About a couple of weeks ago, my husband and I hosted a party at our home. A mutual friend we hadn’t met in a while, walked in and hugged us both, wished us well on our recent wedding and then cheerfully asked me, “So G, are you pregnant?” while making eyes at my burgeoning belly.
I laughed it off because she’s a sweet girl and I know she didn’t mean any offence. To be fair, she …


Do you know what feminism is? Because I certainly don’t. I thought I did. But then I read these articles by women who claim to be ‘sex experts’ and write columns for ‘sex magazines’ and who also claim to be ‘women of the 21st century’ who are ‘empowered’ and I just think their articles are especially ‘shitty’ just because they make all these ridiculous claims!
Fucking ridiculous. That’s what I think. I think these are bored …

I will turn 30 years old this year. I think I’m a lot more mature than I used to be, say, ten years ago. I like to think in my thirty years as a woman I have learned a few things. Made mistakes, of course, but learned from them too. I’ve learned how to make friends. I’ve learnt how to keep friends. And I have some really good ones. Imagine my surprise when I discover …

I’m told it’s rude to ask a person why he or she has kids. Why then is it okay for a person to ask me why I DON’T have kids?
It is difficult for a woman to stand up and say that she doesn’t want to have children. (Trust me, I speak from experience.) It is even more difficult for a woman to stand up and say that she is married and doesn’t want to have …

I watched something on TV recently that really bothered me. There was this young girl, about fourteen or fifteen years old, who came home late one night and she was worried she might get into trouble because it was way past her deadline and her father was “one of those extremely paranoid single parents.” But she used the key under the pot just outside the main door and let herself in as silently as she …

That’s what Betty Dodson calls Masturbation. She’s 91 and still passionate about teaching sex to women. She found what she calls “Pussy Pride” when she was around 35 years old (!!) and ever since she’s wanted all women to have it.
No wonder women loved her. I grew up with this irrational fear/shame/guilt about masturbation. I even believed for a long time that I would never have sex because no man would ever want to see …

The G-Shot. A G-Spot amplification shot. Believe it or not, it’s been around since 2001!!!
First things first. Ernst Gräfenberg was a Jewish gynaecologist who used to work in a hospital in Berlin. In 1940 he moved to New York City and set up his own practice. In 1950, Gräfenberg identified the location in the vagina between the back of the pubic bone and near the cervix as an area with erotic potential. We know, or …

Scene: A group of about 2 boys and 3 girls hanging out at a coffee shop.
One of the Young Girls: (Giggling) Oh god, it was so funny, you had to see his face.
New Boy: (Just joining the group) What’re you guys talking about?
The Young Girl: (Still giggling) Melanie* told Aqeel* she was sperminated. (Giggling some more)And he totally bought it! (Laughing) I can’t believe he flipped out the way he did. (Laughing loudly) …

I was fourteen. My best friend and I had been snooping in her brother’s bedroom for some change to go buy ice-lollies – it was the start of a really hot summer and we were broke already. It was the bedroom of a typical teenage boy in the-90s-India. There were posters of Pamela Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth (Baywatch) on his walls, alongside one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
But where we expected to find some …

HAHAHAHAHA! I’m sorry, it cracks me up every time I read/say/write it. It’s the tagline of one of the millions of matrimonial sites on the World Wide Web.
Another one promises a ‘match made in heaven’.
Well, I don’t know what the system is for spouse-hunting up in heaven, but where I come from, you will find many fans of the ‘arranged marriage’ system. I know my family is a great believer in the arranged marriage system. …