Scientists have been busy studying the effects of red wine. Again. The Journal of Women’s Health has recently published a study to challenge the claim that all alcohol consumption increases the risk of certain types of cancer. Their studies have shown that while even low to moderate consumption of alcohol can increase women’s risk of ...
So I don’t have bad karma every Thanksgiving I must say I love the spirit of this holiday. The idea is similar to Christmas and Easter in that you get together with family you may have not seen in awhile to catch up, eat and celebrate some time off work. Now that I have pacified ...
Lately it’s starting to feel like we’re on the brink of a gender neutral revolution. Some passport applications are no longer gender-specific. At Egalia, a Swedish preschool, “him” and “her” don’t exist. One couple caused an uproar by raising a genderless child, and even boys wear pink nail polish. But it seems the trend hasn’t ...
Ignore those warnings on the bathroom wall! A new compilation of studies from around the world has proven that drinking in moderation while pregnant is actually okay. With all of the terror that comes with drinking while pregnant, it is hard to believe that this is possible. Women have always had to grin and bear ...
In the long history of feminism, never has such an amazing picture been released. Four generations of women — from Virginia Woolf to Naomi Wolf — having a mad-cap bust up party. What would I have given to be there. Check it out!
The more you drink the more likely you are to exercise, recent studies suggest. Alcoholic mice were divided into two groups — one with wheels in their cages and one without. After three weeks both groups were allowed unlimited access to alcohol. The exercising rats partied harder than the sedentary ones, confusing the researchers. But ...
Some sad lonely ladies have a lot of cats. Some sad lonely ladies collect cartoon merchandise. Some sad lonely ladies come home from work, crack open a bottle of vino and get blotto. The new Hello Kitty range of wine hopes to capitalise on all three! Sporting the tag-line: “Our favorite girl has grown up” ...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
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...
