*What do you guys think? Can it? Why? Why not ( Read more... )

I apologize for subjecting you all to this, I really do. There is just so much wrong here that I can hardly even begin to process it all. But lets start with that title... This is a piece about why women shouldn't get tattoos:

Why Put a Bumper Sticker on a Ferrari?

( WARNING: objectification, body shame, gendernorms, classism, judgemental nastiness )

Everyone knows the "Shit ________ Say" trend going around Youtube. If you don't, basically it's user-created content of ridiculous things people say, most of the time, to other people. The best one was uploaded a couple of days ago and, as you may know, it's called "Shit People Say to Feminists" and it's awesome. I totally recommend you give her a ( Read more... )

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Whatever aspects of being a “Hot Chick” work for you, enjoy them. But don’t fool yourself that you’re doing so of your own unconstrained free will.

So I was looking at “Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street,” which is so blatantly sexist I got bored trying to write about it. The site’s slogan is “The Sexy Side of Protesting Corruption,” but it might as ( Read more... )

I think this is very much on point. Discuss.As a woman, there is nothing I resent more than being called “crazy.” The “slutty” card holds a close second due to obvious double standards, but to be deemed crazy connotes a sense of manic desperation that doesn’t look good on anyone and I HATE IT. The “He’s Just Not That Into You” era has set the ( Read more... )

What the fuck is this shit?

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**Trigger warning for transphobia**

( From today's edition of Agony Aunt and Uncle on Stuff.co.nz comes this gem... )

from jezebel.com
Erin Gloria Ryan -A preschool in Sweden is doing its part to make Tucker Carlson's bowtie spin around in shock and surprise.
CNN reports that the Egalia preschool in Stockholm will eliminate gender specific pronouns, and refer to the children present as "friends" rather than "boys" or "girls." Also on the chopping block? ( Read more... )

We keep hearing that young men are failing to adapt to contemporary life. Their financial prospects are impaired-earnings for 25- to 34-year-old men have fallen by 20 percent since 1971. Their college enrollment numbers trail women's: Only 43 percent of American undergraduates today are men. Last year, women made up the majority of the work force ( Read more... )