Vogue is finally doing something about the prevalence of underage and underweight models in the fashion industry. Nineteen of the magazine’s worldwide publishers have joined together to make a pact to ban models who have eating disorders and any model who is under the age of 16 from appearing in the magazine. The new standard ...
Teen TV seems to be on steroids lately, especially when it comes to shows with female leads — too bad it isn’t all actually about the women, though. Television aimed at teenage girls has become quite the phenomenon lately. With Pretty Little Liars, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Gossip Girl, and The Vampire Diaries, ...
People are constantly complaining about the state of teenagers today, yet hardly anyone is brave enough to delve into their world and try to find out what’s going on. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Dr. Mary Pipher, does just that. Through her work with adolescent girls as a clinical psychologist, Dr. ...
Should teens be allowed to spend the night together? What if the context was a parent-supervised sleepover party? One mom feels conflicted about why she won’t let her son invite girls to the frequent sleepovers that the family hosts. Her husband is fine with it, the girls’ mothers agree and her teen sons are more ...
Dear Madame X, I am a divorced man and my 12 year old daughter lives with me. She is a lovely, bright vibrant girl but she has started to worry too much about her appearance lately. This began around the time I suspect she found my online porn collection. There was nothing particularly weird there ...
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then why not remodel your tiny panes with some floor to ceiling action? Wide-eyed contact lenses have been in Asia for decades but have just made the leap to the New York Times thanks to Lady Gaga. But they could make you blind, experts warn. Lady ...
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...
