All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what a shop considers gender appropriate for each sex of child. And on more than one occasion I have been forced to buy a so-called “boy’s toy” for a girl (including my daughter) as a present because ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including a semi-erect penis, albeit slightly squashed to one side by a transparent pan lid!! I don’t mean shocking in an “oh matron” prudish way – I mean shocking because in all my years of going to ...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women that are up for consideration. The all-male list in contention for the prestigious Palme d’Or prize has been criticized as evidence of gender bias. Whilst it is true that, of course, women make films these days, and ...
The British nation stood shocked this morning. No, it was nothing to do with us being back in recession or terrible results in our recent local elections for the ruling parties. The horror resulted from a woman, yes a woman, daring to be hairy on daytime TV. Student Emer O’Toole was exhibiting the product of ...
Don’t tell anyone — but I turned 30 today! Last night, to celebrate the last day in my 20s, I went to see Titanic in 3D. Twelve years ago when Titanic first came out I was just about to turn 18. It just seemed appropriate! I loved this film the first time around, and in ...
Looks like the producers of Jersey Shore just got more than they bargained for! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, one of the stars of show, is pregnant. No doubt the makers of Jersey Shore are more used to contriving drunken antics than filming moms-to-be pick out a bassinet! The producers of the show seem to have taken ...
On rare occasions, television does reflect real life. A new series that debuted on HBO last weekend, Girls offers a refreshing look into the lives of twentysomething women. From financial issues to terrible sex, Girls charters into unknown television territory, tackling the minefield of awkward, difficult yet essential struggles of coming of age in 2012. ...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Actually, some time in the 1980s in a flat in Wimbledon, south west London, my Dad got really excited because the first Star Wars film was on the telly. Having taken my older brother to see all three films in the original trilogy at the ...
I’ve never seen more than five minutes of a Real Housewives show but I was excited for the premiere of the Vancouver version — Vancouver is my hometown and I wanted to see how the other half live. I was about half an hour into the two (!) hour premiere and already bored with all ...
I like to give credit where it’s due and recently I found myself whooping with delight at Britain’s Got Talent. The show featured an amazing married couple who did a beautiful and romantic ballroom dance. Nothing so spectacular about that you might think! But the incredible thing about this couple is that both the people ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
