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Salon Women I dated, when I was a man

I kept hoping love would transform me. But, secretly, I longed to be female
By Jennifer Finney Boylan Jul 2, 2009

  • How abortion changed the world

    From a sketchy underground doctor to the American fight against communism, a look at the unlikely forces that helped spread global family planning.
    By Michelle Goldberg April 10, 2009

  • What would Jesus do on spring break?

    In the middle of Daytona's annual season of sin, I went undercover with a group of evangelical Christians trying to convert drunk partygoers. God help me.
    By Kevin Roose March 18, 2009

  • Lust and the lactating mother

    How I went from nursing my daughter to breast-feeding my date.
    By Rachel Sarah March 2, 2009

  • Does my butt look fat?

    Well, it is. And it's OK to say it, because after decades of agonizing over my weight, I've finally realized that the F-word isn't dirty.
    By Kate Harding January 24, 2009

  • My husband, the invalid

    I gave up everything to take care of my spouse after he suffered a brain injury. But would I also lose myself?
    By Alix Kates Shulman September 17, 2008

  • Looking for the perfect stranger

    How a single, successful New York writer ended up pursuing an arranged marriage in India.
    By Anita Jain August 12, 2008

  • Sick in the head

    I've diagnosed myself with heart attacks, blood poisoning, meningitis and multiple sclerosis. Turns out, what I had was hypochondria.
    By Jennifer Traig June 21, 2008

  • Little girl lost, little girl found

    I never thought I'd be able to enjoy Mother's Day again. Then, life brought me Annabelle.
    By Ann Hood May 10, 2008

  • Holy sex!

    Welcome to the Christian sex advice movement, where brave souls tackle the stereotype that evangelicals are prudes (masturbation is still iffy).
    By Daniel Radosh April 9, 2008

  • The best-laid plans

    I had all these romantic notions about one-night stands. Who knew it would be so difficult to actually have one?
    By Sloane Crosley March 25, 2008

  • Chicks behind the flicks

    Ten of Hollywood's most powerful women sit down to discuss the state of the movie business -- why there aren't more female directors, why blowing things up is fun, and more.
    By Rebecca Traister October 11, 2007

  • I was conned by JT Leroy

    I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?
    By Ayelet Waldman January 11, 2006

  • Dividing the man from his mother

    Once, I chafed at any hour my husband spent with his mother, somehow viewing it as time stolen from me. Now I realize it's not a competition.
    By Ayelet Waldman January 9, 2006

  • The carpet guy

    He made me angrier than I'd been in years. He lied to my face and cheated me. But my rage took me into a dark place.
    By Anne Lamott December 5, 2005

  • Homework hell

    Today's 7-year-olds must do interviews, look through thousands of words, and answer 60 math questions in four minutes. This homework mania doesn't teach kids anything except that life is full of pain.
    By Ayelet Waldman October 22, 2005

  • Letters

    Symbols of misogyny or simple sex toys? Readers respond to Meghan Laslocky's article about Real Dolls.
    October 13, 2005

  • Pink is the new black

    Does "shopping for the cure" cheapen the reality of breast cancer?
    By Ayelet Waldman October 10, 2005

  • Letters

    To school or not to school: Readers sound off on the subject of unschooling.
    October 5, 2005

  • Letters

    "Kate Moss has always been, and probably always will be, thin. Like it or not, some girls just are." Readers react to the rise and fall of Kate Moss.
    September 28, 2005

  • Letters

    "Race is only part of the sad, complicated story of inequality in America." Readers respond to Jonathan Kozol's indictment of the American public school system.
    September 27, 2005

  • My kids would make a better president than him!

    Like so many other people's children, mine gave up their savings to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. But Bush says we can rebuild the Gulf without making any sacrifices.
    By Ayelet Waldman September 26, 2005

  • Letters

    Readers react to Ayelet Waldman's column criticizing the indoctrination of Gaza's youngest settlers.
    September 6, 2005

  • 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
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