Celebrities like Brooke Shields and Courteney Cox have done their part to bring the media spotlight on postpartum depression, but just because we’re more aware doesn’t mean we’re no longer confused. Although researchers are attempting to answer questions surrounding postpartum depression, said to affect 13 percent of women, it’s a mental illness that remains shrouded ...
If you travel a lot, you may choose to pack some pleasure in your suitcase. With masturbation on the mind, Jill Filipovic took her silver bullet, “a discreet mini vibrator,” on a journey overseas. Really, I can think of no better travel companion. It’s a given that your baggage will be inspected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ...
I love Kate Moss. There. I said it. I’m out and proud with my love of Kate. She is constantly accused of being a drug-taking, slutty, bad mother and now her latest heinous crime is to install a gym and basement kitchen in her London mansion. She will be spending her own money on the ...
In a recent interview with Howard Stern, Lady Gaga told her young fans that they should wait to have sex. Too bad she was dressed in a scantily-clad, bondage-inspired outfit.
If you’re young, unattached and in college, chances are you’re enrolled in Sex and Drinking-101. In an effort to get all students to drop this class and follow the path of virtue, the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. is slowly phasing out co-ed dorms starting with first year students. Apparently, “co-ed housing fosters ...
Geek is no longer just chic. It’s badass. While you may think that most tech-savvy dorks are sitting behind their screens with braces and bad acne, probably playing computer games, they’re actually up to some risky business. Computer nerds between 10 and 16-years-old are 50 percent more likely to have sex, smoke, drink and do ...
For women with a certain history, breast cancer seems like an unshakable curse placed on all the daughters in the line. Everything is shadowed by this black cloud. You know, as your try on your first bikini, that one day you might not be able to fill it out. You wonder if breast feeding your ...
A new impotence drug has just been introduced that melts in your mouth like a fizzy candy. The theory is that men find the larger pills awkward, embarrassing, and inconvenient. They hope this new kind, that comes with a discreet black box that can be carried in a pocket, will help men who aren’t currently getting help ...
In Hollywood, when a girl goes bad, she’s gone. Like a magic trick, all of her roles go up in smoke. *Poof!* Not so with the men. A night on the town that ends up in a jail cell, with a beaten woman crying in the interview room, is just par for the course. Boys ...
Female sexual dysfunction was invented to sell pills, according to a new report published in the British Medical Journal. Ray Moynihan, from the University of Newcastle in Australia, said that pharmaceutical companies made inflated claims about the number of women affected by the alleged disorder. “It has become clear that drug companies have not simply ...
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...
