First, a disclaimer. I used to work as a sub-editor on the Australian edition of FHM, a men’s magazine that was not exactly known for being politically correct. But while I may have written off-colour captions, including an alarming reference to Chuck Berry’s penis and a spooky prediction of the death of Michael Jackson five ...
Women’s rights campaigners have demanded that UK newspapers be put under scrutiny. They claim that mainstream newspapers such as The Sun objectify women. This is just one of the papers which features a topless “Page 3″ model. While living in the UK I found it shocking to find half-naked women in a mainstream newspaper which ...
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 ...
2011 was a year of uprisings, natural disasters and political change. It was also a year of absolutely cringeworthy moments in pop culture. Here is my top ten: 1. The Royal Wedding. Daily Mail pundits with their hands down their pants gasping to see whether the royal clothes horse had her hair up or down. ...
Celebrities like Brooke Shields and Courteney Cox have done their part to bring the media spotlight on postpartum depression, but just because we’re more aware doesn’t mean we’re no longer confused. Although researchers are attempting to answer questions surrounding postpartum depression, said to affect 13 percent of women, it’s a mental illness that remains shrouded ...
Photoshopping is dangerous. Not only does it show us a false view of reality, it has led to eating disorders in men, women and children. It causes people to compare their bodies to something that doesn’t exist. Fortunately, there may soon be a tool that shows us just how fake photoshopped pictures are. This tool would tell ...
Sportswomen are not worth a mention in this year’s nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award that recognizes achievement in sport in the UK at the highest level. The list is made up of nominations from the sports editors of various UK-based newspapers and magazines and not one woman was nominated enough ...
Question: How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: Hey, that’s not funny. This was a joke told to me by a guy I met at a party. I didn’t laugh at his joke because I knew that he actually believed what he was saying. He actually believed that feminists ...
The media loves to report on studies that prove a common female stereotype. Lately it seems to be happening more and more, almost daily. Back in September there were a string of articles about a new study proving that women who make most of the decisions in a household have less sex. This disheartening news ...
Yet another sex myth has been debunked! As it turns out, men are not actually intimidated by vibrators. A study of over 3,000 Americans ages 18 to 60 found that it is only a myth. In fact, the only people who really think that sex toys scare away men are women! Thirty-seven percent of women ...
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...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
