We know that a lot of women love cats. And we know that a lot of single women supposedly have far too many cats to replace the children and husbands they don’t have. But did you ever stop to wonder if it’s not singleness that causes cats, but cats that cause singleness?
Being a supporter of grassroots animal rescue organizations, it has been hard not to notice the disproportionate number of women who are leading these organizations within my community. Research focusing on canine rescue concludes that my local, four-legged loving, lady activists are no social anomaly; indeed, it is predominantly women who are leading and staffing ...
As a little girl I understood that not all people had a family member who was a cat, but I assumed this was because they were “allergic,” a horrifying disease that doomed people to a life segregated from the feline. I envisioned these desperate people who had been stricken with “the allergy” as spending their ...
Do you ever crave the free-spirited joy of childhood games, full of imagination and role-playing? Well, if you do, you are certainly not alone. Plenty of adults have turned their childhood fantasies into sexual escapades as adults, allowing their inner animal to come out and play. The Fox Hunt is a kinky hide-and-seek for animal-loving ...
Your family is expanding. Who would you rather pick? Option A has a reputation for good personal hygiene, cleanliness and impeccable manners. Option B has a reputation for being loud, drooling, stealing food and licking his balls on the couch. A third of Americans say they would pick Option B (perhaps because the only balls ...
With the sad news of the breakdown of the Gore’s marriage (not to mention the Pratt’s) newspapers are filled with advice on how to keep your relationship strong. With some more suspect than others, here are our top three tips. Argue a Lot The couple that fights together, stays together. Scientists studied couples for three ...
A poll has revealed that 21% of adults around the world would rather spend Valentine’s Day with their pets instead of their lover. Perhaps being in the dog house isn’t such a bad thing after all. The break down by country is interesting, and of course the romantic French are the least likely to spend ...
A British woman has bred teeny-tiny pigs for pets. Costing up to $1500, these micro pigs have become the lastest pet craze in Britain. (Video after jump)
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...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
