Happy Birthday, Pill
May, 2010
In the 50 years since its approval, the birth control pill has gone from revolutionary to passe. But we’d do well to remember its legacy
Chatelaine
Winning women
March, 2010
Whether they’re taking home more medals than our male athletes, or petitioning for equality, it’s our female Olympians who are the true heroes of the games
You go, girl
January, 2010
What we know for sure: As Oprah Winfrey, the queen of talk TV, abdicates her throne, she leaves us with a legacy of learning to live
Watching the kids
November, 2009
A (sort of) defence of Gossip Girl and any number of TV shows about perfectly blow-dried people who are 20 years younger than we are
Eat, love, pray it all works out
October, 2009
We want to feed our kids the right stuff the instant that pregnancy test comes back positive. Concern is good. But fixating on food is dangerous
Five slippery words
September, 2009
“It is what it is” may sound cool, but this loaded little phrase says a lot about our anger-averse culture
Tracking her tears
August, 2009
Few of us can understand or even imagine what it’s like to lose a child. So why do we judge how other women grieve?
Unfaithfully yours
July, 2009
You’ve sympathized with Elizabeth Edwards, tsk-tsked at Jon and Kate. But what’s the right way to deal with infidelity?
That fuzzy feeling
June, 2009
As the economy bottoms out we don’t just want to be surrounded by adorable stuff — we need to be