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Contrary to ancient doctrine -- and the neighborhood pimp -- mommies can be hotties.
By Amy Benfer
May 2, 2001
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In "Facing the Wind," author and journalist Julie Salamon explores the strange case of a family man who murdered his family and went on to have a second family 11 years later.
By Amy Benfer
April 24, 2001
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In an eagerly anticipated debut novel, a colonialist in Ceylon faces political deception, erotic intrigue and the failure of his own ideals.
By Amy Benfer
April 19, 2001
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A con artist posing as a feng shui master infiltrates New York high society in an acclaimed playwright's hilariously bitchy first novel.
By Amy Benfer
April 19, 2001
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It is a tale about art, commerce, intellectual property, technology and gender. And thousands of bras, of course.
By Amy Benfer
April 18, 2001
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A new study may make older men think twice about fatherhood.
By Amy Benfer
April 13, 2001
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Readers respond to two stories about the agonies and joys of raising kids who don't fit the norm.
April 6, 2001
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When good girls grow up to be bad girls, their mothers indulge in maternal hysteria. The lucky moms then get book contracts.
By Amy Benfer
March 29, 2001
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Christina Hoff Sommers skewers Carol Gilligan, Jane Fonda and their "girl crisis" rhetoric.
By Amy Benfer
March 9, 2001
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As long as pretty rules, ugly will be the choice of fashionable dissidents.
By Amy Benfer
March 5, 2001
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As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional.
By Amy Benfer
February 22, 2001
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In a neighborhood on the brink of exile, the author of "Prayer for the Dying" sets a family of criminals, converts, adulterers and saints.
By Amy Benfer
February 21, 2001
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The eternal triangle returns in this story of a woman who has left her stolid, successful husband for a charming wastrel.
By Amy Benfer
February 21, 2001
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The heroines of the Hernandez brothers' "Love and Rockets" graphic novel series are no longer whip-thin punk girls. They're among the most fleshed-out female characters in American literature.
By Amy Benfer
February 20, 2001
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The boys talk about their women.
By Amy Benfer
February 20, 2001
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Men are going the way of the dodo in our feminized society, says Warren Farrell. And that's not good for either sex.
By Amy Benfer
February 6, 2001
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Teacher and author Jane Katch talks about the value -- and necessity -- of violent play.
By Amy Benfer
January 26, 2001
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By Amy Benfer
January 12, 2001
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A collection of inventive and passionate stories by one of today's most acclaimed young writers.
By Amy Benfer
January 11, 2001
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Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton.
By Amy Benfer
January 10, 2001
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"Charlie's Angels" is about cute butts kicking butt, and that's just fine with me.
By Amy Benfer
November 16, 2000
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Author and educator Jonathan Kozol assesses the impact of the election on American children.
By Amy Benfer
November 10, 2000
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What's cooler than being a middle-class teenage mother? Having a TV show all about you.
By Amy Benfer
November 2, 2000
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In the rapturous, panoramic new novel by the author of "Wonder Boys," two midcentury comic book writers battle evil and celebrate escape in all its forms.
By Amy Benfer
September 28, 2000
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He's been compared to Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl, but to know the true identity of the author behind the bestselling children's series, you must read this story.
By Amy Benfer
August 17, 2000
Generation S-E-X
Empathy for the devil
The saga of the Bra Ball
A male biological clock?
Mommy's little monster
Battle of the celebrity gender theorists
Punk rocks
Real women
Save the males!
A game called suicide
A teen sex guru speaks
A teen sex guru speaks
Tasty, not tasteless
A reprieve for public schools
Knocked up like me
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon
The mysterious Mr. Snicket
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald
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