Girl Anachronism

Archive for the ‘Women’ Category

• “Sir, I will not take your name”

  Thursday, April 17th, 2008

  These days, I’m far more interested in reading personal blogs than food blogs, and one of the ones that I follow is written by Christine from Web-Goddess. Today she alerted me to the fact that SMH had another article about the rather controversial topic of surnames and matrimony, in a similar vein as the article [...]

• Another open letter to the men of my species:

  Sunday, April 6th, 2008

  Dear men,
  (Please insert a weary sigh here.)
  Before accusing a woman of being ’stuck up’ and ‘arrogant’, let me tell me a few reasons why she may not have laughed at your ‘line’ or joke:
  1. You’re not as witty/clever as you think you are
  2. You’re not very funny, or funny at all
  3. You tried to act [...]

• Just f*cking f*ck me, already

  Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

  I had this link sent to me today which amused to me to no end - one, because I agree wholeheartedly with everything the writer has written, and two, because it was passed onto me because it made the sender “think of me” - heh!
  I accept or deny nothing!
  Onto the article (warning, extremely adult content, [...]

• Nice guys finish last…or do they?

  Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

  I was having a conversation with someone last night when this topic came up - well, not directly, but by way of a comment about how this person was “sick of seeing bastards get laid”, while integrity and honesty sometimes left nice guys such as himself out in the cold.
  Is the statement necessarily true? When [...]

• My Beauty Myth

  Monday, November 20th, 2006

  No, not Naomi Wolf’s book (which I’m yet to read, shameful as that admission is), but my own ponderings on the subject. What’s brought this on? My recent trip to a day spa with a girlfriend. I went and had a pedicure and a full bikini wax, whilst she had a pedicure and a moisturising [...]