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Jane Pratt, founder of xoJane.

xoJane cranks up the blog dial

The founder of the women’s website ?notorious for its lurid headlines and confessional writing finds licking eyeballs part of a good days’ work.

‘Ageing gracefully is a lost concept for us’

‘Ageing gracefully is a lost concept for us’

As many as 10-million women worldwide have risked having the operation. <b>Kira Cochrane</b> asks why.

Living a lie for the American dream

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas kept a secret that could have meant his deportation from the United States.

Gay girls in the web of hoaxes

Sexual kicks do not seem to be the reason two men posted as lesbians online.

Bunny tales, rabbit droppings and life in the Playboy mansion

Playboy is about to open a new club in London aimed at men ‘with money and taste’. But can Hugh Hefner’s brand regain the glamorous sheen it once had?

More people make a clean break

It might be worth us all occasionally missing a shower or two, then, so long as we don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Lady

Lady, tramp, feminist icon

Is Lady Gaga an important feminist, a force for good? Or is she simply a canny performance artist? <b>Kira Cochrane</b> enters the debate.

Filling in the gaps

Filling in the gaps

<b>Barbara Kingsolver</b>, winner of the Orange prize for fiction, talks about communism, Frida Kahlo and hate mail she received after 9/11.

Can you make a feminist exploitation flick?

Exploitation movies have been variously described as trashy, improbable and flat-out fun — but feminist? Not often.

Going the whole hog

The Bacon Explosion is one of the most popular recipes on the web. So what is the appeal of this artery-clogging invention? Kira Cochrane reports.