Women. Gone are the days when we were obliged to suffocate ourselves with corsets, paint tawdry red cupid’s bows on our lips, stick tassles on our nipples and dance for money. Now that we can read books and go to law school and stuff, we can do all those things for fun. That’s what Dita ...
Gothic romances are hard to do. The first hurdle to overcome is the giggle factor — the bubble of laughter that suddenly arises as an emotionally over-wrought scene descends into melodrama. Then there is the fact that this is the genre of choice for both the novice novelist and the author who has been honing ...
Sex is funny. Burlesque combines humour and lust through dance. Although it is sometimes political, it always says something about the human condition. But will Hollywood be able to capture that? The trailer for Burlesque has dropped. Christina Aguilera plays a small town girl with big city dreams. She begins working as a waitress but ...
Staar, aka Leslie Zemeckis, would rather be a mistress than a wife. Is it any surprise then that rumours are swirling that her director husbands wants to quash her book, Staar: How to Live Like a Mistress (and Reap the Rewards!)? Her cabaret show has run for several years now, and she’s famous for the ...
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...
