Atena Danner-McPhaden

Kittredge Magnet School (for High Achievers- not the one for low achievers), Chamblee (briefly), Parker Jr. High, HF, SAIC, Erikson

Erikson Institute, Attended 2004 - Present, Class of 2007, Master's Degree, Child Development

Superbadass Mutha, Galactopoet

NEIDA, The Association of Certified Lactation Counselors, The League of Ex-RAs, Dominatrum, The Double AAgents, UU-hoo!

Sex, Birth & Babies, Love & Lactation

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas - Maya Angelou, Nappy Edges - Ntozake Shange, A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle, The Diamond Age - Neil Stephenson, The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem

Orlando, Terms of Endearment, Aliens, The Wiz..., I don't know. Oh - Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Whale Rider, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind..., Any good homebirth videos..., The Color Purple..., I forget them until I see them, and I'm like, "Ooh! Ooh - I love that movie!"

YeahYeahYeahs, Portishead, Shakira, Badly Drawn Boy, Rilo Kiley, Bjork, Outkast, Sleater Kinney, Erykah Badu, Le Tigre, Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Nina Simone, India Arie... Music that makes me: stir and/ or ache; try to sing along when I obviously don't know the words; dance or be still.

I tend to watch The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. And Arrested Development. I miss the Daily Show, when we had cable.

I'm a gemini. That covers a lot, really. Parenting is an interesting challenge - I love it. What else can I say? On a good day, I get a shower. My offspring is outstanding.

Nice people who will let me hold their babies and refrain from smacking the hell out of their small children in public. And people to talk about birth and breastfeeding with. People who don't believe having kids makes you a non-person. Or, better still, people who want to start a radical parenting co-op/village, where we raise our children to be revolutionaries.