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Deaf woman walking
Carol Lloyd
The protests at Gallaudet University have incoming President Jane Fernandes in the crosshairs -- and plenty of other people debating the merits of cultural purity.
The truth about Carly
Rebecca Traister
In defending her stormy reign at Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina talks about stuffing her pants and rediscovering the glass ceiling.
Queer and loathing on Capitol Hill
Sidney Blumenthal
The succession of scandals among GOP lawmakers is shattering the remaining shards of the Republican "revolution."
A motherless child …
Pamela Merritt
Let's just dive right into the Madonna Malawian adoption scandal, shall we?
Feminism vs. femininity
Laura Miller
In the impressive follow-up to her anti-monogamy polemic, Laura Kipnis explains why we feel a little uneasy when the possessor of a brand-new boob job proclaims, "I did it for myself."
Bill O’Reilly: Not a good obstetric-health authority
Rebecca Traister
Fox anchor flubs some serious pregnancy information.
“The Uses of Enchantment”
Marisa Meltzer
In her multifold new novel, Heidi Julavits sends up self-help and female victimhood through the story of a girl who may have faked her own kidnapping.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Fox fires Steve Lyons for the wrong reason. Can we think of one for Thom Brennaman now?
Why doesn’t shooting girls count as a hate crime?
Page Rockwell
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert is mad as hell about the dehumanization of women and girls.
The real menace to American kids
Bill Maher
We demonize Mark Foley but ignore the industries medicating children and making them fat, and even open our schools to people trying to kill them -- military recruiters.
“Marie Antoinette”
Stephanie Zacharek
Sofia Coppola's lavish reimagining of a queen getting her teenage kicks -- there's more to it than shopping! -- shines at the New York Film Festival.
Environmental divide
Andrew Leonard
Ecological vs. environmental economics: Another venue for the same old culture wars?
Diary of a sex slave
Carol Lloyd
The San Francisco Chronicle offers all the gory details on the dark side of the city's sex trade. But what's to be done about it?
Unquiet Americans
J. Gabriel Boylan
Greil Marcus searches for the prophetic voices of America and finds them in Abraham Lincoln, David Lynch and Riot Grrrl bands of the '90s.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Mel calls outburst "just the stupid rambling of a drunkard." Madonna's new son? Plus: Jennifer Aniston blasts comedy sexism.
Bad taste
Salon Staff
Boiled duck embryos, lobster foam, and freeze-dried steak wrapped in washcloth! Our favorite food writers relive their worst meals.
Ring-a-ding-ding, sitar-style
Andrew Leonard
Invader Zim goes to India, with help from YouTube and Crazy Frog
Destination: Southern Italy
Anna Monardo
The grit -- and beauty -- of this land of Mafioso is captured in the mysteries of Leonardo Sciascia and the expat writings of Mary Taylor Simeti.
Open the closets on Capitol Hill
Louis Bayard
Silence about gay politicians is a relic of an era when gayness meant secrecy and shame. It's a disservice to gay people, to voters, and to the politicians themselves.
Loving the “freshman 15”
Page Rockwell
The New York Times captures our hearts with a love letter to extra poundage.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Death and survival in the skies over Brazil and England: Two New York columnists show us the ups and downs of air disasters.
Designer genes
Salon Staff
What are the ethics of genetic screening? And how would testing affect your pregnancy choices? Table Talkers sound off.
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