Like “Hip Mama,” “Rad Dad” has grown into a staple for “Left Coast” readers. The zine was inspired in part by Ariel Gore’s zine “Hip Mama,” a mainstay for radical parenting since 1993. Moniz with son Dylantriumphs and pitfalls of parenting. Moniz established “Rad Dad Zine” in 2006 as a means of coping with the As much as he appreciates the loving photo of Richards, he notes, “Fathers shouldn’t get the glory for doing something any concerned parent should do.” He explains that, like Richards’ blog, “Rad Dad Zine” goes beyond the accepted roles of parenting, challenging limited, mainstream views of fatherhood. “The irony is that women have brushed children’s hair for eons,” Moniz says. Tomas Moniz, New Mexico native (now based in the Bay Area), father of three, founder of “ Rad Dad Zine” and editor of R ad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood, offers his critique of the photo. The image of a male parent performing a simple parental duty broke the internet for a minute and nearly broke through the phalanx of an impenetrable line of thought that suggests the day-to-day aspects of being a parent and being a father are gender-based. It’s easy to dismiss the “controversial” photo of Richards as no big deal, but it sparked a revolution of sorts for the mainstream media, not just because of the popular perception of black fathers, but of fathers in general. As a father, and because I didn’t want to parent through violence, I had to learn to listen.” “I’ve learned so much from queer fathers, from trans fathers, fathers of color.
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