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Snow White, Racist?

Snow White, Racist?

December 1, 2011 1 Comment

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there was a little brown girl who liked watching Disney movies and reading fairytales. Although she liked to believe that the fairytales were real, the little brown girl knew better than that. You see, this little brown girl was always pretty sensible. She knew that ...

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Which Disney Princess Are You?

July 7, 2011 No Comments

All Disney princesses are destined to find their Prince Charming, fall deeply in love, get married and live happily ever after. There aren’t many women out there who still don’t enjoy the occasional Disney movie no matter how old they are. Imagine: your wedding is coming up and it’s that moment you’ve been dreaming about ...

Preachy Princesses Give Us Words To Live By

Preachy Princesses Give Us Words To Live By

September 1, 2010 1 Comment

No one has ever accused Disney of feminism but these adorable videos illustrate exactly what these princesses are teaching our daughters about womanhood.

This Boy Ain't No Fairy

May 5, 2010 No Comments

Meet Slate, Disney’s new male fairy Sparrow Man, the only male avatar in its Pixie Hollow site. Apparently parents were getting uncomfortable because their little boys wanted to play on the site too, and their only option was to pick a fairy with short hair and hope for the best.

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Fake Boobs Banned From Pirates

Fake Boobs Banned From Pirates

March 22, 2010 3 Comments

Disney not only discriminates against women with fake boobs but anyone who is above a size 6. They are filming a new Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp and are being incredibly picky (discriminatory) about who they cast.

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: For Those Who Prefer Their Women To Be A Little Bit Two-Dimensional

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: For Those Who Prefer Their Women To Be A Little Bit Two-Dimensional

October 17, 2009 4 Comments

A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

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...

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