Salon's TV picks for Weekend, May 14-16

Toby and Jean Adams moved to Auburn, Calif., to raise their daughter in a close-knit community with good schools. The reaction of their neighbors and fellow churchgoers -- from anger to acceptance to confusion -- mirrors Middle America's evolving attitudes toward gays and gay marriage.

Estimates now have it larger than the Exxon Valdez spill -- and could top 39 million gallons

A new study suggests boys learn better from men and girls learn better from women. Not surprisingly, some disagree.

A great movie lurks within this tale of a 1971 literary hoax elaborate enough to put James Frey to shame.

In "Beauty Junkies," Alex Kuczynski's memoir-cum-expos

The power-hungry Republicans in North Carolina have undermined the governor and now look to influence the courts

Those costumes! Those actresses! All those daring and unconventional ideas! Oh, wait -- this beautiful, mindless '50s women's-college flick doesn't have any of those.

My experiences in the workplace have taught me all too well that bootstraps only lift so far

Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 6-8, 2001

Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, July 16-18, 1999

Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: Jerry Seinfeld guest-stars in the season premiere of "30 Rock."

Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday: Vanilla Ice, Leif Garrett and a Baldwin ride the bucking beast in "Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge."

The real-life inspiration behind the sketch show's Women and Women First book store clerks live-tweeted the game

A study says straight women suck at reading maps -- at least that's what the headline declares.