Miriam Peskowitz is the author of The Truth Behind the Mommy
Wars, a book to keep at your bedside for when the world of mothering, work, and family work gets harsh and you need a reassuring and forward-looking voice. Miriam blogs at PlaygroundRevolution.com, at MomsRising.org, and at EverydayMomBlog.com.

This summer she and two friends launched MotherTalk (www.mother-talk.com), a business that builds community among women, mothers, bloggers and authors, both online and in the coziness of our living rooms.

Miriam holds a PhD in Religion and Women's Studies, and is the author of two critically acclaimed academic books, Judaism Since Gender and Spinning Fantasies. She was an award-winning and tenured professor at the University of Florida, and has also taught at Emory University, Temple University, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She left her tenured post in 1998 when her first child was born and her workplace had no formal family leave policy for professors. Since then, she has devoted herself to raising awareness of the challenges and discrimination that women and mothers still face in our society. She does this because she truly believes that America can be a place where all of us find justice.

Miriam lives in Philadelphia with her husband, eight-year-old Heely-wearing Samira, and the adorable baby Amelia.

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