Dear Madame X, I am in an interracial marriage. Things are fine most of the time, but members of both our families occasionally let slip racist comments. What is the best way to deal with this? Offended Dear Offended, This just goes to show how much racism can be engrained in our culture that we ...
Why do men always want to escape family gatherings at Christmas? Christmas is a time for family. Well, yes, ok. But “family” in the real sense of “those with whom you have chosen to share your life”, rather than “those to whom one or other of you is related in a technical sense”. One of ...
A piece published in the Times yesterday explained that mother-in-laws are no longer the villains of family dynamics. Comparing their daughter’s husbands to their own spouses, women are shocked and surprised to find that the younger generation of men are willing to pull their own weight around the house. She cannot believe that the daughter ...
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...
