Amy Benfer

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  • "Girls just wanna have guns"

    I can bring home the moose, fry it up in a pan.
  • How the "pregnancy pact" was sold

    The Gloucester teen who got $200 for pain, suffering and international infamy.
  • Equal-opportunity adultery

    When it comes to lying, cheating and whoring around, women are closing the gap.
  • Diploma with a side of fries

    Should students in the bottom 50 percent of their class even bother going to college?
  • Just shoot me!

    Arson, murder, suicide and other depressing reactions to the next Great Depression.
  • Which Gossip Girl is most like Obama?

    Glossy magazines for teen girls are slipping in politics along with the lip gloss.
  • Hey, sister, empower yourself through submission

    One reality TV star suggests that if you want to get a man, you'd better put away your BlackBerry.
  • Bachelor party

    Should great men of genius stay single?
  • Harvard for toddlers

    Google provides the world's greatest day care -- for millionaires.
  • The mommy wars, interrupted

    Should mothers stay at home or go to work? Sandra Tsing Loh chooses her choice, and so do I.
  • What's so wrong with a pregnancy pact?

    The media is apoplectic about the knocked-up Gloucester girls, but as a former teen mother, I think there was some wisdom in their plan.
  • The great size debate continues

    A popular online chart claims to show women's preferred penis size.
  • From shortcake to tart

    What have marketers done to the beloved toys of my youth?
  • Parental consent laws gone amok

    A Georgia mother gets jail for illegally signing a form so that her son's girlfriend could get an abortion.
  • Today in sex: A roundup

    Married couples who do it every day, affairs that can be forgiven and a history of vibrators that bring "a glow to the face."
  • "Show me your genitals"

    YouTube dude translates catcalls into plain English.
  • Make it stop: Abstinence-only education

    Bad news for those of us who think sex ed should include discussions of actual sex.
  • Older women: Sexy or scary?

    According to a British tabloid, "record numbers" of single women are dating younger men. Be afraid, be very afraid!
  • Writing in the free world

    Jonathan Lethem explains why copyright laws stifle creativity and why he's giving away the film option to his new novel.
  • An unfortunate demise

    As his wildly popular series reaches its end, Daniel Handler -- aka Lemony Snicket -- talks to Salon about returning to himself.
  • Waiter, whose hand is that in my sashimi?

    Dinner in the Dark, yet another Manhattan mating trend, brings together swinging couples, sexy singles and pitch-black dining, complete with waiters in night-vision goggles.
  • Parenting on a dare

    I had a child at 16 because I wanted to prove the world wrong. I was going to raise an extraordinary daughter and still live my life the way I pleased.
  • The birds and the bees for post-Puritans

    A sensible, open-minded book for parents who want their kids to have a healthy attitude toward sex -- but not have any.
  • Sex ed as art film

    A new series about sex -- on Showtime this weekend -- dares to make movies for teens by teens.
  • Worth a thousand words

    Daniel Clowes ("Ghost World") and Adrian Tomine create graphic novels and comics as smart, deep and complex as today's best fiction. Plus, they're cooler.
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