From the Editor
The Easy Bake Oven - What’s so special about a hunk of blue plastic with a lightbulb?
On my 40th birthday, my husband loaded me up with presents. It was his attempt at taking the sting out of the occasion. One of the gifts came in 14K gold. That was very nice. But there was one irresistible pink-and-white-striped package topped with a huge cotton-candy-colored bow that caught my eye.
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Marty Moss-Coane…Philadelphia’s Ultimate Interviewer
For those who venture to the extreme left of their FM radio dial, the voices of Terry Gross, Ira Glass, and Car Talk’s Click and Clack are as comfortable and familiar as a well-worn flannel robe.
But there’s one other genial voice on WHYY radio. A balanced, intelligent voice - one might even call it the voice of reason ...

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So you’re looking for something to give your sex life a shot in the arm? How about a shot in the spot that gets the party started?
The varied fields of plastic surgery are growing by leaps and bounds, with one segment in particular that is booming - vaginal rejuvenation and augmentation - technologies that promise to enhance bedtime frolicking.

Have I gotten your attention yet?
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How Women Display and Deal With Anger

Oppositional kids? Insensitive husbands? Unreasonable bosses? Who doesn’t have a reason to be angry? But if you’re like most women, it’s hard to be comfortable with feelings you’ve been told (since childhood!) just aren’t “nice.”

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Boomer Humor
I remember my mother saying to my grandmother when I was young and acting up, “The squeaky wheel gets the oil." Then she would hand me a cookie or a slap, whichever she felt was appropriate.
I hadn’t understood what she meant back then. I wasn’t a wheel. I shouted, cried, laughed, and occasionally talked back but I didn’t squeak.
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