http://dir.salon.com/topics/debra_ollivier/?source=rss&aim=debra_ollivier en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/05/03/ollivier/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/05/03/ollivier/index.html?source=rss I wanted Marta to love my children like her own. But to see the growing bond between them was to experience the silent confirmation that my role as mother had potentially been usurped. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2004/01/12/french_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2004/01/12/french_women/index.html?source=rss Young girls in France learn early in life that happiness is not as important as passion. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/06/20/french/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/06/20/french/index.html?source=rss A cross-cultural study finds that Americans go more for one-night stands, the French favor long-term affairs -- and French women over 50 have a lot more sex. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/05/10/picasso/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/05/10/picasso/index.html?source=rss The curator of the "Erotic Picasso" show in Paris talks about why the artist's most ribald work probably won't come to the U.S. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/11/14/vagina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/11/14/vagina/index.html?source=rss Gynecological surgery isn't just for medical reasons anymore; some women say it enhances sexual pleasure. Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/01/teens_parents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/01/teens_parents/index.html?source=rss "I was a hired thug for tough love" by Sheerly Avni; "Whose crisis is this, anyway?" by Debra Ollivier By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/30/new_gurus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/30/new_gurus/index.html?source=rss A booming market emerges for consultants to desperate parents. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/30/parent_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/30/parent_crisis/index.html?source=rss Teens are getting the blame for their parents' failures. Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/20/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/20/protests/index.html?source=rss The global impact of the D.C. protests Plus: Are Benetton death penalty ads art? Should organs be for sale? Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/21/homeopathy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/21/homeopathy/index.html?source=rss Homeopathy is quackery, cry experts. Plus: Are liberals wrong about guns? George W. doesn't have what it takes. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/16/homeopathy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/16/homeopathy/index.html?source=rss It's not wizardry; in fact, it's based on the same principle as vaccination. Letters to the editor Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/24/laetitia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/24/laetitia/index.html?source=rss Vive Laetitia Casta, busty symbol of France! Plus: Oxygen sucks the intellectual air out of women's television; just say no to the war on drugs. Letters to the editor Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/14/gertrude/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/14/gertrude/index.html?source=rss How much blame can the '60s take? Plus: Scantily clad women have replaced Joe Camel; Japanese girls shouldn't encourage panty freaks. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/16/eating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/16/eating/index.html?source=rss An American expat discovers why eating very bad things is very good for you. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/02/22/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/02/22/feature/index.html?source=rss Land of the free, home of the clean freak -- the latest round of microbial warfare has turned America into a paranoid hot zone. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1998/12/22/wild/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1998/12/22/wild/index.html?source=rss Just as its enigmatic author predicted, nothing in the universe can be the same for those who love 'The Little Prince' -- but why? By Debra S. Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/06/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/06/feature/index.html?source=rss By Debra S. Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/10/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/10/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss How did a medically pointless procedure become a routine practice performed on a majority of American males? By Debra S. Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/05/12/12feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/05/12/12feature/index.html?source=rss When it comes to teaching their toddlers about sex, they really do do things differently in France By Carol Snow Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/02/10/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/02/10/feature/index.html?source=rss Unlike our own children, we could turn them off when they got really obnoxious. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/02/03/03feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/02/03/03feature/index.html?source=rss You may think you are what you eat, but the French tell us that you are really the spit-up stain running down the back of your favorite blouse. By Debra Ollivier Tue, 03 May 2005 08:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/12/22/22feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/12/22/22feature/index.html?source=rss Though she once lambasted the ersatz holiday spirit of her Southern California childhood, expatriate Debra Ollivier thinks again after getting to know the ritual-heavy Christmas tradition in France.