France has gotten rid of the terms “Mademoiselle” and “nom de jeune fille” in all official documents. The French terms for “Miss” and “maiden name” are sexist because they describe the marital status of a woman. “Miss” implies that a woman is available, something that not every woman wants shared. The idea of a maiden ...
I’ll admit it — I love etiquette. I had the good luck to be raised by parents who knew how to butter bread, when to sip from a glass and which fork to use when. Which is why I was shocked and saddened when I realised that good etiquette does not make any room for ...
The modern woman doesn’t know who she is: Miss, Mrs or Ms? Nancy Gibbs, from Time, doesn’t either. Considering what I went through this week, she needs to learn pretty fast. Whether a woman is married still counts for a lot more than it should. Here’s a quick refresher course on titles. Mrs denotes a ...
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...
