Amazon.com WidgetsThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, is the new poster-child for feminist fiction and, although I don’t think it lives up to the hype, it is still a great mystery novel. The original Swedish title was Män som hatar kvinnor which translates to “Men Who Hate Women” and every chapter does ...
Amazon.com WidgetsKill the Princess: Why Women Still Aren’t Free from the Quest for a Fairytale Life, has a title that created high expectations for me. I was hoping for a book designed to help women realize why they might mistakenly believe in a White Knight and teach them instead how to be self-sufficient and independent. ...
Tina Fey is not the only comedienne in America, she’s just the only one you could take home to meet your mother. There are other female comics out there — ones who might decide that crashing a black tie dinner after sharing a bottle of vodka would be a good idea. I’m referring to Chelsea ...
I’ve often wondered what the woman behind the birth control revolution in England was like in real life. It turns out that in addition to being a pioneer in the field of birth control, Dr. Marie Stopes was a famous biologist who was the first woman to accomplish many things, and her personal life was ...
The treatment of women in the Muslim world baffles many people in the West, who wonder: How could a culture which is so advanced in many ways be so backwards concerning women? Amazon.com WidgetsNine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women was an Austalian reporter’s attempts to tackle this political and moral minefield. ...
I was born in 1981, so by the time I realized I was a feminist a lot of the hardest battles had already been won. Women could vote, rape in marriage was illegal, birth control was freely available, abortion was legal, and women were smashing through that glass ceiling. What this means is that I ...
I was in Pennsylvania and high on shoofly pie when I saw a book about an Amish girl actually written by an Amish author. I couldn’t want to get it home and check out why this is one of the fastest growing genres in publishing. Running Around (And Such), by Linda Byler, is about Lizzie ...
What happens when an academic sex researcher and feminist writes a novel? It turns into a thinly disguised lecture about feminism and the state of the world she lives in. The Divine Comedy of Ariadne and Jupiter by Shere Hite, famous for her Hite Reports on sexual health, is written as a fantasy novel. It ...
It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I write this. Some people spend their whole lives searching for it, but does anyone actually know what marriage is? In Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, Elizabeth Gilbert attempts to find the answers. She looks ...
You know you’re in for a treat when the first four pages of a book include a sexy movie star masturbating and a teenage girl losing her virginity. Amazon.com WidgetsScandalous, by Tilly Bagshawe is a page-turner filled with sex, scandal, romance, and revenge. The story is centered around the life of Sasha Miller from the ...
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their...
Take a look at how Barbie and Playboy Bunnies have influenced each other – an amazing similarity!
Men like peeing outside. That’s a fact. Of course, they are well equipped to do so, with a handy...
There aren’t many gender-exclusive spaces left in our terribly enlightened society. Who needs them? Men’s clubs filled with (I...
Step down, Twihards, it’s time for evolution via the Hunger Games revolution. Let The Games begin! I don’t want...
Dear Madame X, My girlfriend is obsessed with unicorns. She collects unicorn toys, and has pictures of them all...
If you’re interested in feminist discussions of pornography, there are a number of must-read texts you should check out...
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