In the face of devastation, loss, terrorism and tragedy, Americans forgot their differences and stood united. As we approach the 10-year anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s orchestrated terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, we mourn the victims, celebrate the heroes who came to their aid and reflect on how similar we are as ...
Security measures are implemented to protect people from harm, but when journalists are forced to remove their undergarments, we question the necessity of such a breach of privacy. The security team of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently forced female journalists to take off their bras before attending press events, according to an ABC News ...
You know you are an adult when you stop doing things just because you can. According to the laws of the United States, the supposedly Reverend Terry Jones is perfectly entitled to burn a copy of the Qur’an. He can even hold “International Burn a Qur’an Day” to commemorate 9/11. The only thing that can ...
Female suicide bombers just got sexier. Called Black Widows in the press, they conjure up image of the ultimate Dominatrix. Their ruthlessness is a turn on; their cruelty, oh so hot. The latest bit of titillating news is that they are also inserting bombs into their breasts.
A hardline Islamic group in Somalia is whipping women for wearing bras and making them shake their breasts in public as punishment. The moral cleansing is shocking moderate Muslims. The terrorist group Al Shabaab* is taking it upon themselves to impose strict Sharia’a law in southern Somalia. Bras are considered haram for being designed to ...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
