Sometimes it sucks to be a girl. . . . literally.

I hate advertising. I hate that hot women that don’t even get most of the jokes from “That 70s Show”are supposed to sell me clothing. I hate the pervy men (and women) that make these marketing/PR decisions.
This is a new ad for American Apparel:

Um, OK.
This is about cotton underwear, right?
Then why does this look like [...]

Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair Pics vs. Pictures of Underage Models: What’s the diff?

[Is this also a 'sick' or 'sexual' photo? I suppose it's what we make of it. You could see a loving father/daughter or incest. I, personally, see a picture of two beautiful people who happen to be related.]
The backlash against Miley’s pictures in Vanity Fair should have been timed with a stopwatch. The reaction would [...]

Paris Hilton is boring, and I’m not going to take it anymore. . . .

I used to frequent gossip sites. You know, those nasty, vituperative sites that catalogue absolutely everything that a celebrity, or quasi-celebrity, does, then mocks it? (For those of you who do not frequent, here is a sample.)
Now, I’m no stranger to judgment. It’s my favorite game. Especially when it comes to women.
Except that recently, I’ve [...]

To All the Men Out There - Why Women are Catty

It’s every man’s wet dream . . .
or maybe
This is actually more like it, with Lois from Malcolm in the Middle:

Women pulling each other’s hair out in a hissy fight. [...]

Go, Hilary, Go!

I really think Hilary Clinton would be a great president. Basically, she’s been training for this moment her entire life. She’s been involved in government, politics, or public service her entire adult life (and by adult here, I actually mean over the age of 29). When she was first lady, she traveled around the world [...]

Toning down the bee-atch . . .

There are days, too many if I’m honest, when I resemble this:

What I really want to be, if I’m honest, is this:

Sadly, it’s been becoming clear to me lately that neither one of these is a good option. Both the bitch and Barbie have bad endings in real life. One has a chronic problem with [...]

Women’s Health in China

There have been a spate of stories related to women’s health in China over the past few days. One of which, in the NY Times, focused on the increasing rate of abortion in unmarried women. Abortion practices in China are not conceptualized as they are here in the US. In a country that has a [...]

Why I Am Insecure

I - and almost all of the women I have ever met under the age of 50 - are incredibly insecure about themselves. For years I have struggled to understand the possible causes for this, including the reasons for my own insecurity about my looks. Since about the age of 13, when I started refusing [...]

Choices and Regrets: To Have or Not to Have Children

I’ll admit that this post doesn’t have much to do with Southeast Asia in particular, but has a more international aspect. Or, you might say, universal. This entry is going to be about life choices - the decisions that we make and live with, their effect on our own lives and those around us, and [...]