http://dir.salon.com/topics/ann_marlowe/?source=rss&aim=ann_marlowe en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/08/24/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/08/24/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss Westerners who came here in the '70s left magnificent travel writing that captured the rugged, captivating land before war tore it apart. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/13/women_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/13/women_money/index.html?source=rss Two new books promise to help women come to terms with money but instead sink into hysterical left-wing cliches about the gender gap and consumerism. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/30/marlowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/30/marlowe/index.html?source=rss In an excerpt from her new memoir, Ann Marlowe ponders why she has been drawn to romances with much older -- and younger -- men. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/09/06/bushnell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/09/06/bushnell/index.html?source=rss The women in Candace Bushnell's new novel are rich, smart, hardworking lovelies. So why do they need men to dominate them? By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/02/04/neocon_reader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/02/04/neocon_reader/index.html?source=rss "The Neocon Reader" is must reading for liberal losers who want to get their mojo back. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/10/19/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/10/19/baghdad/index.html?source=rss The New Yorker correspondent witnessed the fall of Saddam and the beginning of the uprising. But he fails to explore the destruction Saddam did to the souls of his people. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss In one of the most male-dominated nations on earth, Afghan vice presidential candidate Shafiqa Habibi doesn't play second fiddle to anyone. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/08/arab_mind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/08/arab_mind/index.html?source=rss I still support the war in Iraq, but we need to rid ourselves of our perverse myths about Middle Eastern men and women. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/02/27/harris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/02/27/harris/index.html?source=rss Is America a sociopathic child? Readers respond to Ann Marlowe's review of "Civilization and Its Enemies" by proclaiming "get stuffed!" and encouraging a New Zealand empire. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/02/25/harris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/02/25/harris/index.html?source=rss In a brilliant response to the quandaries of 9/11, a ferociously independent thinker argues that only the United States has the moral credibility to lead. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/17/kabul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/17/kabul/index.html?source=rss Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad parachuted into Afghanistan and told the West exactly what it wanted to hear about that nation's women. The truth, as usual, is more complicated. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/10/01/marlowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/10/01/marlowe/index.html?source=rss Sensitive, feminized and resentful, today's young men no longer have the sexual authority to please a woman -- no matter how much oral sex they perform. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/07/29/kemal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/07/29/kemal/index.html?source=rss My skillful Turkish bed mate told me, in vivid detail. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/2003/03/12/pro_clone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/2003/03/12/pro_clone/index.html?source=rss A proposed ban on reproductive cloning demonstrates our irrational fear of the unknown, not the vagaries of science. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/10/23/pearson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/10/23/pearson/index.html?source=rss When you make $750,000 a year, you don't sweat the domestic details. But the lastest hit novel about a miserable working mom is too ignorant and dishonest about money to deal with that. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2002/05/09/marlowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2002/05/09/marlowe/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to articles on feminism and the dinner bill, Bush's healthcare insanity and America's love of dysfunction. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/04/who_pays/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/04/who_pays/index.html?source=rss Some argue that the convention of men paying for women is a harmless gallantry, like holding a door open. I beg to differ. By   Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2002/03/29/wifework_asians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2002/03/29/wifework_asians/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to an essay by a book club outcast, "Why Do Women Wed?" and "Can Asians Think?" By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/03/28/wifework/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/03/28/wifework/index.html?source=rss A new book argues that women put much more work into marriage than men do, and asks why they bother. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/07/cuba_milk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/07/cuba_milk/index.html?source=rss What is it about these poor countries? What savor do they offer us? Is it just the perfume of misery that makes us appreciate our own lives? By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/10/05/natnl_service/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/10/05/natnl_service/index.html?source=rss Compulsory, nonmilitary national service would keep our newfound spirit of national unity alive. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/22/bushnell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/22/bushnell/index.html?source=rss Are Candace Bushnell's heroines looking for love or practicing the world's oldest profession? By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/28/gig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/28/gig/index.html?source=rss In an update of Studs Terkel's "Working," Americans tell all about the jobs they hate and love. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/09/barra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/09/barra/index.html?source=rss Are women's magazines dead? Plus: Don't break out the Geritol for NBA players; Cardinal O'Connor was not a hero to all. By Ann Marlowe Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/feature/2000/05/05/mirabella/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/feature/2000/05/05/mirabella/index.html?source=rss The death of Mirabella is a leading indicator of a new reality: Gender roles just aren't as important in daily life anymore.