http://www.salon.com/rss/mwt.rss Stories from Salon.com's life section. en_US Copyright 2010, Salon.com http://www.salon.com/rss/mwt.rss Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:04:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/17/twitter_toddler_death/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/17/twitter_toddler_death/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/17/twitter_toddler_death/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt One minute, your two-year-old child is playing around in the backyard. The next, he isn't breathing. How long before you tweet about it? How long before you tell your followers on Twitter that he died?

]]> Tweeting through a tragedy Mary Elizabeth Williams Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:40:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/02/tiger_woods_in_trouble/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/02/tiger_woods_in_trouble/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/02/tiger_woods_in_trouble/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt OK, so he did it.

]]> Tiger by the tail Tracy Clark-Flory Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/porn/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/porn/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/porn/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt It's official: Pornography doesn't affect men's view of women. This breaking news comes by way of 20 young men who ... just say so, OK? Stop asking so many questions, gosh!

]]> Kate Harding Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/meredith_baxter_gay/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/meredith_baxter_gay/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/meredith_baxter_gay/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt When I see the name of an '80s celebrity trending on Twitter, I brace myself for the news of a death, so I was happy to learn this morning that Meredith Baxter is alive, well and just gay. Seven years after she began dating women, the 62-year-old "Family Ties" star came out publicly on the "Today" show (video below) for the best possible reason: to stick it to The National Enquirer and Perez Hilton, who've been trying to turn her personal life into a gossip item.

]]> Mary Elizabeth Williams Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/marilyn_monroe_pot/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/marilyn_monroe_pot/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/02/marilyn_monroe_pot/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt Gentlemen prefer bongs, but it appears that Hollywood's most famous blonde was content just to pass the joint.

]]> Linda Hirshman Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/01/hirshman_women_gay_movement/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/01/hirshman_women_gay_movement/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/12/01/hirshman_women_gay_movement/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt Two weeks ago gay activist John Aravosis asked the readers of his popular AmericaBlog to stop giving to the Democratic Party:

]]> Don't just swallow it Cary Tennis Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/12/01/surgery_update/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/12/01/surgery_update/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/12/01/surgery_update/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt Dear Reader,

]]> How to spend many hours lying down Kate Harding Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/01/lincoln_university/index.html http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/01/lincoln_university/index.html http://letters.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/01/lincoln_university/view/?source=rss&aim=mwt Since 2006, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has had a requirement on the books that students with a Body Mass Index over 30 (marking them as clinically obese) cannot graduate unless they take a fitness class that meets three times a week. Now that some students in that category are at risk of not graduating in the spring, it's become national news, sparking a whole new debate around the Obesity Crisis and What We Ought to Do About It.

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