Yesterday, Salon ran a cover story written by Phyllis Chesler about my relationship with my mother. My response:

Dear Phyllis Chesler and the Editors at Salon:

I know it is very disappointing to a faction within the Feminist leadership that their candidate did not win the nomination. I...

Here's a note that came in on my blog from "Anonymous" today, and my response.

Anonymous: I disagree with your assessment of this election. I think you are really diminishing how much of a threat Hillary is to the male power structure in America. I have never seen the media...

I've been trying not to write about The Speech, but since a billion trillion people have asked for my take, I decided to offer it up:

I read the speech transcript because I couldn't bear to watch pundits with as much courage as Obama has in one thumbnail rip it...

There is a lot of discussion about "feminist in-fighting" of late, spurred by the election. Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com is doing a piece on the subject for The Nation. Here is my response to her query:

1. The fact is there have always been many "feminisms," but one dominant,...

As a bi-racial, Ivy-League educated, thirty-something feminist who campaigned for Bill Clinton, the election has me squarely on the fence. I love Barack's vision and know intimately the mosaic of ideas and experiences that helped shape it. I also feel a profound loyalty to Hillary who, after much sacrifice, has...

When I got the email from my publicist asking for a blog post about mother daughter relationships, I immediately got a headache. Haven't I said enough, written enough, suffered enough? My partner laughed. You asked for it, he said. Now get writing. I dragged myself to the computer, head bowed....