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A bulk shipment meant for a feminist bookstore in Seattle was accidentally delivered to "Martha's Bible & Hymn Society" in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Martha, a 74-year-old widow with blue-rinsed hair, opened the box expecting a new shipment of inspirational pamphlets. Instead, she found twenty copies of Alison’s magazine.

Inside were no airbrushed photos of serene mothers breastfeeding in linen dresses. There was an essay about finding a half-eaten gummy bear in your hair at a job interview. A comic strip about the feral rage of stepping on a Lego at 3 AM. A recipe for "Depression Pasta" – butter, noodles, and the tears of your toddler. mutha magazine alison mutha magazine

To pull an Alison Mutha meant to tell the ugly, beautiful, Lego-covered, lipstick-smeared truth about your life, and to hand it to a stranger with no apology. A bulk shipment meant for a feminist bookstore