It’s no secret that young girls feel the pressure to be thin every day. They receive mixed messages about accepting who they are and changing who they are to conform to an unattainable ideal. The heavy burden is weighing down on them and keeping them up at night, according to a revealing new study. Researchers ...
When it comes to sex, parents want to shield their children as much as possible. It’s understandable that they would rather them get their learners’ permits before driving in the fast lane, but eventually kids will grow up, drive fast and have sex. The UK government is trying to slow down this process by introducing ...
Dads are dumb. We know this because commercials show us how they can’t clean anything, do laundry or cook without making a big mess. Mom rules the house, and Dad is just her hapless sidekick. But wait! What’s that there in the distance? Is it? Yes, it appears to be a competent man. Some of ...
Journalism is dying. Companies have tried all kinds of interesting ways to revive it, from charging for access to their websites to publishing more and more sensational opinion pieces. Yet there is only one thing that seems to be common across the board: Naked Ladies. Media Matters just published a delightful mash-up showing just exactly ...
The celebrity lifestyle of big break-ups and cheating is negatively influencing children’s ideas on marriage and this needs to be addressed. At least that’s what the group reviewing the sexualization of children says. They think that “sportsmen and women had a clear influence on children’s behavior and ideas of what was acceptable.” Because of this, ...
This morning, Jordan Romero must be the happiest 13-year-old boy on the face of the earth. Having become the youngest person ever to summit Mount Everest, by two whole years, he can certainly tell all of his middle-school friends how he cheated death while climbing the world’s tallest mountain. But why does he need to ...
I am a human being who happens to be a woman. This means, like all other human beings (close to 7 billion of us!), I have body hair. So why are people so afraid of women’s body hair?
She’s one of America’s Most Beautiful, one of the Most Powerful Women, A Real American, Changing the World and a Cultural Necessity. She’s in charge of the best show on television and is racking up awards faster than Blerg can assemble the trophy cases. In fact, hardly a month goes by anymore that you don’t ...
Yes, you read that right. Because a dictionary contains “oral sex” schools in a district of California have pulled it from the shelves. This really is censorship gone mad.
Dear Madame X, I suspect that one of my female co-workers might have a crush on me. I think...
After the publication of his fourth and most successful novel The Slap, which was turned into a TV miniseries...
The phrase “working mother” is redundant. ~Jane Sellman
Ali G interviews Naomi Wolf about feminism!
Some men are leg men. Some like bottoms. Some prefer breasts. Some men even like personalities. Me, I’m a...
Bloody Facebook. I knew there was a reason I became a reluctant convert. It’s all very well having hilarious...
Looks like the producers of Jersey Shore just got more than they bargained for! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, one of...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend has grown a beard and I hate it! Can I tell him to shave?...
