Ayelet Waldman

“Fidelity is a personality trait”

In an excerpt from Ayelet Waldman's new novel, sparks fly between heroine Emilia Greenleaf and her older, married lover.

Ayelet Waldman Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006 12:11 PM UTC 61
Entertainment Fiction, Sex, Love and Sex, Books

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?

Ayelet Waldman Wednesday, Jan 11, 2006 11:38 AM UTC 144
Life Motherhood

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.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Jan 9, 2006 11:16 AM UTC 112
Life Motherhood, Mother's Day 2012

‘Tis the season to obsess about food

Thanksgiving yams, Chanukah latkes, Christmas cookies ... for me, they all add up to a holiday-size serving of self-hatred.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Dec 12, 2005 11:19 AM UTC 46
Life Eating Disorders

Their misspent youth

Why is it so hard for politicians to understand that kids in juvenile detention need treatment not punishment?

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Nov 14, 2005 1:00 PM UTC
Life Children

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.

Ayelet Waldman Saturday, Oct 22, 2005 2:31 PM UTC 75
Life Motherhood

Pink is the new black

Does "shopping for the cure" cheapen the reality of breast cancer?

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Oct 10, 2005 1:00 PM UTC
Life Breast cancer, Motherhood, Health

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.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Sep 26, 2005 9:38 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

A sick system

My mother is 65 and has always had health insurance. But since President Bush announced his plans to overhaul Medicare, she's worried she may never be able to retire.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Sep 12, 2005 4:59 PM UTC
Life

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.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Aug 29, 2005 7:39 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

Mind your own kids

Sanctimonious parents, who preach "breast is best" and tell you that sleep training is cruel and unusual punishment, should keep their ideology to themselves.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Aug 15, 2005 4:03 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

A woman needs a repairman

I still want my husband to change the light bulbs and fix the leaky faucets. Maybe I'm not as much of a feminist as I think I am.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Jun 20, 2005 7:45 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

Blast from the past

Dodgeball nearly ruined my life 25 years ago, so when my kids came home raving about it, I flipped. But then I realized: Their childhood is theirs, not mine.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Jun 6, 2005 9:07 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

Mothers in chains

Why keeping U.S. women prisoners in shackles during labor and delivery is the real crime against society.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, May 23, 2005 9:26 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

Bad chemistry?

After a lifetime of dealing with depression, I finally started taking medication -- a few weeks before I got pregnant. The drugs changed my life. But did they change my baby's, too?

Ayelet Waldman Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:40 AM UTC
Life Motherhood, New Mom Confessions

Raped by statute

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Limon is serving 17 years for having consensual oral sex with another boy. His case reveals our society's bigotry -- and our inability to think straight about teenage sexuality.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Apr 25, 2005 5:59 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

Baby lust

I have four children. Four is plenty. So why can't I stop thinking about having a fifth?

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Apr 11, 2005 3:35 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

“You’re supposed to marry the person you love, Mom”

My 7-year-old son's best friend is a lesbian and he says he wants to be gay. I hope he is.

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Mar 28, 2005 9:59 PM UTC
Life Gay Marriage, Motherhood

Living out loud — online

When I started blogging, I discovered a compulsive need to open the tattered edges of my emotional raincoat and expose the nasty parts beneath. But at what cost to my kids?

Ayelet Waldman Monday, Mar 14, 2005 7:42 PM UTC
Life Motherhood

Looking abortion in the face

My second-trimester baby had a genetic abnormality, and I decided to terminate my pregnancy. I know exactly what I did, I wept for the fetus I killed -- and I have no regrets.

Ayelet Waldman Wednesday, Feb 9, 2005 6:49 PM UTC
Life Abortion, Pregnancy

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