The market for weddings in Britain is now valued at 7.5 billion pounds a year. The amount Brits spend on weddings has more than doubled since the ’80s. Now, some experts are claiming that this wedding day extravagance only leads to a more likely divorce. High Court Judge Sir Paul Coleridge said last week that ...
The term “bridezilla” was, unsurprisingly, coined by wedding consultants, who started referring to particularly difficult clients as such in the 90s. Since then, a hit US TV show has globalized the concept by filming these women in the process of planning their weddings, presenting the strongest argument in favor of eugenics that I’ve seen to ...
Do you spend more money when you’re single or in a relationship? The University of Minnesota conducted a study which correlated perceived sex ratio to increased spending in males. According to the results men living in an area with more men than women are less likely to save and more likely to borrow money. Are ...
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 ...
The wedding industry is greedy. This idea that people need to spend thousands of dollars on one day is absurd. Weddings should be less about how much money people can spend and more about finding unique ways to celebrate love.
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
