It’s been nearly a month since I read the article on Motherlode pitting parenting against passion. Allow me to clarify. Lisa Belkin was following up on “Fear of Flying” author Erica Jong’s recent ruminations on women and sex. Or lack of sex. Among younger women, younger mothers in particular, Ms. Jong notes an apparent lessened […]
What Makes a Woman Tick?
It’s only fair, right? Isn’t it time to examine my own side of the gender gap? So what makes a woman tick? Weird science Now why is it that when I set myself the task of elaborating on what makes a woman a woman, the first word that popped into my mind was biology. And […]
Where Do Women Stow Their Violent Selves?
Women feel rage, too. Do we turn it inward, and self-destruct?
Mad Men Quickie: Season 3 Episode 8
Quickie indeed. Just a hit-the-high-points Mad Men meditation on Episode 8, as January Jones turns up the heat… Don and Betty take a quick trip to Rome and enjoy plenty of flirtation and connubial bliss. It was good to bite into a nice slice of this pulchritudinous pair at play, and play they did! Bellissima […]
Promiscuity: The Perils of the “P” Word
I just saw it again – the “P” word. Promiscuity. And I saw it in an article written by a woman, referring to a period in her life when she was actively exploring her sexuality. I loathe the term “promiscuous;” it’s judgmental and gender-biased, implying engagement in indiscriminate sexual behavior with multiple people, and even […]
Mad Men’s Women: Drugged Debs, Bottles over Breasts
Disturbing, on oh-so-many levels. This week’s episode of Mad Men was an unsettling and somber look at the world of baby-birthing in the 60s, and long before. Setting aside all your opinions of the main character’s ambivalence about her place in society, her marriage, her family and her unborn child, it’s hard not to be […]
Fly, fly, fly on the Wall… Teeny Tiny, It’s a Ball…
Invisibility. It’s magical! No potions required. No electromagnetics. No green screen, no gizmos. I’ve mastered the art of invisibility! And it’s verrrrrry useful in life, as you become a fly on the wall, a speck of dust, or a passing whisper. When you need to be. Little people Technically, I don’t think I qualify as […]