We have all joked that one day women will take over the world. But that day may come sooner than we think. Economists and sociologists have been predicting that women will surpass men in salary and become bread winners by 2020. And it’s not just experts who have such esteemed predictions for women — it’s ...
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. ...
This week I had a meltdown. In its wake, the remains of a Very Nice and Thoughtful Man who (I once spent a weekend with) (and) happened to be in the wrong email conversation at the wrong time, was being a bit flippant about the thing that was upsetting me. Let me give you some ...
A big debate around modern weddings is the question of whether anyone changes their last name after marriage and if so, who should do so and to what. The origins of this tradition lie in the designation of wealth distribution — marriage was the conduit of wealth to spouses and women changed their names as ...
Remember all of the cheer and celebration when Saudi Arabia said it would allow women to perform in the Olympics for the first time? Well, you can forget all of that. They still don’t respect women enough to let them play. Saudi Arabia’s Olympic chief said Thursday that women would not be allowed to participate ...
Thanks to Margo Hannah for letting us repost this great article! After years of inhabiting a female body, I believe I’m entitled to a partial opinion on how it operates. One thing I’d like to bring up is the hormonal excuse we drag out to exempt ourselves from owning erratic behaviour. As far as I’m ...
Is the wage gap just caused by women picking the wrong career?
We’ve lost a brilliant mind this week. Adrienne Rich, the poet whose work has been infiltrating the written word since the 1960s, died 27 March 2012 at the age of 82. Rich’s work in the 1960′s grew alongside immense social change. While her work reflected the increasingly experimental lives and expanding scope for personal freedom, ...
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. ~ Lucretia Mott
There aren’t many gender-exclusive spaces left in our terribly enlightened society. Who needs them? Men’s clubs filled with (I guess) leather chairs, pipe smoke and oil paintings of hunting dogs have probably been fumigated and converted to pizza chains, while late-morning mothers’ groups have a healthy minority of full-time fathers. Only restrooms are gender-segregated, and ...
Dear Madame X, I suspect that one of my female co-workers might have a crush on me. I think...
After the publication of his fourth and most successful novel The Slap, which was turned into a TV miniseries...
The phrase “working mother” is redundant. ~Jane Sellman
Ali G interviews Naomi Wolf about feminism!
Some men are leg men. Some like bottoms. Some prefer breasts. Some men even like personalities. Me, I’m a...
Bloody Facebook. I knew there was a reason I became a reluctant convert. It’s all very well having hilarious...
Looks like the producers of Jersey Shore just got more than they bargained for! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, one of...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend has grown a beard and I hate it! Can I tell him to shave?...
