Following Up on February's Cosmopolitan

In our seemingly endless post about the seemingly endless February edition of Cosmopolitan, we threw some derision at an article entitled “I Suddenly Had Baby Panic” by Louise Sloan, which chronicled the author’s decision to become a single mother. We chided Cosmo for not even trying to present a well-rounded, thoughtful viewpoint on the issue. We may also have said something about sexually precocious twelve-year-olds, which, in hindsight, was a little weird.

Anyway! Our confusion about “I Suddenly Had Baby Panic” abated when Louise Sloan emailed us this evening. Here is what she had to say about the article, which we’re sharing here with her permission.

Actually, it was an adaptation of my book, Knock Yourself Up, written by the editors [of Cosmo], based on their reading of my book. Let's just say it’s a bit different from MY reading of my book! (For starters, I didn’t have “baby panic.”) I won’t go into the back story, but I’d ask people to read my book, or at least go to my book website, www.knockyourselfup.com, and form your impressions from that—not the Cosmo article!

And, if our experience reading Louise's website is any indicator, it'll be a far different impression than the one Cosmo gave. Excerpts from Knock Yourself Up can be found here and here.