As a teenager I was so absorbed in the chemical make-up of Jane Eyre, I didn’t have much time for another Brontë. Nevermind a story of obsession on the moors, which at that time sounded to me like the script of a bad soap opera. Certainly not a thing which would ever afflict me. It ...
If you’re looking for advice about your unplanned pregnancy and you walk into a pregnancy counseling center run by a faith-based organization, you’re probably not expecting objective suggestions. But you’re also probably not expecting them to lie to you. Sadly, a survey of 10 British centres operated by Christian and anti-abortion organizations found that most ...
Teaching a child to apply a condom on a banana is almost saying: “Now go and try this for yourself.” That’s what Conservative MP Nadine Dorries said to the British parliament as an argument in favour of requiring schools to start abstinence classes for teenage girls. According to Dorries, current sex education just isn’t cutting ...
I’m not going to lie, I tried to find ways to avoid it (good ones I thought), but when it came down to the final hour, I choked. I watched the royal wedding live. I figured, what else did I have to do at 6 a.m. on a Friday morning other than watch history in ...
Welcome to the Royal Wedding Drinking Game! Before you begin everyone must have a shot glass and there also needs to be a pint glass for the Brit Mix. Ideally, everyone should drink something different, and something you can drink a lot of without feeling sick. If you’re going down a mixed drink, pre-mix a ...
Are you one of the 1900 waiting for your royal wedding invitations to arrive? Or are you one of the more prestigious 600 invited to the Queen’s reception? Or one of the VVIPs invited to Charles’ dinner dance? All I can say is, you poor thing! There will be at least 100 “commoners” attending the ...
England has quite a reputation. The tourist board likes to promote the castles. But the Brits themselves are also interesting. In addition to a love of animals, they also have a reputation for cultivating eccentricity. Put it all together and you get an amazing headline.
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...
