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. ...
We all know that toy advertisements use a lot of gender stereotypes in their commercials. Girls get Barbies, clothes, makeup and rainbows. Boys get guns, war, action and loud noises. This is nothing new. But this website is new. A new site lets you “mash up” boys’ and girls’ toy commercials so that you can ...
Much talk of girls and girlhood on International Women’s Day 2012 inspired me to re-read the most inspirational book of my own girlhood, Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Matilda is not unusual for a Roald Dahl character — a small person who turns the tables on the big people — but she is unusual amongst girls in ...
Every man knows that if you don’t look like that underwear model on the Pierre Cardin billboard, you can still be “the funny guy.” You can still get laid even if you’re short, fat, balding and even a jerk as long as you can induce the ROFLs and LOLs. Right? Wrong. A new psychology study has ...
There are so many important lessons feminists need to impart to the young teen and tween women of today. I personally would like to let “pretty girls” (and only the pretty girls) know that they don’t really have to try at school, read the occasional book or go to homework club because their looks will ...
Zombie Marie Curie explains to a young girl that she’s not the only woman in science. She also imparts some advice about greatness, and radium.
Hacking is one of the coolest ways to be a vigilante. It’s like you can be a super hero (or an evil genius) as long as you’re smart enough to know what you’re doing. Hacker groups were responsible for taking down websites like Amazon.com and Visa.com when they refused to support Julian Assange. These multi-million ...
Like all girls, I got a bit worried when I first got my period. The fact that it arrived on my first day at new school probably didn’t help. It wasn’t quite a freak-out because my friends had started getting it in the past months and were still living perfectly normal lives. One of them ...
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 ...
Most studies about the consequences of height differences are a little disheartening. As I tower at almost 5’3”, it’s discouraging to hear that tall people will most likely get better paying jobs than I will and there is nothing I can do about it, because my height is genetically determined. A new study on height ...
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...
