It’s poetry in motion and now she’s making love to me. The spheres are in commotion, The elements in harmony. She blinded me with science! —Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me With Science,” 1982 It was one of those headlines that automatically gets a Drudge link: “Wealthy men give women more orgasms,” the Times of London declared Sunday. Before we launch our … [Read More]

. . . That’s when she told me a story About free milk and a cow. She said, ‘No hug-ee, no kiss-ee, Until I get a wedding vow.’ —“Keep Your Hands to Yourself,” The Georgia Satellites, 1986 Laura Gallier, who runs a Texas-based abstinence education program, was dumbfounded by the news that bidding in the online auction of a California woman’s … [Read More]

Just in case you hadn’t noticed, ladies, you are being oppressed, exploited, abused, beaten, enslaved, murdered and raped. This evil is being perpetrated by the patriarchy, and Barack Obama is part of it. Oh, also Dolce & Gabbana, Levis, Wrangler, Jimmy Choo, BMW, Corona beer, and Captain Morgan rum. This is the message of a remarkable video produced by the Gabriela … [Read More]

She calls herself “Melissa Beech,” and if we take her thumbnail biography at face value, she’s a college senior, living in Philadelphia—and living in lavish style, thanks to her wealthy boyfriend. A successful media professional, he pays her rent, showers her with gifts, and takes her on expensive vacations. This “mutually beneficial arrangement” costs her beau something like $5,000 a month … [Read More]