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The author of a new book about fatherhood on today's "insane" parenting culture, and why guys can use a little advice about raising kids.
By King Kaufman
June 16, 2006
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Citing lagging sales, department stores are phasing out petite clothing departments.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
June 5, 2006
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Women's voices have become lower in the last 50 years. Have our bodies changed or are we trying to compete with men?
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
June 5, 2006
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How that Newsweek article really did a number on women.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
June 5, 2006
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"Maddox," the Web programmer turned pop-culture hero whose book "The Alphabet of Manliness" recently leapt to the top of Amazon's sales list, talks about obedient wives, the craze for all things manly, and whether the next generation is going to be "totally puss-onified"
By Rebecca Traister
June 2, 2006
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Andrew Martinez led an amusing crusade to be nude that taught me about body acceptance.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
May 22, 2006
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From "American Idol" to Paris Hilton to an army of jiggly video stars, vapid females seem to be everywhere these days. Have we really gone this far backward, baby?
By Rebecca Traister
May 19, 2006
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Tired of strippers, some men just want to hang out and talk. There's nothing unmanly about that.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
May 15, 2006
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A disillusioned ex-boho argues that consumer culture has turned "rebellion" and "individuality" into meaningless poses, about as transgressive as a turtleneck.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 2, 2006
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Readers write about academia and its disintegration, lesbians without personalities, Peter Pan syndrome among gay men and simpering nymphets of the Flockhart-Paltrow school.
By Camille Paglia
June 9, 2000
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Forget the NBA playoffs. At the IMAX movie "Michael Jordan to the Max," the greatest player who ever was lives again.
By Sarah Vowell
June 7, 2000
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Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001."
By Sarah Vowell
May 10, 2000
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Can't find porn online? Maybe you need a real adult education -- one that brings hardcore scenes and sex chat tips into the classroom.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 10, 2000
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America's favorite weirdly schizophrenic magazine comes bound in leather in swanky hotel rooms.
By Sarah Vowell
April 26, 2000
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In the dark comic world of "American Psycho," pop is an essential soundtrack to murder.
By Sarah Vowell
April 12, 2000
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Guys -- at least straight guys -- can't be divas. They don't have the right shoes.
By Jori Finkel
April 10, 2000
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The hottest art show in America is never better than Tom Cruise in his underwear. Wouldn't a nice Kate Spade handbag be so much more practical?
By Sarah Vowell
March 29, 2000
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From "Waltz Across Texas" to "The Tennessee Waltz": Will Bush or Gore dance his way to the White House?
By Sarah Vowell
March 15, 2000
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In the jungles of Southeast Asia, 12-year-old twins lead a band of rebels. My twin sister and I got into trouble a lot, too.
By Sarah Vowell
March 1, 2000
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Reciting Lincoln's words, Gore -- the geek candidate who cares about climate change in 10th century Mexico -- confronts America's most famous presidential ghost.
By Sarah Vowell
February 16, 2000
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Despite the WB's reputation as the teen-sex network, shows like "Dawson's Creek" and "Roswell" owe their appeal more to the damaged-family yearnings of a Brontk or Dickens novel than to sheer skin.
By Sarah Vowell
February 2, 2000
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Tom Cruise is not one of us. He's always aloof and alone, seemingly judging us with his eyes. He makes us very, very nervous. Maybe that's why we can't resist him.
By Sarah Vowell
January 19, 2000
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Bathrobes, Canadians and plastic chairs: These were the things that made my year.
By Sarah Vowell
January 5, 2000
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"It Hurts" author Matthew Collings on the uselessness of secular critics, Warhol's sincere cynicism and how one avoids annoying art-speak.
By Sarah Vowell
December 1, 1999
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Why have there been more good movies in the past eight weeks than in the past eight years?
By Sarah Vowell
November 17, 1999