Amy Benfer

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  • Bringing the war home

    A rash of murders in military families highlights the weaknesses of the armed services' well-meaning domestic-abuse program.
    By Amy Benfer September 23, 2002

  • Dykes on bikes with mikes

    Lynn Breedlove takes us to her manic world of speed freaks, strippers and queer-core punk rock.
    By Amy Benfer August 1, 2002

  • Ted Nugent: 53 years clean and sober

    Listen to an excerpt from Amy Benfer's interview with the Nuge, in which he explains the three stages of being after rock stardom. You're either 1) a dead asshole, 2) near death (Ozzy) or 3) thriving like Uncle Ted.
    July 24, 2002

  • In search of her father's girlhood

    Noelle Howey, author of "Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods -- My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine," discusses sexuality, angora and life with a transgender parent.
    By Amy Benfer July 3, 2002

  • "I have the American dream licked"

    The nation's most heavily armed rocker extols his new book, "Kill It and Grill It," blasts hippie environmentalists, praises Rush and says the success of "The Osbournes" reveals the soullessness of mankind.
    By Amy Benfer June 11, 2002

  • The Ted Nugent Essence of Life Gonzo Recipe

    Essential rocket fuel for the Motor City Madman and those who want to eat like him.
    By Amy Benfer June 11, 2002

  • Policing gangsta fashion

    Are "anti-gang" dress codes in malls a way to deter crime, or just another way to prosecute patrons for shopping while black?
    By Amy Benfer May 29, 2002

  • What's so bad about good sex?

    "Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia.
    By Amy Benfer April 19, 2002

  • Fat kids, silent parents

    Hectored by experts and afraid of hurting their kids' self-esteem, parents of overweight children remain silent -- as the nation faces a youthful obesity crisis.
    By Amy Benfer March 25, 2002

  • One for the lads

    The British tackled their own education gender gap by letting boys be boys -- with mixed results.
    By Amy Benfer February 5, 2002

  • Lost boys

    While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"?
    By Amy Benfer February 5, 2002

  • "Hollywood hypocrisy"

    By Amy Benfer.
    November 2, 2001

  • Hollywood hypocrisy

    "Riding in Cars With Boys," the uplifting memoir of a teenage mom done good, is twisted into a smarmy fable designed to promote abstinence-only sex education.
    By Amy Benfer November 1, 2001

  • Wall of sound

    Readers respond -- big time -- to our package on feminism and marriage.
    August 24, 2001

  • I do -- kind of

    "I won't" feminists go up against "I did, but I have a good excuse" feminists in a holier-than-thou battle over what it means to walk that aisle.
    By Amy Benfer August 15, 2001

  • Letters of the week

    Readers call Jason D. Hill a eugenicist, provide testimonials on the joy of antidepressants and tell the parents of cyberbullies to rein in their kids.
    July 13, 2001

  • A history of failure

    Author and psychologist Bruce Levine pummels psychiatry, psychotropic drugs and the role both may have played in the case of Andrea Yates.
    By Amy Benfer July 11, 2001

  • Cyber slammed

    Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law?
    By Amy Benfer July 3, 2001

  • The "abortion boat" changes course

    Citing legal barriers and overwhelming demand, Women on Waves decides not to perform abortions in Ireland.
    By Amy Benfer June 15, 2001

  • I offend, therefore I am

    I went to the Angry White Male Tour, and all I got was vomit on my Team Pussy T-shirt.
    By Amy Benfer June 14, 2001

  • Banning censorship

    First Amendment attorney and author Marjorie Heins argues that obscenity laws do children more harm than good.
    By Amy Benfer June 11, 2001

  • The nuclear family takes a hit

    Census data deals a blow to an American icon -- and the conservative groups that promote it.
    By Amy Benfer June 7, 2001

  • "Glue" by Irvine Welsh

    From the author of "Trainspotting," another high-octane tale of Edinburgh toughs who live for gitting their hole and leathering laddies.
    By Amy Benfer May 21, 2001

  • "Strange Fire" by Melvin Jules Bukiet

    An Israeli speechwriter blinded by torturers smells his way through a wise and satisfying novel of international intrigue.
    By Amy Benfer May 21, 2001

  • The pregnant pariah

    I've got news for Gov. Jane Swift, and it probably isn't what she wants to hear.
    By Amy Benfer May 16, 2001
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