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Don't point those things at me Is nursing in public a right or a blight?
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Monday, Nov. 22, 1999

Cult of the cloth I thought I could quit any time, but the ladies of the Diapering Board had me in their thrall.
By Lisa Moricoli Latham [11/22/99]
To the diaperman, with love Hamish was there for the thrills and the spills, a devoted d-man until the end.
By Carol Hall [11/22/99]

Elsewhere in Salon today
Flu be gone! Two new anti-flu drugs just hit the market and will be backed by millions in advertising. But do they work?
By Arthur Allen [11/22/99]

Illustration by Sasha Wizansky/Salon.com

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Formula for disaster Many new parents think infant formula is the next best thing to Mom, but nothing could be further from the truth.
By Katie Allison Granju [07/19/99]

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Recently in Salon Mothers Who Think
If at first ... A marriage dies and is, after 35 years, resurrected.
By Diana O'Hehir
Three strikes An exhausting round of marriage and divorce
Plus: Images from "Living on a Dream: A Marriage Tale" by Patt Blue
Wisdom ancient and new
That was Then Is he a good husband?
This Is Now Go nuts! Get a makeover!

+ The week so far in the battered but unbowed institution of marriage

The case against matrimony If marriage is risky, doomed and expensive, why bother?
By Larissa Phillips [11/18/99]

Gertrude and Alice When Alice B. Toklas met Gertrude Stein, she heard bells ring. They went on to have one of the happiest marriages of the 20th century.
By Amy Benfer [11/18/99]

The Other Woman She is a narcissistic sex worker with no knowledge of true love.
By Jonathon Keats [11/17/99]

No regrets I was an unashamed mistress.
By Anna Sorelli [11/17/99]

A cooler head prevails Psychologist Robert Firestone rejects the quick fix for bad marriage.
By Fred Branfman [11/16/99]

"Drop 'em, babe!" Simple advice for a simply perfect marriage.
By Carol Ormandy [11/16/99]

Goin' to the chapel We take a week to prod and dissect, blaspheme and praise the proud and slightly threadbare institution of marriage.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney [11/15/99]
The wedding marches on A portfolio of images by photographer Michelle Frankfurter [11/15/99]
The winners of "Is this marriage doomed?"

First place He stopped sleeping with my best friend because she got too demanding. What does that say about me?
Second place A joke in Ireland sends this marriage straight to hell.
Third place Can your marriage survive when you can't stand the sight of his ever-widening butt lying on the couch?

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