Topic: media

It’s Spring, Get Psyched For More Street Harassment

It's Spring, Get Psyched For More Street Harassment

Holy shit, you guys, it’s finally spring. Birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and every molecule of your pale, pale body is crying out to be caressed by warm air. And if you happen to be a woman, or any type of seemingly non-straight male cisgendered person, really, you can also expect the added bonus of that most seasonal of specials, street harassment. Oh boy! More »

‘Fallen Princesses’ Series Reveals The Dangers Of Princess Culture

âFallen Princessesâ Series Reveals The Dangers Of Princess Culture

Princess culture is everywhere nowadays. For every heroine aimed squarely at girls like Katniss Everdeen, there are at least 20 who don’t have any interests outside of snagging a boyfriend and living happily ever after. But given that the majority of Disney princesses don’t aspire to function as anything other than romantic interests, one often wonders what that happily ever after would actually look like for figures like Belle, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty who don’t really do anything besides fall in love and be pretty.

Such was the quandary for artist Dina Goldstein who decided to interpret just what happened at the end of those storybooks — and in modern times. More »

Stop The Presses, Reese Witherspoon Has A Stomach Tattoo

Stop The Presses, Reese Witherspoon Has A Stomach Tattoo

The whole Internet is freaking out today about photos showing Reese Witherspoon on the beach with a tiny sliver of a stomach tattoo showing. Popeater called it “a large tattoo,” while TheFrisky wondered, “what will her tattoo look like at seven months pregnant?” I thought this would be a good opportunity to discuss some of the statements being made and clear up some misconceptions about the practice of inking one’s skin. More »

Forever 21 Shuts Down Satire Blog With Hypocritical Threats

Forever 21 Shuts Down Satire Blog With Hypocritical Threats

Have you seen the blog WTForever 21? It’s an amusing send-up of the ginormous clothing chain, providing colorful commentary on the store’s more heinous creations while occasionally highlighting some of its nicer offerings. Readers get a chuckle, blogger Rachel Kane gets an enjoyable hobby, and the fast fashion behemoth gets a few hits to their site in the process. Win-win-win, right? More »

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 »

Outer Beauty: Do You Like To Look At Naked Men?

Outer Beauty: Do You Like To Look At Naked Men?

Anna North has a thoughtful post up over at Jezebel today titled “What’s So Funny About Dudes’ Bodies?” In it, she discusses the fact that the nude male body is often played for laughs in popular culture, while the female body is the sole recipient of the lustful, sincerely sexual gaze. She argues that this reinforces stereotypes of women as delicate creatures who want men only for their non-sexual qualities: money, babies, putting a ring on it, etc. It also deprives men of the pleasure of being admired for their physical beauty, which is a bummer for some. More »