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She Sure Knows How To Bounce Those Balls!

She Sure Knows How To Bounce Those Balls!

August 8, 2011 No Comments

Sportswomen have never been paid, respected or supported enough. And it doesn’t appear to be getting any better. Joining the grossly popular Lingerie Football League comes the Lingerie Basketball League, in which (yep, you guessed it) sportswomen compete in their underwear. When it comes to prostitutes, strippers, or any other women who use their sexuality as ...

Will Women Save The NFL?

Will Women Save The NFL?

April 12, 2011 No Comments

When the words “women” and “football” are used in the same sentence, it is often to describe half naked cheerleaders or the Lingerie Football League. It is pretty safe to say that football can be at times misogynistic, seeing as how the only way a female team can get on TV is if they play ...

Too Much Football + Not Enough Lingerie = Players Suspended

Too Much Football + Not Enough Lingerie = Players Suspended

March 25, 2010 No Comments

If you didn’t think the owners of the Lingerie Football League would get any sleazier, you’d be wrong. They just put two of their best players on probation for wearing their team uniforms during a pre-approved photoshoot, complaining that the women were not naked enough. They were wearing a bra, panties and shoulder pads. Quarterback ...

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Why I Don’t Like Rush Limbaugh

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Why I Don’t Like Rush Limbaugh

February 6, 2010 1 Comment

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 in 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 Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Is the Lingerie Football League Offensive?

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Is the Lingerie Football League Offensive?

January 30, 2010 No 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 in 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.

American Football Adds Breasts But Loses Uniforms

American Football Adds Breasts But Loses Uniforms

October 18, 2009 No Comments

Are you ready for some football? Then this probably isn’t for you. The new Lingerie Football League (LFL) is off and running, taking bras and talent with it. There are ten teams who compete to go on to play in the Lingerie Bowl VII on February. Who will take it? Will it be Dallas Desire? ...

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...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

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

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