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Concerning The Lindsay Lohan Case

Concerning The Lindsay Lohan Case

February 24, 2011 No Comments

To the Hon. Keith L. Schwartz c/o Los Angeles County Superior Court Re: Lindsay Lohan Dear Judge Schwartz, With all due respect, do you really think you’re treating Ms. Lohan like “Jane Doe or John Doe”? Or that that’s even possible? Let’s say John Doe walked into your courtroom today, on felony grand theft charges. ...

Under-Age Sex, Football, And Naked Photos

Under-Age Sex, Football, And Naked Photos

December 24, 2010 2 Comments

If a 16-year-old school girl gets pregnant by a 23-year-old professional sports player and later posts naked pictures of his team mates on the internet should she be treated like an abused child or a vengeful calculating adult? The story is a complicated one that has been playing out for a while in Australia between ...

It’s Court For The Longer Lasting Sex Company

It’s Court For The Longer Lasting Sex Company

December 23, 2010 No Comments

The company that dupes insecure men into giving up their life savings to have better erections and “longer lasting sex” is being taken to court. This is not the first time that the Advanced Medical Institute (AMI) in Australia has been taken to court and I doubt it will be the last. This time the ...

Polanski Victim Speaks Out About Arrest

Polanski Victim Speaks Out About Arrest

October 28, 2009 No Comments

The woman who was sexually assaulted by Roman Polanski at the age of 13 has spoken out, urging courts to drop the case because the media attention is ruining her life . In a statement filed with California’s Second District Court of Appeal, Samantha Geimer said she has received over 500 calls from the media asking ...

Polanski Arrested For Sex With A Minor

Polanski Arrested For Sex With A Minor

September 27, 2009 No Comments

Mick // Roman Polanski has been arrested for having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. The director was taken into custody as he landed in Switzerland on the way to the Zurich film festival, Saturday night. Swiss government officials would not comment, but referenced the extradition agreement between the United States and ...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

Laptop Bags: Too Big And Too Sparkly

Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...

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