Emily Jenkins - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/emily_jenkins/?source=rss&aim=emily_jenkins en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST Madonna the conformist By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/14/childrens_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/11/14/childrens_books/index.html?source=rss Her second awful children's book, "Mr. Peabody's Apples," is a finger-wagging, moralistic tale that condemns a kid to permanent guilt for a very minor sin. The case of the girl detective By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/06/10/drew/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/06/10/drew/index.html?source=rss With the passing of Nancy Drew's first author, the mystery of the teenage sleuth's true identity only deepens. Porn virgins By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/07/25/maggie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/07/25/maggie/index.html?source=rss I remember the first time I saw a dirty movie with my girlfriends, when we still burst into hysterical laughter at the word "penis." "The Fourth Hand" by John Irving By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/07/13/irving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/07/13/irving/index.html?source=rss In the novelist's latest, a studly newscaster loses a limb but gains a deeper understanding of sex. Have yourself a horny little Christmas By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/12/18/gift_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/12/18/gift_books/index.html?source=rss Racy books that are also artful can be the best gift of all. I was a captive of Xanth By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/07/xanth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/07/xanth/index.html?source=rss Dragons! Centaurs! Sex! Bad puns! A writer confesses her embarrassing love for Piers Anthony's epic, cheesy fantasy novels. Bridal fantasies By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/11/27/bridal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/11/27/bridal/index.html?source=rss It's easier to talk to anonymous strangers about your sex dreams than about your future dreams. Sexual moderates By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/10/12/moderates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/10/12/moderates/index.html?source=rss The American media makes us think we are strange if we aren't thinking about sex all the time. Women in sports: Stuck in the minors Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/21/sports/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/21/sports/index.html?source=rss By Emily Jenkins Stuck in the minors By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/18/sports/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/18/sports/index.html?source=rss A new book says that women will soon equal men at sports. If only it were true. There's something about Jane Austen Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/31/austen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/31/austen/index.html?source=rss By Emily Jenkins Letters to the editor Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/04/west_wing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/04/west_wing/index.html?source=rss Should TV be left to liberals? Plus: Is "snacking" less fun for the "snackee"? Holocaust survivor says he owes his life to "sheer luck." Best of Bond By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/01/best_bond/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/01/best_bond/index.html?source=rss Ian Fleming's 007 is often most memorable when he's most offensive. The sensitive Bond By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/01/sensitive_bond/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/01/sensitive_bond/index.html?source=rss Even as a preteen girl, I knew that Ian Fleming's James Bond was a vulnerable guy -- and his creator, an equal-opportunity voyeur. Letters to the editor Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/11/nonparents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/11/nonparents/index.html?source=rss The have-kids vs. the have-nots Plus: Log Cabin Republicans will get what they deserve; David Foster Wallace parody is "viscerally painful." Mini-Shakespeares and kitty-cat bookends By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/04/03/kitsch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/04/03/kitsch/index.html?source=rss What the strange, cutesy world of book kitsch says about our reading lives. A shot of the needful By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/01/11/wodehouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/01/11/wodehouse/index.html?source=rss In which the P.G. Wodehouse newsgroup and its online version of Blandings Castle teaches me to play again. Eloise has a ball -- and snubs her guests By Emily Jenkins Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/14/eloise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/14/eloise/index.html?source=rss A year after her creator's death, Eloise plays hard to get at the Plaza. Tongue First By Etelka Lehoczsy Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/1998/08/20/sneaks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1998/08/20/sneaks/index.html?source=rss Etelka Lohoczsy reviews 'Tongue First' by Emily Jenkins.