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February 9, 2007 12:00

Dead Tree Alert: Too Cool for Preschool

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In the print edition of TIME, my Culture Complex this week is about the burgeoning and horrifying phenomenon of hipster-parent memoirs. Toddlers in mosh pits! Babies in indie record stores! Gen-X parents clinging to their alternative cred with Veggie Booty-stained fingers!

Of course, it's not a hipster scene without a feud among splinter groups, and the alternaparent scene has obliged here. Those of you interested in further reading can check out this online altercation between Lisa Carver ("punk-rock sex writer" and parenting essayist at online parenting 'zine Babble) and Neal Pollack, author of the seminal memoir Alternadad, which I discuss at length in my column. In a nutshell, Carver says Pollack uses irony as a crutch; Pollack counters that Carver needs to lighten up. If you can figure out which is the pot and which is the kettle, please let me know.

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Reader Comments (2)

Rottin' in Denmark:

Don't lie -- you're just directing us to this because you're proud of your 'Million Little Peepees' joke.

Posted by Rottin' in Denmark | February 9, 2007 12:03 PM

James Poniewozik:

I am so transparent.

Posted by James Poniewozik | February 9, 2007 12:09 PM

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James Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's Tuned In column, about pop culture and society. Tuned In, the blog version, is about the stuff we used to call "TV," whether it's in your living room, on your computer or--once the networks figure out the technology and line up the advertisers--in your dreams themselves.