I feel like a scarlet woman without even trying. Just sit me, single, at a dinner party with a group of couples and you’ll feel the atmosphere shift. This doesn’t happen with my close friends, but with friends of friends. … Continue reading
Whatever happened to the sexual revolution? At its heart, the success of this book tells a very sorry tale of women’s sexuality in the 21st century. I was looking at a middle-aged woman clutching a copy in the supermarket the … Continue reading
My alter ego and alternative blog http://mrsrobinsonproblempage.wordpress.com/ was created when I saw that a colleague was following the Christian Grey fan page on Facebook. I, like a lot of WordPress bloggers, hated the 50 shades of grey book, not only because it … Continue reading
There are four apple trees drooping with fruit in my garden. The first to ripen produces eerily scarlet apples, almost fluorescent in the sunshine. Their juice is sweet-sharp, their form full bodied and rounded. The wasps are starting to gather … Continue reading
Ever since our girlhood, we women have been bombarded with “advice” on everything from hair removal, wrinkle reduction, losing weight and ‘finding the ideal man’/career/lifestyles/sex. This advice is often conflicting, and, I suspect, designed to keep us consuming the latest … Continue reading
Wow there’s a lot of rubbish on the inter web posing as relationship/dating advice for men. Here are some crackers with my commentary below, I have quoted verbatim, believe it or not! This could become a new pastime. 1. I … Continue reading
I wrote a version of this some time ago, when I was studying at The City Lit. in London. It went down well with my fellow students, who were all a bit left of Germaine Greer in terms of feminism. … Continue reading
This was a true story, some names have been changed. The locations are accurate. Rick was subsequently admitted to a secure mental unit, suffering from Schizoprehenia. He was charged with Actual Bodily Harm. Steve met another woman shortly after the … Continue reading
We had problems finding a hospital with a casualty department, but eventually the cab pulled up, told us not to worry about paying and I was seen straight away. I still couldn’t feel anything, but the bleeding wouldn’t stop. A … Continue reading
Please do not read while eating, feeling slightly nauseous or if you have a sensitive disposition. Hey, I’ll try most things once – except the immoral or illegal (that is, immoral or illegal according to my personal definitions) but some … Continue reading
Men will pause 