Amy Reiter

How I learned to haggle

To reduce my household budget, I had to stare down my fears and ask the 99-cent store guy for a discount.

By Amy Reiter Apr 27, 2009

Get rich slow!

Everything you ever wanted to know about your 401K -- but didn't know how to ask.

By Amy Reiter December 3, 2008
Luxury gifts for kids

Learning to ride a bike sure has come a long way from ye olde training wheels.

By Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter December 2, 2008
Ding-dong, "the bitch" is dead?

Evaluating the legacy of Mr. Blackwell, dead at 86, whose annual worst-dressed list inspired laughter -- and cruelty.

By Amy Reiter October 20, 2008
TV rehab

There are shows we love even when they don't love themselves. For them, Salon staffers stage an intervention.

By Salon staff September 3, 2008

Midrange gifts for kids

Something for the budding rock star and the pint-size design aficionado.

By Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter December 2, 2008
Bargain gifts for kids

Simple pleasures that are inexpensive but endlessly entertaining.

By Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter December 2, 2008
Who will save public schools?

You! says Sandra Tsing Loh, whose hilarious "Mother on Fire" is a rallying cry for urban parents who can't afford a fancy private institution.

By Amy Reiter August 19, 2008
Summer reads

True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away.

By Salon staff June 9, 2008
Che anything

The filmmakers behind "Chevolution" explain how Che Guevara's face ended up on all those T-shirts, posters, beer bottles and bikini bottoms.

By Amy Reiter May 5, 2008
Sex, '70s style

Swingers, short skirts, blowup dolls and big hearts: "Love American Style" taught a generation of kids about sex. So how does it look now that we're all grown up?

By Amy Reiter March 11, 2008
"Project Runway": The rundown

Did Rami, Christian or Jillian carry the day? Join Salon staff as we discuss the "Project Runway" season finale.

By Salon staff March 6, 2008
Are our husbands really so helpless?

Slate's women-only blog, the XX Factor, premieres and raises interesting issues about how we talk about men.

By Amy Reiter October 19, 2007
Taking it off for peace

A new documentary asks whether uniting Israeli and Palestinian women around weight loss is the way to lasting peace in the Middle East.

By Amy Reiter May 3, 2007
The Fix

Lohan undone by BlackBerry, laughed at by Ferrell and Gore? "Apocalypto" a disgusting "torture-fest"? Plus: Richards' religious confusion.

By Amy Reiter December 1, 2006
Dethroned

Larry King's Lite-Brite needs to be turned off for good.

By Amy Reiter August 22, 2006
Lou Reed takes his best shots

The rock legend discusses his digital photography and Warhol before suddenly asking, "If the sun was an oboe, what would you do?"

By Amy Reiter January 19, 2006
"Envy" by Kathryn Harrison

From the author of "The Kiss," a gripping, unsettling story about a middle-aged psychoanalyst's emotional and sexual adventures.

By Amy Reiter August 24, 2005
The Fix

Courtney Love insists hospital rush had nothing to do with drugs. Eminem not retiring. Law gets new nanny.

July 22, 2005
The Fix

Jude Law's ex-wife "feels for" his wronged fiancee. Brad Pitt's pockmarks unmasked. Plus: Pamela and Tommy, not marrying again.

July 21, 2005
The Fix

Nanny said no to Jude's three-way fantasy. Farrell wins XXX-tape restraining order. Plus: P. Diddy to change name.

July 20, 2005
The Fix

Farrell lashes out at ex-lover over XXX tape; Jude Law's wronged fiancee removes ring, cries. Plus: John McCain on D.C. "boobs."

July 19, 2005
The Fix

Cameron Diaz swears her "boobs looked good" in topless pics. Colin Farrell's amateur sex tape. Plus: Tiger's mom's near miss.

July 15, 2005
The Fix

Brad's illness way worse than the flu. Cameron's topless pic trial kicks off. Britney's old neighbor Tom Arnold tells all.

July 14, 2005
The Fix

Tom Cruise dissed by Paris? Harry Potter dissed by pope? Mariah unwillingly disrobed?

July 13, 2005