Obama has declared that the Defense of Marriage Act, something that bans federal recognition of same sex marriage, is unconstitutional. This law has been around since 1996, and Obama has now ”directed the Justice Department to stop defending the law in court.” Obama isn’t completely comfortable with the idea of gay marriage. But with this move ...
The war on Planned Parenthood has intensified with a bill set to cut all funding for any purpose. It is backed by and it is now waiting to be passed in the Senate. People who are against abortion are using America’s financial situation to forward their own religious agenda. And I can see why they ...
If America is a melting pot, then New York is a stew. The components work together to create a satisfying meal, but you can still tell the difference between the meat, the carrots and the potatoes. Every neighborhood has one predominant ethnic group and their cultural likes and dislikes are clear, from what is available ...
For some reason Michelle Obama’s program to encourage and help women with breastfeeding is not sitting well with Republicans. Mrs. Obama wants to include breastfeeding as part of her “Let’s Move” campaign to reduce childhood obesity. She cites evidence “that babies who were breastfed for the first four to six months were less likely to be ...
Being able to access free porn online has been officially declared a right under freedom of speech rules in California. There was a lawsuit where the porn companies who require you to pay to see naked bodies sued the porn companies who allow you to see naked bodies for free, specifically RedTube. They claimed that ...
It appears to be the most saccharine of tales. One of the criticisms being lobbied at the film that the main character travels to find herself — which is nuts. Traveling is all about opening your eyes to new experiences and discovering things about yourself you never thought possible. Holidays do cost money and Elizabeth ...
There have been huge gains for women in American politics. They are getting elected at all levels and there are currently 239 women running for Congress (out of 435 positions). As feminists, we should be happy that so many women are getting into politics. But what do we do if they are against what we consider to be basic women’s ...
In America, anti-abortion advocates must be celebrating in the streets. Eleven states have passed laws this year restricting abortion and 370 state bills are under consideration. I think it’s time we finally accept that women will never be completely free to choose and there will always be an ongoing battle over rights to abortion. Also, for ...
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was just downgraded to “cutting” and is being encouraged for doctors in the USA. This is seriously distressing news and I have to wonder what they could possibly have been thinking! The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) just released a policy called “Ritual Genital Cutting of Female Minors” which encouraged “federal ...
In America, more and more women are delaying motherhood to pursue education and careers. This is great for many reasons, especially a better educated population with less teenage pregnancies. And this trend includes women from ”all ethnicities in the United States.” Children born to highly educated mothers increasingly are born later in life. The mothers are usually married, and ...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
We know that a lot of women love cats. And we know that a lot of single women supposedly...
