I’ve complained about it since college. Nary a semester passes when I don’t talk about it with my classes, when I don’t get all read in the face and start stammering with righteousness. It’s naked women. On the covers of magazines. On television, humping the floor in music videos. Naked women pretty much everywhere. Naked [...]
Oprah, my favorite talk-show prophet, has called it the most important room in the house. The master bedroom, she insists, needs to be an oasis more than just a place to sleep. And it should never have a TV. Any rap star on MTV’s Cribs presents his bedroom like its Downton Abbey. He opens [...]
Yesterday, SuperWoman had the misfortune to wake up with a stomach bug. It seems Valentine’s Day gave her a virus. And it had nothing to do with love. Yes, even superheroes get sick. Superwoman spent 36 hours in bed, with brief bouts in the bathroom, hugging the toilet bowl, worrying about germs the menfolk may [...]
Part One: The Imagination It was going to be hard, but it wasn’t going to be that hard. There were women who had orgasms. Orgasmic labor. Okay, maybe I wouldn’t have an orgasm. But it would be quick. A couple of hours at most, maybe an orgasm or two, and then my beautiful, wailing baby [...]