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  • Suffer the children

    I was disgusted last week as I watched some of the Gaza settlers using their children as pawns. Then I realized that I fill my kids' heads with dogma too.
    By Ayelet Waldman August 29, 2005

  • Letters

    Readers question the wisdom of Cary Tennis' advice to a pagan woman whose child is going to Catholic school.
    August 26, 2005

  • The body beat goes on

    Short, tall, skinny, fat, young, old, buxom and flat: A second round of Salon readers share their own body-inspired odes.
    August 23, 2005

  • "We sing the body electric..."

    We challenged, you rose to the task. Whether first-time scribes or seasoned pros from the Academy of American Poets, Salon readers have been hard at work writing body-inspired verses of their own.
    August 19, 2005

  • Letters

    Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's critique of busybody parents.
    August 18, 2005

  • Mind your own kids

    Sanctimonious parents, who preach "breast is best" and tell you that sleep training is cruel and unusual punishment, should keep their ideology to themselves.
    By Ayelet Waldman August 15, 2005

  • Letters

    "Jesus, I think, would have preferred that we keep our money changing and our worshiping separate." Readers respond to Lynn Harris' article about the Christian business boom.
    August 8, 2005

  • Letters

    Was he a rapist or not? Readers weigh in on Cary Tennis' advice to a woman with a sexually coercive boyfriend.
    August 5, 2005

  • Letters

    "To all the men out there, I say: You Want Me to Want You. To Ms. Dickerson, I say: If you want to be desirable, check the hurt and the drama at the door." Readers respond to Debra Dickerson's essay on the missing black women of "Wedding Crashers."
    August 2, 2005

  • Letters

    Readers respond to Rebecca Traister's article about nannies and the families who employ them. Plus: A former nanny shares her own story.
    July 27, 2005

  • Letters

    "Perhaps today's smart women should stop contemplating the lexicon and start figuring out the fight." Readers sound off on Rebecca Traister's article about "feminism."
    July 12, 2005

  • Letters

    "Instead of bemoaning her stomach, Hahn should be asking why she feels the need to starve herself into a pair of jeans." Readers react to Kate Hahn's essay about battling her belly. Plus: An Ayelet Waldman fan tells readers to "lighten up."
    June 28, 2005

  • Letters

    "I think we need to return to some good old-fashioned boundary drawing." Readers agree with Lynn Harris -- people are rude!
    June 23, 2005

  • Letters

    "True feminists can change their own damn light bulbs." Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the division of domestic labor.
    June 22, 2005

  • A woman needs a repairman

    I still want my husband to change the light bulbs and fix the leaky faucets. Maybe I'm not as much of a feminist as I think I am.
    By Ayelet Waldman June 20, 2005

  • Letters

    "Whether Warren is a member of the religious right or not, his desire to help create lasting marriages is not something I can find fault with." Readers respond to Rebecca Traister's article about the founder of eHarmony.
    June 14, 2005

  • Letters

    "Isn't it Ms. Waldman's responsibility not just to protect her kids from getting bullied, but also to keep them from becoming bullies themselves?" Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the pain and politics of gym class.
    June 9, 2005

  • Letters

    Readers respond to Rebecca Traister's essay on the morning anchorwoman wars, and Sarah Karnasiewicz's interview with author Richard Louv about "nature-deficit disorder."
    June 8, 2005

  • Blast from the past

    Dodgeball nearly ruined my life 25 years ago, so when my kids came home raving about it, I flipped. But then I realized: Their childhood is theirs, not mine.
    By Ayelet Waldman June 6, 2005

  • Letters

    "Biting is clearly harmful behavior, but when did it become the ultimate badge of poor parenting?" Readers defend Neal Pollack and his essay about his young son.
    June 2, 2005

  • Letters

    "Elijah needs a spanking, and quite frankly so do his parents." Legions of readers respond to Neal Pollack's essay about his son's expulsion from preschool.
    June 1, 2005

  • Letters

    "Men suffer as deeply at the loss of male friendships." Readers sound off on Rebecca Traister's story about the breakup of female friendships.
    May 25, 2005

  • Letters

    Readers weigh in on Cary Tennis' responses to the Buddhist with a God problem, the closeted lawyer, and the pathological liar.
    May 24, 2005

  • Mothers in chains

    Why keeping U.S. women prisoners in shackles during labor and delivery is the real crime against society.
    By Ayelet Waldman May 23, 2005

  • Letters

    Does race matter? Readers share their stories in response to Cecelie Berry's essay "Was He Black or White?"
    May 12, 2005
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