Author Archive: Laura Busheikin
Laura Busheikin is a writer, wife, women's rights activist and mom. She lives with her lovely family on Denman Island off the West Coast of beautiful British Columbia
The Woman's Room – Boys Need to Be Boys
My son is upstairs killing zombies. And I’m OK with that. But many Moms wouldn’t be. I remember an incident back when my son was about eight. He was part of a group of boys playing a shoot ’em up game among the trees near the playground. I watched as another mother pulled her boy [...]
The Woman’s Room – Boys Need to Be Boys
My son is upstairs killing zombies. And I’m OK with that. But many Moms wouldn’t be. I remember an incident back when my son was about eight. He was part of a group of boys playing a shoot ’em up game among the trees near the playground. I watched as another mother pulled her boy [...]
The Woman’s Room – Unassuming is Sexy for Women
Valentine’s Day is coming, the sap is rising in the trees, and a woman’s thoughts turn to sex. Or maybe they don’t – what can we do about that? Aphrodisiacs have been around since time immemorial and have included snake blood, animal organs, leeches and mandrake tea. The efficacy of these potions has never been [...]
The Woman’s Room – PMS is Code for “Don’t Touch My Junk”
PMS is Mother Nature’s way of saying, “Don’t touch my junk.” Or so says a doctor friend of mine. It all comes down to that most primal of evolutionary drives: perpetuate the species. I asked this friend what the evolutionary purpose of PMS could possibly be. Here is her theory: an egg is most likely [...]
The Woman’s Room – Electronics for Every Woman
Editor’s Note: As we kick off Black Friday and people all over North America flood stores to begin their holiday shopping, women’s issues columnist Laura Busheikin takes a moment to poke more than a bit of fun at consumerism today. Here she is: This very intriguing document was leaked to me by a colleague at [...]
The Woman's Room – Every Woman Needs Her Own Ruby Slippers
Imagine having only six items of clothing. For a whole month. Last June, a group of about 100 people, mostly women, voluntarily tried this out, as part of a social experiment called Six Items or Less. Their experiences, recorded on the project’s web-site, are fascinating – the biggest surprise being that other people, including husbands [...]
Love or Hate The Curse – My Menstrual Manifesto
I like having periods. There – that’s it: my menstrual manifesto. So why is this fairly boring personal statement a manifesto? The first clue is that I can’t seem to find many women who feel the same way. An on-line thread entitled, “Would you stop menstruating if you could?”, initiated by the Museum of Menstruation, [...]
