I disposed of my TV in 2008. That doesn’t mean I don’t watch TV…I have internet and I know how to use it. Ditto, DVDs. But my life does not involve channel flipping or background telly. For this reason, I must ask you: what the hell is a Snooki? I’m aware this creature is female, ...
Previous studies have shown that seeing thin women in magazines may trigger a self-loathing response in women. But new research casts all of this perceived negativity aside to say that viewing skinny-minnie models may actually boost a woman’s self-esteem. Huh? Excuse my dumbfounded response, but before now science has declared war against women’s fashion magazines and ...
Golden Globes audience was “shocked” when Meryl Streep dropped the s-bomb on live television Sunday night. She was about to read her acceptance speech, when she realized she had left her reading glasses at her table. The censor button cut in, stirring up a small controversy backstage. A rather condescending Access Hollywood interviewer asked Streep ...
For superstars like Beyoncé, hospitals are transformed into five-star hotels. Blue Ivy Carter, born Saturday night at the Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, came into the world in style. Beyoncé and Jay-Z reportedly rented an entire floor of the Lenox Hospital, took over the security and forced staff to turn in their ...
“First of all, ew.” “Do you know anything about computers?” “Could you do me a huge favour?” These are just a couple examples of the Shit Girls Say. The idea behind this popular Twitter feed has been turned into a YouTube video now gone viral. I know, it’s hard to deny. Women do say shit like this ...
Oscar winner Hilary Swank was recently slated for attending an event celebrating the rebuilding of Grozny, which happened also to be the 35th birthday party of Chechnian president Ramzan Kadyrov. The actress was supposedly invited by a Turkish real estate company along with other celebrities including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Seal and violinist Vanessa Mae. Swank ...
Weddings are a celebration of love and commitment, but it always seems like the D word is in the back of everyone’s mind. Divorce. Whether it’s before or after the wedding, it’s fairly common for people to say things like, “They’re going to go the distance,” or, “I’m not so sure they will make it.” ...
Have you ever noticed how few student celebrities there are? It seems as though once the bright lights shine upon an actor’s face, all academic goals shoot out the window into oblivion. Academia is just not for everyone. But it seems that female actors, in particular, are beginning to buck that trend. Tyra Banks enrolled ...
Scarlett Johansson is the latest celebrity to have her nudie pics leaked to the world. It seems as if every hacked phone contains some intimate pictures. But why? Obviously, what a person decides to do in the privacy of their own digital sphere is their own business and the criminal here is the hacker. There ...
Men and women have made so much progress towards gender equality. So much so that it is easy to think that everything is equal, feminism is over, and we can all go on our merry way. Unfortunately this view is wrong, and we need to keep being reminded of this. That is the goal of ...
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...
