Death gets you one of four ways — by accident, by illness, by another’s hand or by your own. Men are – three times more likely to die from drowning – twice as likely to die from a fall – three times more likely to die in a car accident – twice as likely to die from ...
On dates I still love a little bit of chivalry — but it goes too far when the restaurant servers decide that my male dining partner should get the bill. The assumption that the man should pay in the restaurant is archaic. The waiters don’t know what our relationship is and any assumption is ...
The working world can be especially difficult for a woman — we are paid less, progress slower and have more domestic responsibilitie to juggle — but can you image what it must have been like to walk into an office in the 1970s? A Paycheck Of Your Own was written to help women make ...
Anorexia + Drunk = Drunkorexia Women across college campuses are going out for drinks, but they’re not eating dinner first. In fact, in many cases they are skipping meals to make up for the calories they will consume while drinking. Obviously this is an epidemic, because otherwise it wouldn’t be news. ABC reports: Diet blogs ...
Not getting any? Have you stopped caring about sex? Does your partner no longer please you? Don’t fret, there is a good chance this won’t bug you. While one third to one half of all women report sexual problems, only 10% are bothered by them, according to research. “We’ve assumed for so long that for ...
In a country where women are stoned for immodesty, appearing in a soap opera is practically a political statement. However, for many of these actresses, financial need overshadows their concerns about respect. The Secret of this House is Afghanistan’s first soap opera, created as a more wholesome alternative to those racy Hindi shows from India. ...
Luo Yanquan and Xiao Aiying were expecting a second baby. While this news is normally a source of joy, the one child policy still enforced in China meant the accident had potentially severe consequences. The couple discovered the pregnancy in the third month, and decided it was too late to have an abortion. However, when ...
Gray-haired grannies are often overlooked by Hollywood. Used as props for family settings, they are hauled out for Christmas movies and then dusted off and put away until next season. That is, until now. Suddenly these venerable women are popping up everywhere — and we can’t get enough of them. It started when Betty White ...
Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends. Sally Albright: Why not? Harry Burns: What I’m saying is – and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form – is that men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way. (From When ...
If these little piggies retired together, chances are Mr. Piggy Bank had to help out his wife. A very sobering article in the Wall Street Journal found that women have to work 13 years longer than men to be in the same financial place for retirement. This is primarily because they are still not getting ...
Golden Globes audience was “shocked” when Meryl Streep dropped the s-bomb on live television Sunday night. She was about...
Dear Madame X, There is much discussion of The Obamas, a new book by Jodi Kantor that discusses...
Several weeks ago I picked up my old copy of Collected Stories, a volume of Carol Shields’ short stories...
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns...
We all love Meryl Streep and were thrilled to hear her endorsement for turning an online museum and resource...
He looked out of the window, out of his apartment, and into the dark of the winter night outside....
If you’ve always been interested in kink, sex parties, or S&M but too afraid to try it, take yourself...
Recently I went to a concert with a (male) friend. He was a friend of the band, and we...
