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Didn’t Celebrate V-Day So We’re Not Into Each Other?

Didn’t Celebrate V-Day So We’re Not Into Each Other?

February 15, 2012 No Comments

Dear Madame X, My boyfriend and I decided not to do anything for Valentine’s Day this year. Some of my friends think that this is a sign of us not being “into” each other and that our relationship must be dying. Does not wanting to celebrate this holiday really mean that you don’t really like ...

I’m A Valentine’s Grinch

I’m A Valentine’s Grinch

February 14, 2012 1 Comment

I’m a Valentine’s Grinch. There, I said it. I don’t understand the obsession with celebrating this holiday and frankly, I refuse to. I wrote a piece on Hallowe’en and my distaste for the way it is often celebrated for the 13 – 35 crowd. Most of it stems from my lack of understanding about why ...

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2012 No Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I hope you have a lovely day with your lover or friends or family or whoever it is you enjoy spending time with. Watch this cute little video if you want a smile on your face.

Cross Your Legs, It’s Halloween

Cross Your Legs, It’s Halloween

October 21, 2011 No Comments

Childbirth. Despite having what a shop assistant once described as “splendid childbearing hips,” I don’t know much about it. Even with my lack of maternal knowledge, there were a few things I took as fact. –It takes about nine months to grow a baby. –There is a lot of kicking from within the bump. –There’s ...

Say It With Bugs

Say It With Bugs

February 15, 2011 No Comments

Valentine’s Day traditionally coincides with a spike in flower, chocolate and jewellery sales. But some companies are pushing less-than-traditional ways to buy someone’s love. The Bronx zoo advertised a limited time offer for the special day. For only ten dollars, you can name one of their 58,000 Madagascar hissing cockroaches after your Valentine. “Flowers wilt. ...

Manufactured And Moneygrabbing, But Not All Bad

Manufactured And Moneygrabbing, But Not All Bad

February 12, 2011 No Comments

Grown-ups don’t really like St Valentine’s Day.  It’s legalized robbery, an annual fleecing marshalled by the floristry, chocolate, underwear and advertising industries.  And it’s a yearly reminder of all the painful Valentine’s Days at school, of the desks of beautiful and popular classmates crowded with cards and soft toys, while our own had only the ...

Valentine’s Day Is For Men, Too

Valentine’s Day Is For Men, Too

February 11, 2011 No Comments

Valentine’s Day is on Monday and I just want to send a shout out to all the men who enjoy the excuse to celebrate love. All the advertising is aimed at men buying things for women. It’s as if men aren’t allowed to like Valentine’s Day for it’s own sake, but only do it to ...

Tips To Celebrate Mistress Day (Without Getting Caught)

Tips To Celebrate Mistress Day (Without Getting Caught)

February 9, 2011 No Comments

Most people spend Valentine’s Day with their spouses… but what if there is another person who wants your romantic attention? Enter Mistress Day, conveniently located on February 13th. Unlike most national holidays, you won’t want to tell anyone you are celebrating it. In fact, there is a good chance you’ll have to hide the evidence ...

I Hate Valentine’s Day

I Hate Valentine’s Day

February 9, 2011 No Comments

Dear Madame X, I hate Valentine’s Day. The Hallmark-created “holiday” just illustrates everything that is wrong with dating. We have to give our girlfriends expensive gifts otherwise we won’t get laid. It seems as if all dating is prostitution but this just spells it out. The only reason this continues is that they know they’re ...

What Guys Really Want For Valentine’s Day

What Guys Really Want For Valentine’s Day

February 2, 2011 No Comments

Valentine’s Day used to be about flowers and chocolate, but now it’s about sexy lingerie. While I know I should be annoyed at yet another marketing ploy to make women feel less than sexy in their own skin — this ad just made me giggle. Despite rumours to the contrary, most men will not be ...

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How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

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...

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