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The Best And Worst Countries For Women

The Best And Worst Countries For Women

September 23, 2011 No Comments

“If this backward law passes, I’m moving to Canada!” “This backward law” could refer to abortion, gay rights, health and education cuts, or countless others; you name it, if it’s going down the gurgler in your own country, chances are you can slap a big Canadian band-aid on it and all will be well. But ...

Are We Surrounded By Sexual Predators?

Are We Surrounded By Sexual Predators?

July 20, 2011 No Comments

Discussions about prostitution always end with a debate as to who, between the provider and the buyer, is the most guilty. Is it the pimp who traffics women or the client who perpetuates the demand for their services? Is it the prostitute herself who presents her body as a commodity or the one who gladly ...

Can Gay Guys Play The Straight Man?

Can Gay Guys Play The Straight Man?

May 12, 2010 No Comments

There was a war of words between Newsweek and Kristen Chenoweth, who called the review of her play “horrendously homophobic.” Fear of political correctness aside, can we really buy a gay guy as our leading man? Ramin Setoodeh’s article, Straight Jacket, makes the point that we never see gay men play the lead in movies ...

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Is Newsweek Sexist And Is Being Sexist Ever OK (If It Involves A Really Horrible Woman)?

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Is Newsweek Sexist And Is Being Sexist Ever OK (If It Involves A Really Horrible Woman)?

November 21, 2009 2 Comments

A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.

Girls’ Bikes Suck

It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...

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...

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