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The Other Man: Why “Cougar Town” Is Actually Good For Us

The Other Man: Why “Cougar Town” Is Actually Good For Us

June 18, 2010 No Comments

First of all, save your breath — I agree with you, Cougar Town isn’t a good show. It has its moments, but 30 Rock this ain’t. A teacher of mine once told me that you can’t judge anything properly without finding its saving grace. It took a little digging (“Scrubs is cancelled?”) but I think ...

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: HMJ Remix 2009

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: HMJ Remix 2009

January 2, 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 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 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.

Marge Simpson Poses Nude For Playboy

Marge Simpson Poses Nude For Playboy

October 11, 2009 No Comments

The blue haired vixen finally sheds her green dress and reveals all to the world. The photospread in the November issue of Playboy celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons and while fans are saying she looks as good now as she did when she first burst onto the scene, critics suggest the photos have ...

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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