Over the last five decades, the percentage of couples who live together before marriage has increased by nearly 900 percent. If we think of a wedding as a coming-of-age ceremony, it merits the kind of pomp and circumstance that’s currently the norm. But a wedding isn’t a coming-of-age ceremony — at least for the vast majority of […]
Roseanne Connor is willing to threaten an entire class of elementary-school children, in public, for Mark’s sake, yet she voted for, and still defends, a politician who would invalidate Mark as a full American citizen. On Tuesday, March 27, the reboot of the ABC television sitcom Roseanne debuted to 18.2 million viewers. The original show (1988-1997) […]
Power and success are seen as masculine virtues, and women who possess one or both are penalized for essentially not staying in what’s perceived to be their lane. In yet more evidence that oppression is the business model and the entire economy is based on fuckery, a new study finds that being an academic superstar might actually hurt […]
I will have to tell him that there are people who don’t see him as human. It must feel weightless to be white. This thought occurs to me as I lean over to pour brown sugar into my coffee, next to a handsome white male undergrad also seeking out a burst of caffeine. He is […]
It seems ironic that the products claiming to combat shame around our sexuality are helping us hide it — and implying that we need to. On February 4, an email arrived in my inbox advertising Lorals, a pair of lingerie designed to be worn during oral sex. I was confused. Why would I want anything (besides a dental dam, perhaps) […]
There’s only one problem with paradise: it reminds you how unattainable it is. The excitement builds for weeks, with the kids coming in to our room each morning to ask, “Are we going to see Grammie and Granddad today?” Finally, we get up in the middle of the night, load the mini-van, curb-check the car […]
By learning to discount my feelings, I was learning to trust others more than I trusted myself. I’m standing in the kitchen stirring my coffee, contemplating the article I’m about to write – there’s a sinking feeling in my chest and a knot in my belly. My attention is drawn to my mouth; I can feel […]
Our boys deserve to know their bodies belong to them, and that they too have the right to say no. Singer Katy Perry made the news yesterday for planting a kiss on an American Idol contestant during an episode that aired during the two-part season premiere. It was the first kiss for contestant Benjamin Glaze, […]
