Single women on a new trajectory
Salon’s Rebecca Traister offers her perspective on the recent spate of memoirs by single women in their 20s and 30s. Most interestingly, she writes: “Men, dating and heartbreak float in and out of these stories. But they are not the narrative force. These are books about chicks, but worlds away from assumptions about the chick-lit [...]
Sex with the married man
In the wake of the most recent cheating scandal, the one involving America’s Sweetheart Sandra Bullock and her (insert expletive here) husband, Salon addressed the subject a lot of us are thinking about. Writer Aaron Traister asked: Why do cheaters even bother to get married? I mean, really. Why don’t they do the sane thing and [...]
Is having a miscarriage a crime?
As if miscarriage isn’t painful enough, Salon‘s Mary Elizabeth Williams reports that it could become a punishable offense in Utah: “Utah still grants that there’s “no cause of action for criminal homicide for the death of an unborn child caused by an abortion” (yes, in Utah, abortion = “death of an unborn child”) but would [...]
The book that has some women hopping mad
Salon interviewed Lori Gottlieb, the author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. According to the article by Sarah Hepola: As in the 2008 Atlantic essay that started it all, Gottlieb’s depiction of single womanhood can be practically monstrous, a misery parade of boring happy hours and appointments with the bikini [...]
Let’s say no to violence against women
An article in Salon about girls suffering genital mutilation set my hair on fire. (Genital mutilation is a euphemism for several grisly procedures, often performed with unsterile instruments and without anesthesia.) Turns out, female genital mutilation — or FGM –doesn’t just happen in other countries. It’s happening here. In the United States. The Salon piece, [...]
The five most sexist iPhone apps
Technology keeps getting better and cheaper, but some humans absolutely refuse to evolve. Salon‘s Jessica Roy lists the saddest and most sexist iPhone apps. Read all about ‘em here. (And if the guy you’re dating uses any, he’s an ape. Dump him.)
Love and the control-top undergarment
Women love the bump-smoothing properties of control-top underwear. A post-pregnancy Gwyneth Paltrow once copped to wearing them. I don’t think Kathie Lee Gifford even leaves the house unless she’s strapped into a pair. But I always wondered what happens if a woman attracts the attention of some tall, dark, handsome man while sporting an artificially [...]
Meryl, Meryl, Meryl!
Salon‘s Kerry Lauerman talked to Meryl Streep “about channeling Julia Child, anti-Hillary sentiment — and the problem with male bloggers.” Lots of great stuff crammed into a 10-minute interview. Check it out here. I, for one, can’t wait to see Streep’s new movie, which opens today. Julie and Julia chronicles the experiences of cook Julia Child , as well [...]
