Margaret Laurence’s last novel, The Diviners, provoked controversy amongst advocates of censorship when it first hit the shelves. In 1976 religious leaders attempting to have it removed from schools and libraries said that it “reeked of sordidness.” What higher acclaim can a novel have? Morag Gunn, Laurence’s protagonist, is a woman. You know what that ...
Tales of the City, the first of Amistead Maupin’s series of six novels, was originally serialized in 1978 with the final installment appearing in 2010. It’s likely you’ve heard of the series, if not read the books. Viewed through the eyes of Mary Anne Singleton, a young woman, from what the reader is meant to ...
Wikileaks isn’t the only one to reveal the dirty secrets of the planet’s governments. Two Australian academics, Evan Smith and Marinella Marmo of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, uncovered documents from the National Archives in London that suggest that at least 80 South Asian women were subjected to “virginity tests” upon their entrance to Heathrow ...
The working world can be especially difficult for a woman — we are paid less, progress slower and have more domestic responsibilitie to juggle — but can you image what it must have been like to walk into an office in the 1970s? A Paycheck Of Your Own was written to help women make ...
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...
