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Excellence In Science? Yep, Women Can Do That Too

Excellence In Science? Yep, Women Can Do That Too

November 3, 2011 No Comments

Brenda Milner is one of the most prominent neuroscientists of our time, earning many awards in her long career. But she is now being given possibly one of the biggest so far, the prestigious Pearl Meister Greengard Prize which recognizes female scientists who have helped make large advances in biomedical science. The panel for the award ...

Love Is A Drug (Cocaine, Actually)

Love Is A Drug (Cocaine, Actually)

July 20, 2010 No Comments

We all know that breaking up is hard to do, but scientists are now saying that it is as difficult as kicking dope. Just say no to drugs? Just say no to love!

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

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