In every issue

Editor's Letter

Columns

||| On Screen—Hollywood even has a double standard for dorks
||| On Education—Radical “unschooling” moms are changing the stay-at-home landscape
||| On Trends—Can the Spice Girls live up to their Girl Power legacy?

Features

::: Rescue Me—Susan Faludi on American heroism and her new book, The Terror Dream

::: Big Trouble—Are eating disorders the Lavender Menace of the fat acceptance movement?

::: The Princess Diaries—In an age of ostentation, the j.a.p. is back

::: Paper Cuts—Saying rip to some of the best diy

::: The Shame Show—Revisiting your teen angst for fun and profit

::: The Great Cover-up—Can high necklines cure low morals?

::: Shelf Lives—Paging through feminism’s lost and found classics

::: Personal Jesus—Can a born atheist get down with Christian rock?