Lily Salter's Blog, page 1095
May 25, 2015
“Are you the nanny?”: The awkward encounters of a mixed-race family in the suburbs
I try to handle people's questions with poise. But I wonder: Why am I trying so hard to put THEM at ease?
Why write a collaborative novel? Well … why write alone?
Writing is lonely. Writing together has deepened our friendship -- not to mention cutting the workload in half!
The “Power” of 50 Cent: “People are going to be at the edge of their seats going, “Yo!’”
Salon talks to the producer/actor about going from "In Da Club" to the TV writers' room with his intense Starz show
You cheat, you pay: How new contracts are changing love and religion forever
Love and contracts aren't strange bedfellows at all -- and sometimes it's the deals we make that keep us together
Why your immune system doesn’t eat you alive
New research out of Stanford debunks some of our longest-held ideas about the behaviors of T cells
Army of one, soldiers undone: The hope that died in basic training
You were a brilliant and courageous woman. How I admired you then. How little either of us understood.
The 10 most fascinating new species, unveiled
The IISE's latest list represents all five kingdoms of life and hail from all seven continents
How fancy cats evolved: The science of our most adorable pets
The Manx, the Munchkin -- without fancy cats, we'd have no memes. Tip your hat to the genius of evolution
“Game of Thrones” in combat: How realistic are the show’s epic fight scenes?
Westeros is fictional, sure, but it looks a lot like medieval Europe — so how much fantasy goes into battle?
May 24, 2015
Working at an abortion clinic challenged my pro-choice views — and confirmed them
I was startled by the realities of the procedure, but profoundly moved by the women who needed it
