When my daughter told me she was getting married, I was really happy. I love the guy she is getting hitched to; I can’t imagine a better fit. He is a wonderful young man who actually understands that under that sophisticated and erudite shell is a sweet and sensitive soul. My delight lasted a few ...
I want to wish all of Morning Quickie’s readers a wonderful New Year. I hope you have had a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, love, friendship, fun, mulled wine, sleigh rides, ice skating, good food, many sensual pleasures, and lots of romance and wonderful sex. Enjoy your New Year’s parties and remember to be safe ...
Newly engaged and already in a sweat about the BIG DAY? Is your inner bride humming Girls Just Wanna Have Fun instead of the Wedding March? Forget Weddings for Dummies and Bridal Basics 101. Consider having an out-of-town wedding, and leave traditional expectations at the airport. Look no further than the travel section of the ...
I am getting married on new years day. While this is exciting for me, it is a little sad for Morning Quickie, which I will be abandoning for a few weeks. I will also be stealing Mack away as my minister. How is the site to survive? We have invited several guest contributors to help ...
Hopefully tonight the snow will muffle the footfalls of Santa landing on your roof… and tomorrow you’ll wake to find your stockings filled with presents. But if not, don’t fret. Remember, well behaved women never make history.
Dear Madame X, At the office Christmas party my friend always ends up making out with one of the other staff members. They invariably go off into the photo copy room together and she comes out with a smile on her face. I made a comment to her last week. That it’s too bad she ...
For US soldiers serving in Iraq, becoming pregnant or impregnating someone can lead to jail time. This policy has been put into effect because the pregnant woman will obviously have a negative impact on the mission and need to be removed and replaced. Now I definitely think she should be removed and replaced; a ...
Brittany Murphy died on Sunday from a possible heart condition. She was only 32. She was most famous for roles in Clueless and Mile 8. She had been ill lately and had trouble concentrating, even losing consciousness while in the middle of takes while filming her latest movie. She was taking a lot of prescriptions ...
In the Twilight series Bella Swan shuns the attention of a smitten werewolf and falls madly in love with Edward, a local vampire. His behaviour has been labelled abusive by critics, who worried that teenage girls were getting the wrong message. However, fans are falling hard for the werewolf, played by pumped up Taylor Lautner. ...
BBC has started recruiting for women over 50 after accusations of ageism against the company. Looks like this could be a great opportunity for both ageist and “boys’ club” stereotypes to be dispelled.
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
