I’ve never seen more than five minutes of a Real Housewives show but I was excited for the premiere of the Vancouver version — Vancouver is my hometown and I wanted to see how the other half live. I was about half an hour into the two (!) hour premiere and already bored with all ...
Small changes in legislation can positively affect women’s lives. Take India for example. In 1993, a law was implemented requiring that a third of all local government council seats be held by women. The hope behind the legislation was that “women’s status might improve” by putting them in positions of influence and power where they ...
If you’re feeling anything like Rihanna as of late, it’s a sure bet that chains and whips excite you. It’s not like there’s anything particularly wrong with wanting some innocent S&M if it’s not hurting anyone (who doesn’t want it), but when you’re a woman who has experienced violence at the hands of your partner ...
Women like American football. The ladies watching are not pliable girlfriends trying to make a good impression or beleaguered wives trying to snatch a few moments with their husband — they’re fans. Sunday Night Football is third highest rated show for women between 18 and 49. The NFL knows this and has begun a huge marketing ...
The celebrity lifestyle of big break-ups and cheating is negatively influencing children’s ideas on marriage and this needs to be addressed. At least that’s what the group reviewing the sexualization of children says. They think that “sportsmen and women had a clear influence on children’s behavior and ideas of what was acceptable.” Because of this, ...
Glee is one of the most popular shows on television at the moment, and as often happens when shows are so popular, they get to do photo shoots for big magazines. As also often happens is shows about high school, the actors are actually in their late-twenties, rather than mid-teens. This has led the Glee cast ...
Everybody loves superheroes. They save the world, defeat the bad guy, get the girl, and make life better. But did you know that the modern superhero is ruining teenagers’ social skills and grades at school? Prof Sharon Lamb surveyed 674 boys aged 4 to 18 and found that the superheroes of today are having a bad influence. These ...
If a middle-aged woman lives with her boyfriend and has no children is she still fit to run the country? With Australia’s first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, being 48-years-old, childless, and living with her divorced dad boyfriend of 4 years, that is a question that is heating up in Australia.
We all know that Bella Swan is a terrible role model for women, but when Sookie Stackhouse heard that she’s been up to, she couldn’t help but get involved. She takes the troubled teen under her wing, and explains the ways of the world to her fellow vampire-lover in this letter.
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...
