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Sir Daddy Elton John

Sir Daddy Elton John

December 28, 2010 No Comments

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have announced the birth of their surrogate son. Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was a Christmas baby born on December 25th to an anonymous surrogate mother in California. But is Elton John too old for a baby? He originally said, ”I always said ‘no’ because I am 62 and I ...

Surrogacy Regulations Introduced In India To Stop Exploitation

Surrogacy Regulations Introduced In India To Stop Exploitation

July 31, 2010 No Comments

For the many families who have difficulty having their own children, surrogate mothers are the best option. India is the capital of “surrogacy tourism” but where is the line between bribery and free choice for these women?

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...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

Laptop Bags: Too Big And Too Sparkly

Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...

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