The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is baffling. What are we supposed to do on this day? Do wife beaters and abusers take the day off…
- Lately, my Facebook feed has been filled with ads for the Embr Wave, a personal temperature control device. This wrist-worn high-tech doohickey senses skin temperature and emits warming or cooling…
I was in the midst of a nervous breakdown last month when I typed “signs of a nervous breakdown” into the Google search box. I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression…
Not everyone gets the appeal of the food/sex combo. At an outdoor BBQ, I was watching the neighbors play yard games when another observer asked me, “Do you play cornhole?”…
I was trying to write an online dating profile. I stared at pictures of different men in their various fitness poses: straddling bikes, standing – arms outstretched on mountain tops,…
Hey, guy in the Bobby Wagner jersey, yelling at the refs for calling an obvious penalty in between sips from your Bud Light. Yes, you, who chuckled at my observations…
I was ready. Well, I was certainly ready to try, anyway. It had been 22 months of celibacy, 5 months of therapy, and 11 months of taking antidepressants. I was…
According to researchers, scents have a powerful effect on the libido. Years ago, the scent of a woman was apt to be roses, lilacs, lilies, or lavender. These days, it…
An online “article” categorized my specific belly shape as “Mom Bod.” Unfortunately, the phrase Mom Bod doesn’t share the same endearing ring as Dad Bod (not fair). But don’t worry…
In 1987 I was determined to visit Norway. Not because I learned about it in school, but because I saw it on The Love Boat, a TV show that served…
I’m not a big fan of horror movies, especially these days when just reading my Twitter feed feels like I’ve wandered into the foggy woods with an axe-wielding serial killer…
As a transgender woman who has spent a lot of time and money getting things put in my breasts, it seems quite incongruous that something extra should have arrived there…
A recent ad dared to show – are you sitting down? – red fluid (not blue!) on one of their maxi-pads! Who bleeds blue, anyway? Women in area 51? The…
I don’t know about you, but whenever I see someone open-carrying a weapon, I leave that spot immediately. I don’t care if it’s my favorite grocery store, the movie theater,…
- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Next to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. One in eight women will develop invasive breast…
There was a time in my life when being shaken awake at 3:00 am likely held a promise of some sort of fun shenanigans. But since having kids, more often…
