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Lazy Sunday Post: Sexting, A Dramatic Reading

Lazy Sunday Post: Sexting, A Dramatic Reading

June 12, 2011 No Comments

Sex is funny, which is why it is mostly done behind closed doors. In the past, when celebrities revealed their bedroom activities (through meticulously produced, “accidentally” released, tapes), they came across as curiously humourless — as if queefs* were entirely foreign to them. Luckily, Anthony Weiner’s sexting spree has been released uncensored, containing all of ...

Emmy Awards Cheat Sheet

Emmy Awards Cheat Sheet

August 30, 2010 No Comments

The television event of the year night is over. The Emmy Awards drew in millions of viewers, but if you’re like me you didn’t bother. In case you need to wax poetic over the old water cooler, here is your Emmy award cheat sheet. The Opening The Fashion January Jones Mindy Kaling Anna Paquin (Some ...

"I’m In My Lady Power" Gloats Celeb

"I’m In My Lady Power" Gloats Celeb

January 19, 2010 2 Comments

The world’s eyes are on you as you walk down the red carpet. Your heart is beating in your chest as you try to think of anything other than the shiny golden globe that you hope to take home with you tonight. This celebrity wasn’t worried. She told reporters that she was “in my lady ...

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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