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 ...
Thin women have a harder time conceiving than overweight women, according to a new study. A healthy woman has a one in two chance of having a baby, and an overweight woman has only slightly lower chances. Underweight women, however, only have a one in three chance. Being too skinny is bad for you. Why ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
