While we celebrate the large and even small triumphs of the women’s rights movement, sometimes we want to see the bigger picture. On a worldwide scale, is life improving for women? The World Bank says yes, but at a painfully slow rate. As it stands right now, “women perform 66 percent of the world’s work, produce 50 ...
The feudal system should remain as dead as the dinosaurs, but in China it’s coming back with a vengeance. To curb a steadily increasing divorce rate and stop women from marrying for money, the Chinese Supreme Court has recently stipulated that “property bought before marriage, either outright or on mortgage, reverted to the buyer on ...
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...
