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) […]
You do not want your daughter to fear her natural self or any other self she chooses. You do not want your sons to closet and shame women. She wants to know if it hurts. Your daughter, on her way to 3, extends a finger, hesitant. “Is it a boo boo?” You are cuddled together on […]
Women in Hollywood are too often crutches propping up the status of their aging male leads. By now, you’re well aware that Renee Zellweger’s face, not the actor, has been making headlines. News feeds have been blowing up with speculation and ridicule over the Bridget Jones star’s supposed “new” face asking idiotic questions like, “Is That Really You, […]
It’s not that she got plastic surgery. It’s that she made it so obvious. I just Googled “Renée Zellweger.” “Is that really Renée Zellweger?” “Renée Zellweger: What has happened to her face?” “What HAS Renée Zellweger done to her face? Bridget actress looks utterly unrecognizable as she steps out with her boyfriend in L.A.” These […]
I question what message we, as women, have internalized when we spend thousands of dollars to alter our bodies for the sake of a selfie. My husband and I got engaged in the spring of my senior year in college. I was 23. Just days out from graduation, I defended my thesis on a Tuesday afternoon, came […]
