When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.

A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.

The Feminist Me says that a woman's right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps.

I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.

I just have a real problem with people who seek to portray fatness or thinness as moral concepts.

And call me a pig, but isn't it brilliantly refreshing how early the Dutch eat dinner? When they're still laying out the cutlery in achingly hip Barcelona, they're hanging the Closed sign on the restaurant doors of old Amsterdam.

The latest twist on the pampering concept is spa parties, where a group of friends take over an entire spa.