Stories by Vanessa Richmond
Tyee Contributing Editor Vanessa Richmond writes the Schlock and Awe column about popular culture and the media. She is also the former managing editor of the Tyee.
Digitally-enabled mating culture has opened up the mate-finding process while also generating a whole new set of dating anxieties.
Posted on Nov 7, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The first couple's imperfect union helps shed light on the reality of marriage.
Posted on Oct 31, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The master lineup of iconic shows that shaped our pop-culture landscape.
Posted on Oct 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Serial TV is the best way to get a mini-escape into another land, another life, another person’s head -- here are four shows that will help you understand where the country is.
Posted on Oct 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Hallow'green is freakier than scarily packaged costumes.
Posted on Oct 15, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Why TV is ground zero for understanding American culture -- the 9 best shows on air that you should be watching.
Posted on Oct 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet
What does it say when aging superstar models keep trying to emulate their far younger "sisters?"
Posted on Oct 8, 2009, Source: The Tyee
By and large, women do far more housework than men and are better at it. It's creating a dirty situation.
Posted on Sep 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet
'The most taboo term in the English language'. What's its power?
Posted on Sep 3, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Many women who invested in big busts are in deflationary mode.
Posted on Aug 22, 2009, Source: The Tyee
He's an outlaw. He can be cruel. And surprisingly, his part is written by women.
Posted on Aug 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet
People who don't have kids have more sex, more career success and a far smaller environment footprint than people who do.
Posted on Aug 7, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Fashion glossies are about making their readers feel bad. Are women tired of their prettier-than-thou bullying?
Posted on Jul 29, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Is there a fairer way to compensate surrogate mothers? Too often, surrogacy is about a wealthy couple hiring poor a woman to breed for them.
Posted on Jul 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The carbon emissions of Bono's band's world tour are equivalent to the waste created by 6,500 average British or Irish people in an entire year.
Posted on Jul 17, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Famous in analog. Mourned in digital. In death the King of Pop inspired the greatest online eulogy in human history.
Posted on Jul 13, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Marriage was designed way back when life expectancy was a couple of decades. Now that we live so much longer, does it make any sense?
Posted on Jul 10, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Our current interest in children and parenting is neither normal nor historical. Nor is it very healthy for kids, parents and society at large.
Posted on Jun 29, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Naomi Wolf thinks so. But what would she be without the boobs and lips?
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, Source: The Tyee
What is it with those men on cusp of middle age who see their masculine identity threatened by the act of fathering a child?
Posted on Apr 27, 2009, Source: The Tyee
If men's biological clocks tick just as loudly as women's, does it mean we're closer to equality?
Posted on Apr 11, 2009, Source: The Tyee
In these tough times, people are choosing fantasy, love and sex over reality.
Posted on Feb 23, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Only if you have a litter, and happen to be poor and unfamous.
Posted on Feb 13, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Current research seems to consider men's arousal to be straightforward, while women's is presented as weird and abnormal.
Posted on Feb 3, 2009, Source: The Tyee
Politics is hotter than porn, pretending to be dead is a good career move, and more.
Posted on Dec 23, 2008, Source: The Tyee
The average U.S. wedding costs $30,000 -- in today's economic climate, eloping is looking better and better.
Posted on Dec 19, 2008, Source: The Tyee
Softening up, going down, losing firmness -- it seems sex and the economy have more in common than language.
Posted on Oct 30, 2008, Source: The Tyee
The word "desperation" has disappeared from the definition of "cougar"; words like smart, successful and funny have taken its place.
Posted on Oct 10, 2008, Source: The Tyee
Many parents are consumed by an ever-increasing list of things they should be but aren't buying for their kids.
Posted on Sep 6, 2008, Source: The Tyee
Brangelina is in the business of making us look. Does evolutionary psychology explain why it's impossible to look away?
Posted on Jul 22, 2008, Source: The Tyee
There was little media introspection about Heath Ledger's overdose, while Amy Winehouse receives daily scrutiny for her drug habits. What gives?
Posted on Jul 5, 2008, Source: The Tyee
A growing breed of young women are claiming the nerd label for themselves, challenging the notion of what a geek should look like.
Posted on Jun 21, 2008, Source: The Tyee
Fame and fortune is flowing faster and faster to kids of the famous fortunate.
Posted on Jun 17, 2008, Source: The Tyee
Not much.
Posted on May 31, 2008, Source: The Tyee
The idea that liberated women don't prepare food -- because they are too busy having sex and building their careers -- is just plain wrong.
Posted on Feb 19, 2008, Source: The Tyee
A writer's life can seem as glamorous as Paris Hilton's, but for most, the reality is far from it.
Posted on Jul 19, 2007, Source: The Tyee
What does it mean that so many girls want to be celebrity stylists?
Posted on Oct 12, 2005, Source: The Tyee
