Dear Madame X, I have been on a few dates with a guy I met online. He is really nice, but I am not attracted to him. Should I call it off now, or wait to see if things improve? Missing the Sparks Dear Missing, I definitely think that people should give others the benefit ...
Dear Madame X, My girlfriend kissed one of her colleagues at the office Christmas party. She says it was because she had been drinking, and that it will never happen again. I suspect the guy she kissed is really interested in her and was waiting for a good time to make his move. He ...
In Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert’s divorce catapults her into a journey of self-discovery. If the protagonist was a divorcé, would the theme of autonomy still be so strong? A recent study says no. The story will change depending on the individual, but it seems the end result is similar — men don’t cope with ...
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!
Are you sick of your husband and want a divorce? Do you think your daughter is marrying the wrong man? Well if you are lucky enough to live in Japan you can hire a “splitter-upper” to do the deed for you.
Dear Madame X, After three years my relationship with my boyfriend has gotten stale. The sex is hardly there and frankly terrible. We want to be together and have tried to spice it up. It usually works for a couple of weeks and then we hit our rut again. He has said that he wants ...
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...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
