Jeremy Adam Smith
Encyclopedia
Jeremy Adam Smith is the editor of Shareable.net and an author and blogger whose work focuses on family and community life. Prior to helping launch Shareable.net in October 2009, Jeremy was the senior editor of Greater Good magazine, the founding director of the Independent Press Development Fund, and publisher of Dollars and Sense magazine. He blogs about the politics of parenting at Daddy Dialectic. In 2010-11, Smith will be a Knight fellow at Stanford University.
, June 2009); co-editor of The Compassionate Instinct (WW Norton, January 2010); and co-editor of Are We Born Racist? (Beacon Press
, August 2010). He is also the author of numerous essays, articles, and short stories for publications that include Mothering (magazine)
, San Francisco Chronicle
, Wired (magazine)
, and Utne Reader
. He blogs regularly for Mothering magazine, and is the founder of the blog Daddy Dialectic. Smith has also collaborated with the web show DadLabs
to produce a series of segments on the science of fatherhood, and has appeared on Nightline, Forum with Michael Krasny, and other TV and radio shows.
Smith’s writing—much of which covers family life from a male but pro-feminist perspective—has been acclaimed by feminist intellectuals such as Miriam Peskowtiz, Shira Tarrant
, Stephanie Coontz
, Rebecca Walker
, and Lisa Jervis, who calls The Daddy Shift "a major contribution." SUNY sociologist Michael Kimmel also praised The Daddy Shift as "impassioned and insightful, careful and compassionate." The 2009 book argues that as the definition of fatherhood has grown to encompass both caregiving and breadwinning, men are better equipped today than in the past to survive layoffs and other economic calamities. He also argues that workplace and public policy must change to recognize that the definition of fatherhood has changed.
, feminist lawyer and author Linda Hirshman
harshly criticized Smith and the blogger Rebeldad, whom she describes as "legendary stay-at home dads of the Internet." Smith, she writes, "didn't even stay home a year ...I'd hate to be the woman with the desk next to [Smith], taking family leave while he minds the workplace." Smith responded three weeks later on his blog, Daddy Dialectic, saying "Dads like me and Rebeldad are not really her target,” wrote Smith. “Instead she is attacking the very idea of caregiving."
Body of Work
Smith is the author of The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family (Beacon PressBeacon Press
Beacon Press is an American non-profit book publisher. Founded in 1854 by the American Unitarian Association, it is currently a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association.Beacon Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses....
, June 2009); co-editor of The Compassionate Instinct (WW Norton, January 2010); and co-editor of Are We Born Racist? (Beacon Press
Beacon Press
Beacon Press is an American non-profit book publisher. Founded in 1854 by the American Unitarian Association, it is currently a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association.Beacon Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses....
, August 2010). He is also the author of numerous essays, articles, and short stories for publications that include Mothering (magazine)
Mothering (magazine)
Mothering is a magazine focused on natural mothering practices, which began publishing in 1976.-History:Mothering was founded in 1976, and in the 80's, Peggy O'Mara became editor and publisher....
, San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
, Wired (magazine)
Wired (magazine)
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
, and Utne Reader
Utne Reader
Utne Reader is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music and DVDs...
. He blogs regularly for Mothering magazine, and is the founder of the blog Daddy Dialectic. Smith has also collaborated with the web show DadLabs
DadLabs
is an online information and entertainment production company based in Austin, Texas, which aims "to foster the father/child relationship through media, instructional and retail products .....
to produce a series of segments on the science of fatherhood, and has appeared on Nightline, Forum with Michael Krasny, and other TV and radio shows.
Smith’s writing—much of which covers family life from a male but pro-feminist perspective—has been acclaimed by feminist intellectuals such as Miriam Peskowtiz, Shira Tarrant
Shira Tarrant
Shira Tarrant, is an American writer on gender politics, feminism, sexuality, pop culture, and masculinity. She is the author of Men and Feminism , When Sex Became Gender and editor of the anthology Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power...
, Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz is an author, historian, and faculty member at The Evergreen State College. She teaches history and family studies and is Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families, which she chaired from 2001-2004. Coontz has authored and co-edited...
, Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker is an American writer. She has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 50 future leaders of America.-Early life:...
, and Lisa Jervis, who calls The Daddy Shift "a major contribution." SUNY sociologist Michael Kimmel also praised The Daddy Shift as "impassioned and insightful, careful and compassionate." The 2009 book argues that as the definition of fatherhood has grown to encompass both caregiving and breadwinning, men are better equipped today than in the past to survive layoffs and other economic calamities. He also argues that workplace and public policy must change to recognize that the definition of fatherhood has changed.
Criticism
On March 25, 2007, at the liberal website Talking Points MemoTalking Points Memo
Talking Points Memo is a web-based political journalism organization created and run by Josh Marshall, journalist and historian covering issues from a "politically left perspective,". It debuted on November 12, 2000...
, feminist lawyer and author Linda Hirshman
Linda Hirshman
Linda Redlick Hirshman is an American lawyer, feminist, and the author of The Woman's Guide to Law School and Hard Bargains: The Politics of Sex.- Life and career :...
harshly criticized Smith and the blogger Rebeldad, whom she describes as "legendary stay-at home dads of the Internet." Smith, she writes, "didn't even stay home a year ...I'd hate to be the woman with the desk next to [Smith], taking family leave while he minds the workplace." Smith responded three weeks later on his blog, Daddy Dialectic, saying "Dads like me and Rebeldad are not really her target,” wrote Smith. “Instead she is attacking the very idea of caregiving."
External links
- Official author website http://www.jeremyadamsmith.com/
- Daddy Dialectic (blog) http://daddy-dialectic.blogspot.com/
- Greater Good magazine http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/
- "Jobless, but working" a March 2, 2009 op-ed for the British Guardian newspaper on how fathers should cope with layoffs http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/27/family-nickclegg"