http://dir.salon.com/topics/alt/?source=rss&aim=alt en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/2000/01/21/government/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/2000/01/21/government/index.html?source=rss These pernicious moments brought to you by your elected leaders. PLUS: Sisterhood pyramid schemes, supermarket warfare and a man and his hooptie. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/2000/01/14/hatred/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/2000/01/14/hatred/index.html?source=rss Who do we love to hate? Alternative weekly journalists share their true feelings on SUVs, cell phones, minks, celebrities and others. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/2000/01/07/y2k/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/2000/01/07/y2k/index.html?source=rss Why some people still yearn for the apocalypse. Plus: A beer-soaked argument for the re-segregation of baseball and an absurd portrait of two macho men duking it out in court. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/17/tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/17/tech/index.html?source=rss Going e-postal and other tales of the technological revolution. Plus: Blood-spurting penises and mushrooming: adventure sport for the elite? By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/10/poster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/10/poster/index.html?source=rss They are the heroes and victims upon which we affix life's tragic lessons and drill them into your head. Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.? By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/06/arnold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/06/arnold/index.html?source=rss Film critics struggle to review "The End of Days" and still retain their indie cred. Plus: The AIDS crisis in Africa and one writer's desperate attempt to get a job at Maxim. Letters to the Editor Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/03/horowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/03/horowitz/index.html?source=rss Say what? Horowitz thinks Republicans are too NICE?! Plus: Grateful Dead producer defends cut-and-paste editing; marriage-savers are wrong about monogamy. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/19/gift_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/19/gift_guide/index.html?source=rss Annual shopping-spree extravaganzas turn otherwise respectable journalists into shills for Santa Mammon. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/12/gangsters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/12/gangsters/index.html?source=rss Can the same entertainment media that have popularized gang culture be used to combat gang-related violence? Plus: Men who collect penis bones; capital punishments throughout human history. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/05/sports/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/05/sports/index.html?source=rss At last, coverage of women's sports that even this non-spectator can appreciate. Plus: One writer's plaintive cry: "Enough with the sex, dammit!" By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/29/beat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/29/beat/index.html?source=rss Two unusual takes on Jack Kerouac's death and legacy. Plus: Viagra raves, zines that shouldn't exist and real-life Halloween scares. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/22/alternativevote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/22/alternativevote/index.html?source=rss Alternative Vote 2000 brings the counterculture to election coverage. Plus: High Times turns 25; what happens if Amazon tanks? By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/15/speak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/15/speak/index.html?source=rss Who's to blame for trashy mags? Intestinal fatigue? Speak and others grapple with their demons. Plus: Embalming alternatives and Ikea obsession. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/08/sacredcow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/08/sacredcow/index.html?source=rss Lefty weeklies turn on their idols. Plus: Ben is Dead dies, the 17th Annual Testicle Festival and the boy who said yes -- and lived. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/01/winex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/01/winex/index.html?source=rss Wine X's attempts at hipsterism evoke the not so subtle smell of oak barrel-aged fish. Plus: Geeks, freaks, fashion weeks and conspiracy theorists. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/09/24/stories/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/09/24/stories/index.html?source=rss Plus: Bob Mould plays for Marlboro Miles; contrary to popular e-spam, Darren does not have liver disease. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/09/03/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/09/03/protests/index.html?source=rss Young, PR-savvy idealists defend forests, Republicanism and dog food. Plus: Graphic sex writing is soooo 1995; Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish? Letters to the Editor Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/09/02/britney_spears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/09/02/britney_spears/index.html?source=rss Is Britney Spears just "lovestruck"? Plus: Gates' personality quirks conceal real issues in Redmond; selling science with sex appeal. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/27/skeptic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/27/skeptic/index.html?source=rss Skeptic magazine should take a cue from its splashier, diametric opposite, Fate. Plus: Jerry Stahl on heroin -- again; yet another writer "discovers" eBay. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/20/therapy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/20/therapy/index.html?source=rss From Freud to divorce court: A therapist to meet your every need. Plus: Dan Savage vs. the Republicans; Elvis' "black satin-like" pajamas on the auction block. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/13/mall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/13/mall/index.html?source=rss Old Navy and Starbucks and Jamba Juice! Oh my! Plus: Feed looks at the latest trend in computer interfaces. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/06/naked/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/06/naked/index.html?source=rss Too hot? Lose the swimsuit, say several venerable publications. Plus: Reform Party madness, TV racial quotas and a ridiculous theory on recent violence. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/30/consumption/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/30/consumption/index.html?source=rss Two scathing critiques of excessive consumerism. Plus: Need a headline? Try "Eyes Wide Shut"! It worked for Kubrick. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/23/havenots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/23/havenots/index.html?source=rss Left-leaning journalists explore how the other side of prosperity lives. Plus: The "S" and "F" words, Rick Springfield and a tell-all psychic friend. By Jenn Shreve Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/16/titillation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/07/16/titillation/index.html?source=rss This week's stories prove that a good writer can make the most mundane subject riveting, while a hack can turn the sexiest topic into a colossal snooze.