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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Little darlings By Amanda Fortini Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/08/high_glitz_child_pageant_slideshow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/08/high_glitz_child_pageant_slideshow/index.html?source=rss Inside the elaborate, disturbing and downright riveting world of child-beauty pageants Cancer is killing my sex life By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/08/cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/08/cancer/index.html?source=rss My partner says he's just not attracted to me "right now" How not to make love like a porn star By Mary Elizabeth Williams Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/01/make_love_like_a_porn_star_not/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/01/make_love_like_a_porn_star_not/index.html?source=rss Hey, guys: Are adult films making you bad at sex? Sex without nipples By Ann Bauer Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/28/sex_without_nipples/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/28/sex_without_nipples/index.html?source=rss What doctors rarely tell women with breast cancer: Just because you have the same equipment doesn't mean it works Facebook friends to the end By Mary Elizabeth Williams Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/27/facebook_memorial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/27/facebook_memorial/index.html?source=rss Memorials for the dead hit the social networking site, solving awkward problems but creating a few new ones Dear Mr. President: What are you thinking? By Anne Lamott Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/05/lamott_on_health_care/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/05/lamott_on_health_care/index.html?source=rss Stop dawdling on healthcare, forget about Snowe and Lieberman, and become the leader we voted for already Proof: The Jerk-Weasel constant exists! By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/05/the_jerk_weasel_constant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/05/the_jerk_weasel_constant/index.html?source=rss Is it just me, or is the world seriously not living up to its potential? The attorney next door holds views I detest By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss He denigrates gays and Muslims while I grit my teeth How can I detach from my mother? By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/01/detachment_from_mother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/01/detachment_from_mother/index.html?source=rss If I distance myself from her, won't I feel like a horrible person? How can I get myself into a routine? By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/29/routine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/29/routine/index.html?source=rss If I vacuum the house on the same day every week, will that give me a feeling of order? I can't get over my wife's rape -- 20 years ago By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/28/rape_in_the_past/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/28/rape_in_the_past/index.html?source=rss She has accepted it but I cannot let it rest in the past I like a guy but he thinks we're just friends By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/27/los_angeles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/27/los_angeles/index.html?source=rss How do I get over liking him so much? I know it can never work! Does being a good mom mean feeling like a bad one? By Karen Houppert Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/26/houppert_parenting_essay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/26/houppert_parenting_essay/index.html?source=rss Family coaches. Advice books. Parenting experts. The more I read and listened, the more anxious and miserable I got My family of writers are all stuck in the past By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/26/family_writers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/26/family_writers/index.html?source=rss My relatives inscribe their unchangeable history on all of us -- who would like to be heard in the present! The secret diary of Sarah Palin's ghostwriter By Steve Almond Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/25/secret_diary_sarah_palins_ghostwriter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/25/secret_diary_sarah_palins_ghostwriter/index.html?source=rss A sexual fantasy about Keith Olbermann? Joe Biden nightmares? "Going Rogue" co-author Lynn Vincent tells all I moved cross-country with Mr. Wrong By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/25/moved_across_country/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/25/moved_across_country/index.html?source=rss I stuck with him so our kid would have a dad, but I think it's time to head back home Am I a blog stalker? By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/22/blog_stalker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/22/blog_stalker/index.html?source=rss I've been reading this family blog, but they don't know. I think they think it's private! I'm way too detail-oriented! I notice everything! By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/21/too_detail_oriented/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/21/too_detail_oriented/index.html?source=rss I cannot turn off this propensity for seeing what others miss I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/20/20_and_brilliant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/20/20_and_brilliant/index.html?source=rss I thought I knew what I wanted to do and now all I want to do is ... join the Navy or ... learn German! How do you solve a problem like Ikea? By Craig Davidson Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/ikea_nightmare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/ikea_nightmare/index.html?source=rss All I wanted was a cheap bed. What I got was a Kafkaesque nightmare I'm sober and dating a drinker By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/dating_a_drinker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/dating_a_drinker/index.html?source=rss She was once in the program but says she's got no problem. Can that be true? Home schooling: How we do it By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen There's a six-lane traffic jam in my head! By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/traffic_jam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/traffic_jam/index.html?source=rss My thoughts run in circles! I'm all mixed up! My boyfriend's an iPhone addict! By Cary Tennis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/16/iphone_addict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/16/iphone_addict/index.html?source=rss He won't put down his toy, even at dinner Did feminism make women miserable? By Barbara Ehrenreich Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/15/ehrenreich_women_happiness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/15/ehrenreich_women_happiness/index.html?source=rss Why a recent study on declining female happiness really stinks