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Summary: I am not alone!
Review: I was so happy to find this book! All this time I felt I was the only one out there who was a mom, but still had all these feeling that other moms didn't talk about! I am so glad to know that I am not alone! I could not stop reading it. I especially enjoyed "When I was Garbage" by Allison Crews. Go out and buy this book now! Do not wait! This is what your mom couldn't talk about! Why haven't you bought this book yet??!!
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Summary: The Real Review
Review: I was very excited to receive this book and I couldn't go to bed until I had finished it. We already knew, with the HipMama Survival Guide and The Mother Trip, that there was someone out there understanding & validating the experiences of mamas who parent & live outside of the mainstream, but Breeder gives us a whole book full of these voices. If people tell you that you don't look/act like a mother, this book may be for you.
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Summary: Pardon the cliche, but big waste of trees
Review: I would give this zero stars given the chance. First, the title is very misleading. These are not essays by "the new generation of mothers," but rather teen, welfare and wanna-be hippie moms. These flighty, immature, irresponsible writers do NOT represent my generation. (I am 30.) Just take a glimpse at the biographies in the back before you decide to read this drivel. One author is described as a "second generation welfare mama." Now there's a source of pride. These essays include the story of a teenage birth mother who led a potential adoptive couple to believe she was going to give them her baby, then changed her mind after the baby was born, as well as the story of a woman who aborted her baby after she decided to let her body be a pawn to the patriarchy. I am paraphrasing, but trust me, the actual language is even more ridiculous. There are a couple of semi-decent essays here, but it's not worth wading through the rest to find them.
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Summary: The previous reviewer just doesn't get it
Review: I'm a Gen X mama and a fan of this book. Those of us deep in the parenting trenches have taken on the name "breeders" in the same way that other affinity groups have reclaimed previously "offensive" labels, like "queer." Feminism is about choice, power, and celebrating the feminine. The wonderful range of essays in "BREEDER" represents third wave feminism at its most authentic and meaningful best....
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Summary: you don't have to be a mother....
Review: I'm not even a mother and I absolutely loved this book!!! I gleaned over it at a friend's house and after only a few pages, was hooked! I'm planning to buy it for all the special people in my life who are raising the next generation and even those who aren't. After all, we all had parents, right? A+++
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Summary: I love Ariel.
Review: I've read everything that Ariel has published, and this was no different. Reading that so many other Mamas out there have the same issues made me feel a little less lonely. And there are enough people out there that think badly of younger or less mainstream Mothers.. we at least have our own support system. Ignore the Anti reviews- SOME people have to get their whole anti-child "down with the babies" kicks at the expense of others. Do us a favor, people- get a hobby. Take up smoking. At least I can take heart in the knowledge that you WON'T be passing your ignorant and hateful life's views on to the next generation.
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Summary: "Breeder" glorifies negligent parenting
Review: If this book represents our future, as raised by the current crop of parents, then I weep for our future. The parents described in this book sound like horrors from a "Saturday Night Live" sketch. Perhaps one must be a parent to find these stories amusing or beneficial in any way. For this non-parent, "Breeder" triggered boredom at best and disgust at worst. Erma Bombeck did parenting humor much better, and without nauseating stories such as children gnawing on vibrators.
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Summary: breeder is the real deal
Review: if you want to laugh and cry, if you are in search of the real and raw stories of today's "alternative" (for lack of a better word) mothers, this book is a perfect starting point. this group of essays provides a portrait of young parents that is inspiring and bittersweet, not unlike motherhood itself. powerful births, crucial moments of realization, long, hard looks at the woman inside the mother - it's all here and then some, and it's a beautiful read. a real treat.
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Summary: Timeless Experiences, New Voices, and Finally, Acceptance!
Review: It's not often we (and we know who we are!) get a chance to say "Hey, me too! What she said!" This great new collection of personal stories gave me so many opportunities to laugh, cry and sigh in agreement, that my husband was distracted from his reading of Rolling Stone a number of times to ask me "What now?" He ended up reading some of the essays, and found that they spoke for him as well. There are so many things about parenting that don't change, generation to generation. But Breeder is full of experiences I could relate to, and it was written in my native language! What's not to love? When is the next one coming out, Ms. Gore?
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Summary: 5 STARS!!!
Review: No baby shower would be complete without BREEDER! I cannot think of a better gift for any mom-to-be! This book is guaranteed to please. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll never want it to end!
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