Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable prose and the claustrophobia of post-WWI middle class life, the themes of repressed sexuality, mental illness and class division didn’t fully resonate with me until a second or third reading, and quite a few dinner parties ...
The belief that homophobes and those who commit hate crimes against gays are lashing out against their own homosexual feelings is not new. But a new study has offered valuable evidence to the speculation. The study links feelings of homophobia with repressed same-sex attraction. It also adds new insight by showing the role strict, homophobic parents have ...
Last year’s London riots signified a terrible time for the city and other parts of Britain. What should have remained as a peaceful protest about how the police handled a shooting in north London raged out of control. It looked to the rest of the world as if the entire country was on fire. Obviously, ...
The next thing you know your zumba instructor’s going to say, “Welcome, Class. Let’s start with a warm-up, shake our hips like Shakira, and finish with a series of coregasms.” Hey, it’s not like we’ve never heard of women having orgasms during a vigorous workout before. A good heart-pumping gets the blood flowing and experts have ...
What do you know, treating people like human beings with equal rights makes them happier and healthier. No, it’s not liberal hippy nonsense. There is now a study to back it up. In states where same-sex marriage is legal, gay and bisexual men go to the doctor less often. Their health costs also go down ...
Honour killings — two words that should not be used in the same sentence. And yet the practice of “cleansing” a family from the dishonour of a woman is not only still carried out, it is reportedly on the rise. Honour killings are an ancient tradition of controlling a woman’s actions — particularly her sexuality. ...
I am a Little Monster. And Lady Gaga is my mama. I was so excited to see news reports last week of Lady Gaga’s new non-profit foundation for youth, the Born This Way Foundation (BTWF). But wait a second. Don’t the words “Born This Way” allude to the existence of a “gay gene?” That our sexual ...
Art has never been afraid to represent human sexuality in its multitude of forms. Books like Lolita and Lady Chatterley’s Lover were banned for a time because they didn’t shy away from uncensored sexuality; Harlequin novels full of Fabios have remained popular to this day; nude paintings and sculptures covering museum walls continue to showcase ...
I have to confess. I don’t understand Hallowe’en. What little I know about Halloween, I got from movies I watched. I don’t understand the holiday because, for the larger part of my life, I never celebrated it. When I was 15-years-old and moved outside of my country of birth, I celebrated Hallowe’en for the first ...
Okay, I’ll admit it. When I go into a bookstore I still like to giggle over the sex books. You would think that my flourishing interest in sexy illustrations started with the Kama Sutra but, au contraire, it began with one glimpse at the now infamous The Joy of Sex by Dr. Alex Comfort, first ...
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...
