This phrase may be uttered more often by women than by men, and it’s not just because men are so tough and macho. Although it’s possible for men to underplay the pain they feel in the name of preserving their masculinity, researchers suggest there’s something much deeper underlying the difference between men and women when ...
You know those pseudo-astrological books with predictions of what’s to come in the next year? The ones that give you an insight into your zodiac sign and tell you what your vices are, who you’re most compatible with and even when to ditch your dead-end job? Well, I read one recently and under “Vices for ...
I really like where Tony Robbins says that we’re all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it’s true. ~ Gwyneth Paltrow
Long before flash fiction became a household genre, there was the woman who needs no introduction. Margaret Atwood’s collection of very short stories, Good Bones, is one of few collections of flash fiction which has reached the mainstream. A frequent rule-breaker when it comes to punctuation, Atwood knocks flash fiction off balance with lengthy sentences. ...
I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don’t need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice! ~ Mother Jones
With the abortion debate many of us take for granted raging on Prince Edward Island, I decided to go back in time a bit, when reproductive rights were a newly won battle and the female sexual experience was a subject not everyone spoke about. The stream of consciousness narrative in Andrea Dworkin’s Ice and Fire ...
Canadian beavers are under attack. Our nation was founded because of the European obsession with our beavers. Men sailed over the ocean and traveled across the continent to get their hands on those soft, inviting pelts. Eventually, the explorers lost interest when they realized that the fur market had dried up, and now our economy ...
How liberating it was, when I first saw Carrie wreaking vengeance on the cruel classmates and uncaring adults in her life. And how bold an image — a bucket of pig’s blood meant to represent menstrual blood. They don’t make horror films like that anymore. An ordinary girl beaten down and abused, who finds supernatural ...
Six years ago I moved to a small metropolis that rests in the Bible belt of Western Canada, and I wasn’t surprised to find that feminism is treated like an incurable, fungal infection within my community. However, since making Red Deer, Alberta my home, I’ve never been shunned when declaring that I am a feminist. ...
Generation Y seems to have developed a passionate love affair with zombies, an amour that is much more serious than the casual romp we share with their monstrous cousin, the vampire. Our book shelves are stocked with Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide and the postmortem adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic, Pride and Prejudice and ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
