Women

So it titty and boobies — I had no idea I was swearing when I wrote the word boob in my title. Sharethrough headlines, the headline site that grades my headlines, said “While cursing might get me clicks, it won’t reflect well on my brand.” Normally, this headline site gives me between a 60 and 75…

All hail the heroic protestors in Iran — We’re in the third month of protests in Iran against the repressive regime that allows “morality police” to beat women to death for not fully covering their hair. As a Western woman living half way across the world, I’m in awe of the young women who are leading the protests. …

Design, fit, and engineering for individual variation are needed. — Lingerie goes through various trends, and right now the shaped and molded and underwired bras are ready to march themselves right out of the department stores. I wouldn’t want to be alone in the lingerie department after dark on an episode of The Twilight Zone when the lingerie all start…

Please stop comparing your trauma to mine — Three months ago, I sat in the living room beside my new housemate as we discussed trauma with the same faux-casual mix of ‘niceness’ and hostility with which we discussed everything. I told her, “my parents were pretty abusive.” She burst in, “my parents were abusive too, okay? My mom…