Most of the time couples separate due to “irreconcilable differences” — basically a broad term for “shit went down and we don’t want to get into the details.” But when life’s so short, why focus on the negatives? Jack White and his soon-to-be-ex-wife, model Karen Elson, aren’t dwelling on minor details — they’re throwing a ...
Poles aren’t only for strippers anymore. They’re for athletes. At the third annual US Pole Dancing Championship, held last month in New York, competitors told reporters that they would like pole dancing to be part of the summer Olympic roster. Though you may be surprised there’s actually a pole dancing community big enough to push ...
There’s nothing wrong with girls who play sports or boys who dance. In fact, the two aren’t really that different from each other. They both involve balance, physical conditioning, partnering or team work, discipline, perseverance, and a competitive streak in personality. Most of the time girls who play sport are not treated too badly. We ...
Dancing. It’s as old as time; it’s an expression of our protozoan origins and animal spirits; a ritual, an art form and a leisure activity. It’s in our history, our culture and our genes, from royal weddings to prime-time television. So why don’t men do it that much? I’m not talking about the low-slung, anguine ...
Dancing and music videos go together like Fred and Ginger. Janet Jackson lead the rhythm nation and Britney Spears followed in her choreographed steps. But the women of the noughties are falling short, preferring poses to fancy footwork. But less dancing can only lead to better music. Hortense from Jezebel is saddened by this state ...
Patrick Swayze, famous for his 1987 role in Dirty Dancing as Johnny and in the movie Ghost, has lost his battle with cancer. He was 57 and passed on while at home with his wife, his childhood sweetheart from Houston. As a child of the 80s I, along with most young women, love Dirty Dancing. ...
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...
