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Reinvention Culture is Killing Me
I am feeling very inadequate. In the past year I finished a novel I have been working on for five years, began a new novel, contributed essays to two upcoming anthologies, and jettisoned some very...
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Powerful Sexual Female Role Models of a “Certain Age”
Growing up in the rural South in the ‘50s and ‘60s I didn’t get much education about sex, but I understood that my ‘sex’ was to be safely guarded until the right man came along. There was June...
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The Space Between Love and Fear
What is it that we find so charming about the adventures of those much older than ourselves? What is it that is so endearing about films, like Cocoon, in which groups of “elderly” men and women (it...
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Amy Schumer’s Brilliant Take on Sexism and “Women of a Certain Age”
We can sit around all day talking about feminism, sexism and biases against women in our society, especially when it comes to “women of a certain age.” There’s always plenty of fodder — Hillary Clinton...
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“Grace and Frankie”: Helping Me Cope with Those Moments of Life-Shifting Change
Image via Netflix/Melissa Moseley I’m leaving a space I love, a space that feels so ‘right’ for me. It feels like I’m losing my identity. I am watching the new show Grace and Frankie on Netflix, a...
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“Lay, Lady, Lay”: Sex and The Pill in The Seventies
The take-home message was clear in the 1970s: if you wanted to compete, to stay in school, pursue a career, or get a great education, you would have to meet men at the table on equal footing....
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The Science of Kissing
Happy National Kissing Day!! We’ve been admirers of Sheril Kirshenbaum for a long time. For National Kissing Day, it’s only natural to spend a little time with her work on the science of kissing! Image...
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Magic Mike XXL: Male Strippers, Women’s Fantasies and Why We Should Stop...
Don’t the Magic Mike films objectify men? Well, yes. And I enjoy that. But they get far better treatment than most female characters in standard Hollywood films. Finally, those lovely hunky hunks of...
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Let’s Celebrate the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality, But Let’s...
Here’s a quick look back at some of the most significant moments in our country’s long and turbulent history with gay rights: With the 2016 presidential race starting to gear up, many candidates are...
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I’m a Feminist and I Read Erotica
Erotica empowers women by allowing us to explore our fantasies without the risk. That doesn’t mean we’re no longer feminists. Heavy sighs. Deep moans. Twenty-seven different ways to say penis without...
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Campaigns to Save the “Boobies” and “Tatas” Do Women No Favors
I don’t believe that anyone has been maliciously stewing over the thought of saving “boobies” over lives when supporting breast cancer awareness. But these campaigns are not showing acceptance and...
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That “Little Pink Pill” Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Maybe it’s not women behind the push for a Viagra of their own. Here is what Viagra does: it allows a man to get an erection so that he can have intercourse with a woman when his body isn’t...
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Ashley Madison vs. Jared Fogle: Rape, Sex and Hacking in America
We should be asking ourselves why so many consider adultery—which is not a crime—to be similar to a crime such as rape? Why are we so concerned about the actions, online or off, of our neighbors? Do...
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The Eyes Have It!
Be careful how you answer a question like this! Ilene Haddad is a graphic designer, blogger and founder of BlogathonATX, for which she received the Anne Durrum Robinson Creative Initiative Award. Her...
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Maybe It Wasn’t Rape: Emerging Matriarchy and the Altering of Women’s Past...
So, with a very serious and straight face, I’m going to say that, yes, the times were indeed different—regardless of what goes on between men and young women (we are not talking girls in the sense of...
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