School is often idealized as the great equalizer because the education it provides is meant to allow kids from all socio-economic backgrounds to reach the same goals. Sadly, it often makes the news for being a big machine of conformation. Sam Saurs, a 15-year-old boy from Port Orchard, WA, was just suspended from ...
Dear Madame X, Sometimes I like to wear women’s clothing, but I am not gay. I have had girlfriends before but no one has ever caught me. It’s not a sexual thing, just something I like to do. I usually dress up on Sundays and say I am going to Church. My new girlfriend has ...
James Franco is on the latest issue of Candy. According to their Facebook page, the magazine is “completely dedicated to celebrating transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations.” Some have questioned whether it is appropriate for a non-transvestite actor to don the drag for the cover, but his endorsement of the mag ...
In Afghanistan it is so important that families have at least one boy that they often will disguise a daughter as a son. Reasons for this include better access to education, allowing the “boy” outside the home to work or take more part in community life, and giving some kudos to the family for having ...
England has quite a reputation. The tourist board likes to promote the castles. But the Brits themselves are also interesting. In addition to a love of animals, they also have a reputation for cultivating eccentricity. Put it all together and you get an amazing headline.
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.
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.
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
