Sammi's behavior embodies that particularly perplexing female phenomenon of taking out one's frustrations with one's boyfriend's iniquitous actions on other women, however directly or indirectly they're involved with said boyfriend's improprieties. Or, as Deena would put it, she's a cunt.
Anne Hays noticed that the two most recent issues of the New Yorker featured almost exclusively essays and reporting by male writers. So she's returned those copies to the magazine, accompanied by a blistering open letter to the editors.
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Christine Daniels was heralded as a hero when she stopped being sportswriter Mike Penner. Since she went back to being Mike last autumn, it's been a little bit quieter.
An accurate but ultimately anemic article picked up by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune yesterday asserts that women are still prone to apologize for things they have no reason to feel "sorry" about, like asking for help, advice, respect or the salaries they deserve. "Traditionally, women didn't have the power — the…
Gardasil, the which helps prevent cervical cancer, is the subject of several complaints from the young women who have received it. "It burns!" whines 18-year-old Lauren Fant, and according to the AP, the burning is worse than with other kinds of shots. "Some teens say it's uncomfortable driving with or sleeping on the…
We're taking Christmas Day off (woo hoo!) to relax and eat and drink and temporarily forget about rape, Amy Winehouse, missing white women, Paul Janka, Jamie Lynn Spears, Photoshopped celebs, Sherri Shepherd, hookers, victims, doormats, Tyra Banks, and well, just female trouble in general. Speaking of which, we leave…
Last week I went to the gynecologist. The second I arranged myself in the stirrups I had a startling realization: I hadn't shaved my legs in more than a week. Question is: Is this uncouth? Is there etiquette about such things? Was my lady-parts doctor insulted that I hadn't even bothered to take a shower for him, yet…
Helen Mirren recently explained that part of the reason she never wanted children is that the mere thought of childbirth makes her want to vomit. Offensive to some, for sure, but surprising? Not really. A new study being published in the November issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family reaches the conclusion that…
You know that HPV shot we're always crowing about? Well, researchers have discovered that Gardasil, in addition to blocking the four strains of HPV it's designed to target, also partially blocks 10 other strains, including eight more which cause cancer and two that cause genital warts. All the more reason for women…
Just the other day, there was a piece on Science Daily about how women often misdiagnose themselves as having a yeast infection, when it's really something else, like bacterial vaginosis or Trichomonas vaginalis. Well, who knew, but there's now a drugstore test, akin to a home pregnancy test, but instead of peeing on…
In today's Telegraph, Frances Wilson writes about bad girls, sad girls and good girls. "Because you can't throw a crisp packet these days without hitting a tabloid picture of a talented and beautiful coke-snorting, car-crashing, prison-breaking, rehab-refusing woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown." Wilson declares…
