Master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Website: www.ArielGore.com

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Personal development is big business. There are millions of people that are always on the lookout for something "more" in their life. And a myriad of coaches, books, and retreats to help people achieve that. But how effective are all these self-help treatments in reality? David Cunningham, the leader of the Landmark Education Forum joins the show to explain his approach to self-improvement. Then Ariel Gore stops in to talk about the responsibilities of caring for aging parents and how much we really owe them for raising us.  

My guest is Ariel Gore of  HIP MAMA MAGAZINE. This months cover went viral before the issue hit news stands. But that's just it. The issue didn't hit news stands because of the cover. Which depicts a woman nursing with out a top/blouse/shirt her child (who happens to be 4). Vendors refused to sell the magazine.  Join us live as we discuss Americas double standard when it comes to breasts, censorship and breastfeeding.

Jason Hartman talks with author, editor and literary coach, Ariel Gore. Some call her The Indiana Jones of literature” and her books include Bluebird: On Women and Happiness (forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux), the critically acclaimed writing guide How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead, the Booksense pick novel The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show, the Oregon Book Award finalist Atlas of the Human Heart, and cult classic The Hip Mama Survival Guide. She founded the award-winning parenting zine Hip Mama back in 1993. Over the years, the zine featured many new and emerging writers. Still, The New Yorker raved: Gore's the quality of the writing that sets Hip Mama apart. Ariel now serves as Hip Mama's consulting editor. The Utne Reader said, Ariel Gore's transformation from globetrotting teenager to the hippest of mamas reads like a movie script about a Gen-X slacker following her bliss to unlikely success. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ariel ran away from high school at age 16 to become an international bag lady. She rambled back home a few years later as a new teen mom. She earned her BA in communications from Mills college and her Master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. She lives in Portland, Oregon.