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Domestic Violence Is Glamorous (Which Is The Problem)

Domestic Violence Is Glamorous (Which Is The Problem)

August 6, 2010 1 Comment

Eminem and Rihanna have teamed up to produce a song about domestic violence. It has already come under fire for glamorizing abuse, by casting Megan Fox and including passionate kisses. But what if that is an accurate depiction of abuse? The video opens with Rihanna standing in front of a burning house, yearning, singing the ...

Who Should Be Our Wonder Woman?

Who Should Be Our Wonder Woman?

August 2, 2010 2 Comments

A clarion call is echoing throughout the internet. Who should the next Wonder Woman be? She needs to embody all that is powerful about women, and also have the ability to fight evil. (And look good in a leotard). One candidate — Christina Hendricks.

Men Intimidated By Twilight’s Female Gaze

Men Intimidated By Twilight’s Female Gaze

July 18, 2010 No Comments

Twihards are described as either insipid teenager girls or lonely middle-aged women. The movies have been universally panned by critics but perhaps they don’t see the films the way the fans do. Are they intimidated by the female gaze? The most noticeable feature about Edward Cullen is his flushed red lips, that is if you ...

Megan Fox Is Officially Off The Market

Megan Fox Is Officially Off The Market

June 30, 2010 No Comments

They finally tied the knot! A sad day for all her fans, but after two engagements and six years together Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have finally married. It was on the beach in Hawaii and she was in a red bikini (how appropriate!). Congrats to them and let’s hope it works out.

The Other Man: Cultivated Like A Fox

The Other Man: Cultivated Like A Fox

June 5, 2010 No Comments

So who would you rather have a long, honest conversation with: Megan Fox or Kristen Stewart? I already know whom 90% of teenage boys would choose. And I know where the girls would probably lean.

Megan Fox Wants To Be Your Friend

Megan Fox Wants To Be Your Friend

November 15, 2009 No Comments

Megan Fox made a technical blunder. Her lastest flick, a movie aimed at girls, tanked. Aware of her sell-by date, she is expanding her brand past the realm of the 14 year old boys. Styling herself on Angelina Jolie, she wants to venture into the more stable world of adult and women fans. The question ...

Nudity Is Natural And Porn Is Power

Nudity Is Natural And Porn Is Power

November 8, 2009 No Comments

Joanna Krupa is getting paid lots of money to pose on the cover of Playboy in December. It is practically a feminist act, she told Tarts. Women get paid more than men for posing nude and they get to set the rules. But feminists can’t see this because they “suffer from lack of knowledge and ...

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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