Yesterday, Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest GOOP newsletter appeared in my inbox. I glossed over it, like I usually do when the topic isn’t food, and noticed that she was providing discounts to GOOP readers. That’s me! I scrolled down to the first offer and voila—a pair of cute sporty looking shorts. This pair could be mine … Continue reading
I read this handy little list today over coffee: 7 Things Not To Share With Your Boyfriend. To my shock and awe, I came up very short. The TMI list included sharing: Your Bodily Functions Your Girlfriends’ Secrets Your Toothbrush Your Password Your Dislike For His Mother Your Insecurities Your Past…In Detail There must be … Continue reading
Apparently I needed another week of sleep. Well, sort of, I’ve been pretty darn busy, actually. In the meantime there’s been more depressing news for women over on Huffington Post. Last week I read a post about Erica Jong’s declaration that young women are over sex. And this week I read that women have become … Continue reading
Last night, over a late sushi dinner with hubby, I found myself seriously distracted from my spicy tuna handroll by the Miss USA pageant. It is a pet peeve of mine to be bombarded by flat screens in restaurants. But all the same, I had trouble ignoring the bikini clad Barbies with bouffant hair framing … Continue reading
I just read Bikini Ready, Who’s Judging? in the New York Times. It’s an excellent reminder of the pressures we women face, and so often put on ourselves, when it comes to physical perfection. It’s one to read and pass on to a woman you know. Do it. Pretty please. The piece looks at our … Continue reading
After reading Vibrators Carry the Conversation in The New York Times on Wednesday it would seem that our battery operated friends are now officially mainstream news. Yup, it’s true. It started with The Rabbit on SATC and now you can hoof on down to Walgreens and nag yourself a self-stimulator in a lavender box. Lucky … Continue reading
Check out this “My After Sex Buddy” commercial. It’s pretty entertaining even if the “men don’t cuddle” stereotype is a little hackneyed. The truth is, I’ve never been with a man who didn’t snuggle (or at least sleep tangled up) after sex, having grown up in the land of single mother reared, sensitive-new-age men. But … Continue reading
It was Lady Porn Day last Tuesday over at rabbitwrite.com and all week women have been sharing their relationships to porn. The basic manifesto of this day and week has been this: Girls aren’t encouraged to talk to each other about porn– the same way we aren’t encouraged to talk to each other about masturbation. … Continue reading
This week I’ve been following the buzz surrounding Davy Rothbart’s He’s Just Not That Into Anyone in NY Mag’s Porn issue. He also appeared on The Joy Behar Show this week to talk about the same issue, which is how watching too much Internet porn can decrease one’s appetite for the real thing and cause … Continue reading
My husband has suddenly developed a fixation with oral hygiene. And no, that’s not some kind of nasty sexual innuendo; it means simply that he’s unexpectedly entranced with teeth and gum health. The other day he purchased an electric toothbrush and water flosser on Amazon. And when they arrived on our doorstep an hour ago … Continue reading
Emily Southwood 