Street harassment, or why big-city women are so cold
The catcall: time-honored tradition of bored and overconfident men, major annoyance of tired and nervous women. Ladies, if you live in a city where you don’t spend all your time outside actually locked in your car, you’re going to get spoken to, even if you’re [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Taking it to the Streets
Posted in Talking to Strangers on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Adventures in mindfucking
Posted in Boys and Girls, Mindfuckers on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now that the birthday celebratory craziness is past, I can return to the normal routine and get back to the blogging. A married friend of mine told me he’s “starved for dating advice” (har har), so today I’ll pass along a story I heard from psuacoustician:
Good friend of mine had been dating a Boy [...]
And now, your moment of zen
Posted in Boys and Girls, lolcats, wat u doin 2nite?!!! on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No long post today, as it’s my birthday and I’m lazy. But here’s something to bring home the Dating and Technology series.
Don’t break up with your cat with a text message!
Dating and Technology: Part Enough Already
Posted in Boys and Girls, wat u doin 2nite?!!! on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s complicated.
Before, if you were in an on-again, off-again relationship, only you and your closest friends who saw you every day would know. Now, I have to know, even though I hated you in high school and we haven’t spoken in years.
Ah, social networking sites. Your relationship status, vacation photos, and favorite movie quotes are [...]
Technology and Dating: Part Four
Posted in Boys and Girls, wat u doin 2nite?!!! on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Give those fingers a rest.
I’m actually talking about text messaging. Jeez.
Anyway, like grammar being important when e-mailing, conducting relationship business over the phone will also be obsolete in three years. Seriously, those high school kids maintain relationships entirely via text message. Does my saying that make me sound old?
Then again, I came [...]
Technology and Dating: Part Three
Posted in Boys and Girls, Yenta Power!, wat u doin 2nite?!!! on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The art of asking someone out by e-mail
Either your personal yenta worked her magic and got you the e-mail address of, she swears, your soulmate, or you met someone and later procured their e-mail address through nefarious means. Though some people believe that asking someone out by e-mail is impersonal and cowardly, I disagree [...]
Technology and Dating: Part Two
Posted in Boys and Girls, wat u doin 2nite?!!! on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, uh, you will call me, right?
The cell phone. How did we live without it for so long? How did we get help when our cars broke down? How could we fake emergency phone calls to escape from bad dates? Clearly, life began with the Zach Morris phone.
People expect us to [...]
Technology and Dating: Part One
Posted in Boys and Girls, wat u doin 2nite?!!! on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whoever said technology makes our lives easier was kidding themselves.
In this multi-part series, I’ll discuss how modern communication technology makes dating both simpler and more complicated. “Wait,” you say. “Simpler and more complicated? It can’t just be one or the other?” You thought I’d set out everything for you in nice, concrete terms, eh? Ha! [...]
Capitalizing upon every woman’s inner yenta
Posted in Yenta Power! on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A great way to meet people is through other people. Much like asking a friend about a job opening at their company, getting inside information about a potential date is key. Women in particular enjoy helping friends out in this regard. We don’t find it intrusive or strange if you ask us for the phone [...]
The Rules Redux
Posted in Boys and Girls on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Am I a feminist? Sure. My goal in life is not to just push out some babies and greet my husband at the door at 5:30 with his slippers and a martini. But I also like being a woman: wearing skirts, shopping, and engaging in heated conversations about Project Runway (though I know [...]
