I received a text from a friend yesterday, indicating that after several grueling years of dating her boyfriend, he has officially indicated that he wants to commit to her. I say grueling because he’d talk about marrying her one day then break up with her the next. He’d admit that he loved her, and then […]

I am enamored with the medieval code of chivalry. I love the idea of knights, castles, and battling for a woman’s affection. The gowns, the corsets, the Lancelots… Then I shake myself from my reverie and realize that women were often treated like property in those days—like horses, and sometimes at a much lower value […]