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Do Beauty Standards Change With Fatter Society?

Do Beauty Standards Change With Fatter Society?

November 28, 2011 No Comments

We all know about America’s weight problem. But a new study shows that US men and women are now about 20 pounds heavier than they were two decades ago. They are also farther away from their “ideal weight.” Most sources covering this study look at it from a health angle. Yes, weight gain is unhealthy, ...

She’s Missing A Shirt, And A Hand

She’s Missing A Shirt, And A Hand

October 20, 2010 No Comments

The tagline reads: “Look me in the eyes… I said the eyes.” The ad is identical to the 1990s Wonderbra campaign but with one major difference. It is not her bust which distracts the viewer, but her arm — and its lack of a hand. The picture is part of a campaign by CAP48, to ...

Lea T — World’s First (And Loneliest) Transsexual Supermodel

Lea T — World’s First (And Loneliest) Transsexual Supermodel

August 2, 2010 No Comments

It can be a lonely world for transsexuals who often feel like they don’t belong with people of either gender. The world’s first transsexual supermodel has hit the runways and with so much attention on who she really is she probably has it worse than anybody.

Polanski Victim Speaks Out About Arrest

Polanski Victim Speaks Out About Arrest

October 28, 2009 No Comments

The woman who was sexually assaulted by Roman Polanski at the age of 13 has spoken out, urging courts to drop the case because the media attention is ruining her life . In a statement filed with California’s Second District Court of Appeal, Samantha Geimer said she has received over 500 calls from the media asking ...

Polanski Arrested For Sex With A Minor

Polanski Arrested For Sex With A Minor

September 27, 2009 No Comments

Mick // Roman Polanski has been arrested for having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. The director was taken into custody as he landed in Switzerland on the way to the Zurich film festival, Saturday night. Swiss government officials would not comment, but referenced the extradition agreement between the United States and ...

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...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

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