Is romance dead? You would think so from seeing the prolific over-sexualization of women in music videos and gratuitous sex scenes on television and film. Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez are only a few artists out of many that come to mind when I think of songstresses whose fashion motto is “barely ...
I am a Little Monster. And Lady Gaga is my mama. I was so excited to see news reports last week of Lady Gaga’s new non-profit foundation for youth, the Born This Way Foundation (BTWF). But wait a second. Don’t the words “Born This Way” allude to the existence of a “gay gene?” That our sexual ...
Forbes has announced its list of the world’s 100 Most Powerful Women for 2011, complete with powerhouses like Oprah, J.K. Rowling, Diane Sawyer and even Lady Gaga. Let’s examine the results. Are these women worthy of such power? Bear with me here. We have the second most powerful, Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State and ...
Forbes’ annual list of the world’s most powerful women was released this week and brought with it some welcome changes to the landscape of powerful ladies. This year more of the top spots than ever seemed to be filled by women of colour or non-Western background, women of all ages and from increasingly diverse fields ...
It’s hard to believe that Music Television, or MTV, was born on August 1, 1981, especially since many of us have buried it a long time ago. Whether you believe MTV to be dead or alive, it’s time to take a walk down memory lane in celebration of its 30th birthday. Watching MTV back in ...
In a recent interview with Howard Stern, Lady Gaga told her young fans that they should wait to have sex. Too bad she was dressed in a scantily-clad, bondage-inspired outfit.
If you’re feeling anything like Rihanna as of late, it’s a sure bet that chains and whips excite you. It’s not like there’s anything particularly wrong with wanting some innocent S&M if it’s not hurting anyone (who doesn’t want it), but when you’re a woman who has experienced violence at the hands of your partner ...
A group of students from Bath Spa University in the UK have accomplished the impossible by creating five couture dresses. A feat in itself, but these are made entirely out of cheese. The cheeses used include Pilgrims Choice Vintage, Red Mature and Leicester, all heat molded and then sculpted into their creations. Inspired by Lady ...
Lady Gaga is a gay icon who has used her celebrity status to support LGBT rights. That is, until last night’s SNL digital short entitled “Threeway: The Golden Rule.” Gaga is one of many celebrities who has been vocal on the subject of gay rights. One of her most profound acts of support was speaking ...
For most of us, when we think of Rock Star an image of a male musician pops up in our head. We consider guys like Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix rock gods, immortalizing them through idol worship and love of their music. But we all know by now that women were there too. Janis Joplin, Debbie ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
