Make flirting work for you How often I hear women lament that their husbands can’t seem to go anywhere without flirting with women. Early on, they accepted this behaviour as part of their men’s ebullient personalities, and often their … Read More
Whether we call it orientation, sexual preference (which assumes we have choice), or perversion (which assumes we have judgments), the topic of whom we love can cause great emotional turmoil. The following is a distillation of a common question. Dear … Read More
Coming out is a process as individual as fingerprints. Though there are surely commonalities in the experience, the process of coming to terms with one’s atypical orientation is dependent upon myriad determinants: Have you always known? Were you aware but … Read More
May’s newsletter column dealt with Canada’s Supreme Court ruling that prohibiting same-sex marriages contravened our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Although I try to address different subjects each month, I believe this issue warrants further discussion. The new ruling has … Read More
If you are getting a bit thin on top and get a prescription from your doctor for Propecia, you can expect positive hair-growing results, except that where one person may notice no side effects, you may lose pretty much all … Read More
The Internet has been all abuzz the past week or so with reaction to an article penned by Mother Jones’s reporter Mac McLellan about how she finally found some relief from her job-related PTSD. It seems Mac had been covering … Read More
I love to go to garage sales. Where else can I meet twenty new people surrounded by their belongings and get to bring home those items I like best for pennies on the dollar? I was recently at one of … Read More
The inspiration for this Hot Topic comes from Moving Violations by communications analyst Deborah Tannen which haunted me and peppered my social conversations for days after I read it. Tannen’s article is about women’s common experience of being groped by … Read More
In an effort to stay current and informed, I attend a number of conferences each year, some better than others. I recently returned from one in Seattle that left me thinking long after the handouts and business cards had been … Read More
“I Cannot Breed in Captivity” ~ Gloria Steinem At the beginning of May, the British Columbia Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling by an appeals court regarding same sex marriage restrictions. The unanimous decision echoes those of the Supreme Courts … Read More →