http://dir.salon.com/topics/salon_mothers_who_think/?source=rss&aim=salon_mothers_who_think en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST By Ayelet Waldman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2006/01/11/jt_leroy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2006/01/11/jt_leroy/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2006/01/09/mother_in_law/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2006/01/09/mother_in_law/index.html?source=rss 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 Anne Lamott Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/lamott/2005/12/05/carpet_guy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/lamott/2005/12/05/carpet_guy/index.html?source=rss 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 Ayelet Waldman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/22/homework/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/22/homework/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/13/realdolls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/13/realdolls/index.html?source=rss Symbols of misogyny or simple sex toys? Readers respond to Meghan Laslocky's article about Real Dolls. By Ayelet Waldman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/10/breast_cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/10/breast_cancer/index.html?source=rss Does "shopping for the cure" cheapen the reality of breast cancer? Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/05/unschool_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/05/unschool_letters/index.html?source=rss To school or not to school: Readers sound off on the subject of unschooling. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/28/moss_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/28/moss_letters/index.html?source=rss "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. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/27/kozol_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/27/kozol_letters/index.html?source=rss "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. By Ayelet Waldman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/09/26/katrina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/09/26/katrina/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/06/waldman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/06/waldman/index.html?source=rss Readers react to Ayelet Waldman's column criticizing the indoctrination of Gaza's youngest settlers. By Ayelet Waldman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/08/29/gaza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/08/29/gaza/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/26/syapagan_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/26/syapagan_letters/index.html?source=rss Readers question the wisdom of Cary Tennis' advice to a pagan woman whose child is going to Catholic school. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/23/bodypoems_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/23/bodypoems_2/index.html?source=rss Short, tall, skinny, fat, young, old, buxom and flat: A second round of Salon readers share their own body-inspired odes. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/19/reader_bodpoems/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/19/reader_bodpoems/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/18/judgement_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/18/judgement_letters/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's critique of busybody parents. By Ayelet Waldman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/08/15/judgment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/08/15/judgment/index.html?source=rss Sanctimonious parents, who preach "breast is best" and tell you that sleep training is cruel and unusual punishment, should keep their ideology to themselves. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/08/christianbiz_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/08/christianbiz_letters/index.html?source=rss "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. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/05/controlling_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/05/controlling_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss Was he a rapist or not? Readers weigh in on Cary Tennis' advice to a woman with a sexually coercive boyfriend. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/02/wantme_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/08/02/wantme_letters/index.html?source=rss "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." Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/07/27/nanny_a_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/07/27/nanny_a_letters/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to Rebecca Traister's article about nannies and the families who employ them. Plus: A former nanny shares her own story. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/07/12/fword_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/07/12/fword_letters/index.html?source=rss "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." Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/06/28/low_rise_jeans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/06/28/low_rise_jeans/index.html?source=rss "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." Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/06/23/rude_comments/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/06/23/rude_comments/index.html?source=rss "I think we need to return to some good old-fashioned boundary drawing." Readers agree with Lynn Harris -- people are rude! Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/06/22/repairman_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/06/22/repairman_letters/index.html?source=rss "True feminists can change their own damn light bulbs." Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the division of domestic labor.