Sex Appeal

Susan Boyle's Success is Not In Spite of Her Looks

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment


Jacob Dickerman

Susan Boyle does not succeed in spite of her looks, as the Hollywood story we all want to make her out of would suggest, but because of them.

Sex Appeal Takes Years to Master

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style


Vicky Ward

There's a celebration going on among all of us over 35. Our dirty little secret is finally out: it's way hotter to be older and wiser than taut, 20 and clueless.

Love Your Body Day

Caroline Heldman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living


Caroline Heldman

In my experience in college settings, many young women celebrate their object status as a form of empowerment, through bare midriffs, killer cleavage and clothing that screams, "I am a sex object and proud of it!"

Backwards, in High Heels

Susan Brison | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Susan Brison

Don't be fooled: we've seen before that the first women to be let into bastions of male power can serve to reinforce existing gender norms and make things even harder for those who'd follow.

Sex Appeal: Study Shows Women Choose Brains Over Brawn

ABC News | Ewen Callaway | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style


Lonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dum...