You Will Never Find A Husband In New York @1:00 PM
Are ladies leaving New York because the city's men refuse to settle down? That's the premise of this piece in the Post, which posits that the paucity of paramours prepared to propose perplexes and perturbs their presumptive partners, prompting them to pack it in for more promising provinces. READ MORE 78
Male Birth Control Pill Will Ruin Your Chances Of "Accidental" Pregnancy @11:30 AM
Ladies, before you get all excited about the idea of a male birth control pill, think about this: How are you going to trick your man into knocking you up with the baby that defines you as a woman? Do you really want to be some childless HAG? Because all you're good for is babymaking, you know, and if you can no longer get a man loaded and then "forget" your contraception you will probably die alone. And no, cats don't count. 31
Happy 36th Anniversary of Patty Hearst's Abduction @1:40 PM
Yes. It is that sacred day. May I point out that Ms. Hearst's memoir, Every Secret Thing, is an absolutely excellent read. Really terrific. Me and John Waters will be all snuggled up, rereading it tonight. Not together, sad to say. [Warning: Memoir is written by a woman, is in the first person and includes details about her sex life.] 18
Letters to the Editors of Women's Magazines, with Edith Zimmerman @3:20 PM
Keep It Real, Taylor!
The jeans issue with Taylor Swift caught my eye ["Bombshell in Blue Jeans," August 2009]. I was so inspired when she talked about the challenges she overcame to get where she is today; it convinced me that my dreams aren't worth giving up on.
Samantha G., Sarasota, FL (Glamour, October 2009)
Do you guys dream in color? Me, I dream in silent black-and-white squigglies, but they make me laugh. Dreams-where do they come from? I guess that's one question we'll never know the answer to. Not until we can invent tiny cameras that go in our heads.
Kristy J., Atlanta READ MORE 30
White Women: The New Acceptable Victims @10:53 AM
Congratulations, white women: You've been promoted! Specifically, New York Post scold Andrea Peyser has declared you to be the last group that one may freely stereotype to get a cheap laugh." You replace the following previously privileged groups who, taking umbrage at the kind of ethnic and cultural mockery that was for so long directed at society's poorest and least established members, also declared themselves to be the "last" safe target for humor: white males, evangelical Christians, inept (white) fathers, gun owners, investment bankers, neoconservatives, and a whole host of other associations whose default response to any satire directed their way is the knee-jerk whimper, "Try saying that about black people and see how much trouble you get into." (Indeed.) I guess it means you've arrived! Enjoy it while you can, though: If history is any guide you will only get a week before some other aggrieved party claims the mantle. 4
