Alice Robb

Bio

Alice just graduated from Oxford with a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology.

5 Ways Women Use Words Differently

Jezebel’s Katie Baker asked a good question on Friday: Why do women qualify so many of our opinions with the verbal tic, “I feel like”? As Baker rightly points out, preceding your thoughts with “I feel like” is one of the quickest ways to make…

Is This Wikipedia Women Authorship Initiative OK?

Is Wikipedia sexist? A staggering 87 percent of its contributors are men. This number resembles the gender gap we expect in traditional print media, but it presents more of a mystery; we can’t blame sexist editors or a misogynistic corporate board…

Is the Best Movie of the Summer a PSA?

Forget The Butler and Blue Jasmine — the best movie of the summer might just be a PSA. Teenagers texting behind the wheel is often considered a symptom of millennials' impatience and short attention spans. But millions of us are evidently willing to…

LinkedIn Is Joking With This Teenage Thing, Right?

LinkedIn lists “humor” as one of the tenets of its company culture. Maybe its new scheme to turn tweens into mini professional networkers is a joke? Until Monday, precocious teens had to hold off on registering with the site until they turned 18,…

Labiaplasty Is On the Rise, and Yes, We Meant That

Just in case you’re totally satisfied with your face and figure, it might be time to start worrying about your vagina. WhatClinic.com, a UK-based search engine matching patients with healthcare clinics, has reported a 109 percent increase in…

Boys Are Better at Exams, Says Oxford Official

It’s kind of sweet that The Telegraph thinks girls will be “outraged” by an Oxford University official saying that men are more academically successful because they are more comfortable taking risks. Because as a woman who just graduated from…

Why You Shouldn't Have a Role Model

I still remember a 4th grade assignment I struggled with: “Write a paragraph about your role model.” This turned out to be lesson in fiction writing, because I did not have a role model. Recent research might vindicate my 10-year-old lie. A study…

Can the Government Control How Much You Read?

Forget things like having children (in the plural) or expressing dissenting political opinions — the People’s Republic of China is trying to deprive their citizens of the fundamental human right of reading for pleasure. The General Administration of…

Say Hi to Your Therapist... Or Type It

It seems almost everything can be done online: Booking a holiday, finding a spouse, getting a degree. But can psychotherapy take place in cyberspace? Web-based counseling has become increasingly popular over the past few years, with sites like…

5 Podcasts to Make You More Interesting

With 250,000 podcasts in the iTunes store, you have to hunt for the ones worth downloading. In my quest to find something that can distract me from the smell of the subway, I think I've listened to a good proportion of them. Most are amateur or so…