The other night, I was watching one of the many, many cooking-based shows currently broadcast, wall-to-wall and round-the-clock, on television. A group of people were cooking for another group of people – I forget why – and, as is often the case in these jeopardy-seeking productions, something went...
readmore The Why Chromosome
Boys should be given the HPV vaccine, according to medical advice. A Canadian federal panel recommends that men aged nine to 26 receive the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil. “Both genders contribute to the spread of HPV and develop diseases as a result of HPV infection,” advises the head of...
readmore News
Don’t believe the commercials! Lubricant isn’t right for everyone, especially the “warming” and “tingling” ones which have extra chemicals added. If you have sensitive skin or a bad reaction make sure you buy the ones with the least additives and chemicals. You can get “natural” kinds and water-based is...
readmore Quickie Sex Tips
I had all sorts of things to prepare before a job interview this week. I’m sure you can relate. I had to update my portfolio, brush up on the work lingo no one really uses outside interviews, memorize the company’s website and absolutely everything the interviewers have done or...
readmore The Fuming Feminist
As feminists, we get it ingrained in us that choice is every person’s (read: woman’s) right. But what if things weren’t as simple as that? Choice is a common rhetoric used by many feminists and social justice activists. The topic ranges from jobs to abortion; sexuality and contraception to...
readmore News
Women’s rights campaigners have demanded that UK newspapers be put under scrutiny. They claim that mainstream newspapers such as The Sun objectify women. This is just one of the papers which features a topless “Page 3″ model. While living in the UK I found it shocking to find half-naked...
readmore News
Small changes in legislation can positively affect women’s lives. Take India for example. In 1993, a law was implemented requiring that a third of all local government council seats be held by women. The hope behind the legislation was that “women’s status might improve” by putting them in positions...
readmore News
For better or for worse, the popular franchise The Bachelor will come to Canada in the fall of 2012. Although it was only announced this past Monday, casting begins now. Let’s hope the one hunky man and his Canadian pick really fall in love and make it work —...
readmore Popping Culture
Picky eating could soon be added to a medically recognized list of mental illnesses and eating disorders. This kind of eating disorder isn’t as simple as not eating your broccoli. This is for people whose eating habits interfere with having a functional life. For some, “avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder”...
readmore News
In many places emergency contraception is available over the counter to women, including teenagers, but many pharmacies have no idea what the rules are. A survey of 943 pharmacies in five American states found that about half gave the wrong information to a 17-year-old woman on the phone about...
readmore News
A Canadian navy medic, James Wilks, who took advantage of his patients and was subsequently jailed has just had new charges laid on him. He was convicted last year of sexual assault and was sent to jail for nine months. Now, like with many of these cases, more people...
readmore News
Rick Santorum, I feel sorry for any daughter of yours! Santorum, a candidate to become the Republican nominee for the presidential race late this year, says that if his daughter conceived a baby through rape he would counsel her against an abortion calling the baby a “gift from God.” If...
readmore News
Dear Madame X, I started using a menstrual cup and I noticed that my blood is really, really dark and viscous, rather like molasses. Otherwise I’m completely fine. Because it’s the first month I’ve used it I have no idea if it’s always been like this, or if...
readmore Madame X
This phrase may be uttered more often by women than by men, and it’s not just because men are so tough and macho. Although it’s possible for men to underplay the pain they feel in the name of preserving their masculinity, researchers suggest there’s something much deeper underlying the...
readmore News
Narcissism is characterized by vanity, a sense of entitlement, manipulation of others and an excessive love of oneself. These traits are probably familiar. But now the personality flaw has another characteristic: a health hazard. Researchers found that narcissism may be damaging to a man’s health but not to a...
readmore News
Sure, the UK may have the Queen as the head of state, a woman whose job description also includes Defender of the Faith. The faith in question is the Church of England but despite this, I think the UK does a pretty good job of separating church and state....
readmore News
This Wednesday is Burns Night, a celebration of Robert Burns’ work which will be observed in detail (from Toast to the Lassies to Address to a Haggis) by people all over the world, including many of the 4.7 million Scots in Canada. Burns’ work travels. Auld Lang Syne is...
readmore Tuesday Book Club
War, border tensions, street violence — all of these maladies are caused by the male sex drive, say psychologists. A new study supports the “male warrior hypothesis” that men evolved to be aggressive, especially towards outsiders. Researchers say that males needed to be aggressive in order to get the...
readmore News
Last summer, the Vancouver Police Department started a campaign to try to cut the city’s growing rate of sexual assaults. Three posters with pictures of intoxicated young women were put up in bars and nightclubs around Vancouver with the slogan “Don’t Be That Guy.” The good news is that...
readmore News
How fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will love thee still, my dear, Till all the seas gang dry. ~Robbie Burns
readmore Quote of the Week
The other night, I was watching one of the many, many cooking-based shows currently broadcast, wall-to-wall and round-the-clock,...
Don’t believe the commercials! Lubricant isn’t right for everyone, especially the “warming” and “tingling” ones which have extra chemicals...
I had all sorts of things to prepare before a job interview this week. I’m sure you can relate....
For better or for worse, the popular franchise The Bachelor will come to Canada in the fall of 2012....
Dear Madame X, I started using a menstrual cup and I noticed that my blood is really, really...
This Wednesday is Burns Night, a celebration of Robert Burns’ work which will be observed in detail (from Toast...
How fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will love thee still,...
Today is the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the court case that made abortion legal in the USA....
