MS. BLUE A few months ago I wrote this post concerning the fact that I’m often witness to or inadvertently drawn into awkward conversations about the ‘sad lives’ singletons lead. Despite the fact that more people are single than married in Canada, the US, Britain and beyond, in my experience the default assumption of most people is that everybody – particularly women – should be very interested in getting...


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MS. BLUE So the other day, my girls and I were dining at a fabulous local eatery. After a bit of small talk, playful banter and other tom foolery, the conversation turned to toward our second favourite subject (which is, as one would expect, very closely related to our first) - MEN. Of course, as we’re a mostly singleton set, we set about running through all the things we’d want in a prospective partner. All the clichéd desires came up first: A good sense of humour, intellect, kindness, honesty,...


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CHARLIE In January of this year,  a British MP from the Conservative Party proposed legislation that can only be described as a HUGE step backwards. Nadine Dorries put forward a bill that would require schools to teach girls BUT NOT BOYS the value of abstaining from sex. I was appalled by this but fortunately, for my sanity, the bill...


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COCO LA CRÈME, Sex Educator CoCo, Help! I’m a straight, 28 year old woman with gainful employment, awesome friends and a fun-loving attitude. While I’m not a Hollywood-style genetic marvel, I’ve been told I’m fairly attractive and I believe I’m at least averagely pretty. Given all this I cannot figure out why I have been single for… Nearly. Five. Years. It feels like I’m living under some sort of curse. Lately, I’ve been considering entering the online dating...


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MS. BLUE Elizabeth’s post yesterday really piqued my interest. Partly, because the idea of a link between increased breast cancer risk and diligent condom use is kinda scary (especially in light of this); but mainly because it got me thinking about...


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ELIZABETH ROSE Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. ― Spike Milligan Where to begin?  Some state condoms were first used by cavemen, illustrated in drawings on cave walls in France. Others point to ancient Egyptians as the inventors of the sheath, and more common is the awareness that the Romans were found of their use during the odd orgy. Condoms...


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SAM SHARPE After a night on the town there's nothing Skye and I enjoy more than heading to our favourite Chinese restaurant (Rol San baby!) and gorging ourselves. As is our habit, our most recent Rol San excursion yielded a conversation...


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