A clarion call is echoing throughout the internet. Who should the next Wonder Woman be? She needs to embody all that is powerful about women, and also have the ability to fight evil. (And look good in a leotard). One candidate — Christina Hendricks.
Vulvas are great. Ladies like’em and most men I’ve spoken to are big fans. But for some reason Facebook has decided that they are icky. If you discuss them on your Facebook page then your account might get deleted, without any warning.
He’s bringing sexy back, yeah. In a new ad for his tequila brand, Justin Timberlake ventures into the complimentary areas of oral sex and female empowerment. Using alcohol to sell sex is nothing new, but it is rare to see a woman on the receiving end. A well dressed woman walks into the room, talking ...
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The only thing worse that a Sunday Driver is a Lady Driver (that is, if you are unwilling to print racial epithets). Many of our prejudices have some basis in fact, which is why I was so interested to read the Daily Mail’s informative investigation into why women are such ...
We all know that breaking up is hard to do, but scientists are now saying that it is as difficult as kicking dope. Just say no to drugs? Just say no to love!
The abortion debate is often framed in terms of life. Anti-abortionists will say that life begins at conception while the pro-choicers counter that it doesn’t. The science behind their assertions is slippery and constantly shifting. But what if the debate were framed differently?
When his words crashed into the internet like a car-wreck, we couldn’t look away. Mad Mel is at it again, people said. I never liked him anyway, they said. There is a lot to say on this topic, but no one is stating the obvious: We should leave Mel alone.
Mick, Morning Quickie
Where is the line drawn between what is best for baby and what is good for his mama? Kathryn Blundell decided to giver her baby formula, but not because she couldn’t breast feed. She did it because she thought breast feeding was “creepy” and she wanted to keep her “funbags” for her lover. Can you ...
What do you get for the woman that has everything, except for a family? Sure, you could get her a cat, but that can lead to problems with allergies. Much better to get her a robot baby.
Mick, Morning Quickie
We all know that Bella Swan is a terrible role model for women, but when Sookie Stackhouse heard that she’s been up to, she couldn’t help but get involved. She takes the troubled teen under her wing, and explains the ways of the world to her fellow vampire-lover in this letter.
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...
