After the publication of his fourth and most successful novel The Slap, which was turned into a TV miniseries in Australia and kicked off the 2012 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Christos Tsiolkas complained of the poverty of criticism of the sex in his book. I agreed. The novel itself is written in eight parts, telling ...
On rare occasions, television does reflect real life. A new series that debuted on HBO last weekend, Girls offers a refreshing look into the lives of twentysomething women. From financial issues to terrible sex, Girls charters into unknown television territory, tackling the minefield of awkward, difficult yet essential struggles of coming of age in 2012. ...
Womanizing for the sake of self-exploration is a no-no. Once a figment of my girly imagination, protagonist Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye now really pisses my feminist side off. The Catcher in the Rye has always been one of my absolute favourite novels. Holden Caulfield was always so adorably opinionated and angry at ...
I was in Pennsylvania and high on shoofly pie when I saw a book about an Amish girl actually written by an Amish author. I couldn’t want to get it home and check out why this is one of the fastest growing genres in publishing. Running Around (And Such), by Linda Byler, is about Lizzie ...
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 ...
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...
