Topic: Gender

FHM Says Predictably Ignorant Things About Andrej Pejic

FHM Says Predictably Ignorant Things About Andrej Pejic

Male model Andrej Pejic is a very pretty man. So pretty, in fact, that some people think his slender boy-chest is too hot for newsstands. Although it’s common knowledge in the fashion and media worlds that Andrej is a dude (albeit an androgynous one), T&A-filled lad mag FHM decided to have a bit of fun by naming him the 98th sexiest woman in the world. This could’ve been a chance to make some self-effacing jokes skewering FHM’s own defensive performance of masculinity, but whoever wrote the accompanying copy decided to be a total douchenozzle instead, because hey, no homo. More »

Video: ‘Orgasm, Inc’ Examines the Quest for the Female Viagra

Video: 'Orgasm, Inc' Examines the Quest for the Female Viagra

Filmmaker Liz Canner took a job editing erotic videos. Sounds normal, right? It turns out that the videos were to be used by a pharmaceutical company as part of a focus group for a drug they were working on – a possible “Viagra for women.” The project led Canner on a mission to find out whether pharmaceutical companies, including the one she worked for, were exploiting female sexuality to make money. More »

Gallery: 10 Straight Male Fashion Designers

Gallery: 10 Straight Male Fashion Designers
Roberto Cavalli (with wife Eva Duringer)
Tommy Hilfiger (with wife Dee)
Yigal Azrouel
Ralph Lauren (with wife Ricky)
Rick Owens (with Michele Lamy)

People sometimes joke about how everyone in fashion–who doesn’t have girl parts–is gay… which is a pretty lame thing to say about an industry that produces a lot of brilliant work by a lot of talented people, some of whom happen to be gay. But hey, funny story, some of those dudes designing beautiful clothes for women happen to be straight, too! Here’s ten of ‘em and so much for boring generalizations! More »

I Don’t Want to Be Treated Like a Princess, I Want to Be Treated Like an Equal

I Don't Want to Be Treated Like a Princess, I Want to Be Treated Like an Equal

Over the holidays, I watched a lot of wedding shows. A lot of them. There was Say Yes to the Dress and My Fair Wedding with David Tutera and Bridezillas, and I loved every minute of it. But when you watch enough of those shows, certain themes start to emerge, and one in particular sat oddly with me: the repeated “I want to be treated like a princess/He’s the best husband in the world because he treats me like a princess” and so on. I know that most women have been fed tropes about being “princesses” since childhood (thanks a lot, Disney!), but the idea of a man treating me like a princess actually makes me want to marry him less. More »

Party Favors: The Best Celebrity Butts

Party Favors: The Best Celebrity Butts

Want to make some New Year’s resolutions? Start with getting rid of the “toxic” men in your life. – YourTango

Forget about those other end-of-the-year lists: the only one that matters is this one about celebrity booty. – Crushable

If you want to kiss your high-school ex when the clock strikes midnight tonight, here’s all the advice you need for hooking up with your hometown love. – HowAboutWe

What do you do when your partner starts to gain weight but you don’t want to be a nag about it? – Betty Confidential

Have you ever gone parking? Find out the best car makes and models for backseat lovin. – Jalopnik More »

An Open Letter to Stephenie Meyer About ‘The Host’

An Open Letter to Stephenie Meyer About 'The Host'

So I just got finished reading your 2008 novel The Host. Which, according to the promo copy, is your first book aimed at adults. So was I expecting it to be leaps and bounds better than the drivel that was the Twilight Saga? No. Was it? No. But I can say this, Stephenie Meyer: you are not, as many in the literary world would like to believe, a wholly shitty writer. You’re really not. You have some good ideas and, obviously, some incredibly marketable ones. Your plots are so compelling that otherwise self-respecting readers like me will plow through four ridiculously long books full of middle-school-level language just to find out what happens between Bella and Edward and Jacob. More »

Party Favors: Time to Move to an “N” State

Party Favors: Time to Move to an "N" State

The two states with the highest numbers of “cougars” – the word for older women who flirt with younger men, not the wild cats – are Nebraska and North Dakota. – YourTango

Would you ever move in next door to your boyfriend’s mom? – Lemondrop

A new study says that people are more likely to trust women than men. It’s sort of like I used to teach my students when we did a grammar unit: “Men are jerks, so they lie. Objects lay.” – Time

Trend alert: people throwing themselves “divorce parties” that look exactly like bachelorette parties, complete with crowns and penis-shaped balloons. – Huffington Post

It’s not enough to get engaged; you need to own one of these obscenely expensive engagement rings. – Betty Confidential More »

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