Parents in PEI are attempting to ban a book that they think is too sexual for their teenagers. But is it that bad? Subversive. Indecent. Sexually explicit. These are just a few terms attempting to justify banning books. Although I am one among many supporters of Freedom to Read Week, I can accept that educators don’t choose ...
It was a Freudian slip worthy of the Marx Brothers. Speaking on a radio station about overseas investment funds, Rachida Dati, the French Member of European Parliament, said: “I see some of them looking for returns of 20 or 25 per cent, at a time when fellatio is almost non-existent.” Oh, my! She apparently confused ...
A new stop smoking ad suggests an analogy between fellatio and smoking. The intentionally shocking images have caused a furor in France. The ads show older men pushing their hands on the heads of the young man and woman kneeling before them. The cigarettes are in the same position the penis would be. The tag-line ...
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...
