Bless you, Michael Noer, author of the journalistic gem “Don’t Marry Career Women” (originally removed from the Forbes website in an obvious mea culpa but then reposted with a female rebuttal), for saving my relationship. Here I was second-guessing my decision to quit my six-figure job, fretting and fussing over whether my darling boyfriend […]

“Keep your hips in! Tuck them under you!” my nineteen-year-old instructor calls out, motioning with both hands as the Long Island bay laps over his calves. I turn to look at him, the mop of blond hair, Billabong wetsuit outlining his reedy build and wraparound sunglasses reflecting sunlight directly in my eyes.
Bam! My balance […]

“Women, they just, they suck!”
I stare at the speaker, a tanned, well-built banker in his early thirties, attractive as much as there’s nothing physically wrong with him, his blue eyes void of self-reflection.
“Umm, not sure how I’m supposed to respond to that.” I try to keep my tone friendly; he’s an acquaintance, the kind […]

And they just keep on slithering into my Inbox:
From: Chris Pillow
To: opinionistas@gmail.com
Date: Jun 20, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: Congrats!
Congrats on being one of the most hated women on the internet! Your hatred of Maddox and Tucker Max is pointless. Both authors guide their work toward men, and the women who do read their work are […]

I’m at a table crowded with frozen margaritas and half-devoured fish tacos, and I’m relishing the perfect weather plus the company of two amazing women. We’re perched on stools, dangling our sandals from our toes as we toast new jobs, accomplishments, boundless futures. After a few mintes, we fall into the smooth banter of those […]

This woman said it far better than I could:
Melissa,
I just wanted to tell you that I completely agreed with your article in the Huffington Post. As a tomboy myself, a woman who loves sports and action movies more than chick flicks and chopped salad for dinner, I have always been able to befriend men […]

My anti-frat-lit diatribe has evolved into a piece for The Huffington Post, meaning it has to be a bit more polished and demure than a typical blog entry (I.E. I can’t use the phrase “daddy-fearing ass clown” quite as liberally). Stay tuned for a link once it’s published.
FURTHER UPDATE: Here’s the link.
AND THE […]

I hold Salon in high regard (translation: I read it religiously). However, today’s headline story (you may need to watch an ad and get the free day pass to read the whole thing - it’s painless) made me want to drive an unfolded paper clip through my cornea, and not in a good way. Alas, […]

Women check out other women. It’s one of the universal rules of femaledom, habitual in frequency, inherent in daily interaction, intrinsic to our Darwinian struggle to eliminate competition and nab all the hunter gatherers we can. Call it shallowness, vanity, instinct, or a product of our “beauty is God” culture, but it’s the truth. Every […]

So the “Times” wants to talk about women in law firms. It cites the very interesting statistic that, despite the fact that 50% of the associates in first-year classes at most firms are women, less than 17% of partners are female. Of that group of bright-eyed, eager young female first-years, more than half are gone […]