Men’s magazines are harmless, right? Zines like Nuts and Loaded are all in good fun. Men don’t really take in what is written in them. Rapists, on the other hand, are condemnable. They think differently than normal men. This is a pretty common dichotomy, but it may be very far off from the truth, according to ...
I was looking through a magazine for old ladies the other day. Not in a sinister way, you understand – I wasn’t scanning for incontinence bras or ogling the side-entry baths. In fact, my mother writes for some of these magazines, and I was reading one of her contributions. Anyway, when I picked up the ...
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...
