Lately, I’ve been rewatching some of the movies.  I still love them.  The Little Mermaid.  Pocahontas.  Aladdin.  Cinderella.

This is a rat’s nest of a topic. Yet I have some thoughts. I think cultural expectations surrounding body hair are really important.

Oh, it’s hard for me to even find a place to start. How about with the fact that, in the U.S., there are bi-gendered shoe categories.

A few weeks ago I had a conversation with my father about books. I was complaining about a book I was reading, Lisa Taddeo's Three Women.

Tell me. Why are both effeminate and emasculate used in this culture to insult men?

Why, oh why, is machinery overwhelmingly considered by our culture to be a masculine thing?

They are waxed boards you put under your feet in order to slide down a snowy hill. What could that possibly have to do with your sex organs?

I find booze to be one of the most bizarre items on the list of things people think they should relate to differently based on their gender.

Based on the available evidence, it seems that those who design clothing intended to be marketed to women think women live in doll houses.

Ah, “Roman Holiday,” the classic 1953 rom-com starring our beloved little miss Audrey Hepburn and our dear gentleman Gregory Peck.