The Missing Vulva
It hit me on a fairly ordinary Wednesday afternoon, when on a whim I decided to visit the Greek and Roman galleries of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art … that none of the forms showed the reality of female genitals.…
Restarting
I’m revamping the blog. I’m not sure how many of you are following me for the specific things I post, and how many of you landed here from my frequent posting in the forums, but I hope you’ll like the change.…
The Learning Myth
Researchers have known for some time that the brain is like a muscle; that the more you use it, the more it grows. They’ve found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing difficult tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones.…
I Don't Care If You Like It
This comfort with group assessment of femininity in turn reminds me of the ease with which women’s choices regarding their bodies, futures, health, sex, and family life are up for public evaluation. Women are labeled as good or bad, as moral or immoral, by major religions and “closely held corporations,” whose rights to allow those estimations to dictate their corporate obligations are upheld over the rights of the women themselves by high courts.…
In the Words of Caitlin Moran:
Quoted from her recent interview in Bust Magazine.…