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Lazy Sunday Hair Post

Lazy Sunday Hair Post

May 6, 2012 No Comments

Check out 200,000 years of of women’s hair and makeup!

Audiences Hungry For A Female Hero

Audiences Hungry For A Female Hero

March 22, 2012 No Comments

Step down, Twihards, it’s time for evolution via the Hunger Games revolution. Let The Games begin! I don’t want to upset any Twilight fans, but the series boils down to a drawn out love affair that is not consummated for many moons. Bella and Edward meet in the first book and don’t have sex until…wait for ...

#ItsOnlyOkToHitAGirlIf You Want To Go To Jail

#ItsOnlyOkToHitAGirlIf You Want To Go To Jail

December 30, 2011 No Comments

Misogynistic hashtag of the day can only be #ItsOnlyOkToHitAGirlIf. I first spotted it yesterday, when @VandalLiza tweeted: #ItsOnlyOkToHitAGirlIf is currently a hashtag topic. This is disgusting. Have a word with yourselves you ignorant twats. I investigated further, and noticed a tweet from @B_Shantell, another like-minded person: Did I really just see #ItsOnlyOkToHitAGirlIf on my timeline? ...

Like Daughter, Like Mother

Like Daughter, Like Mother

July 26, 2011 No Comments

Mothers may have a hand in shaping their kids’ values, beliefs and even pass down behavioural traits, but their daughters are paving the way in the style department. In what’s termed the “consumer doppleganger effect,” moms are keeping on top of trends by looking to their daughters for “fashion and beauty inspiration,” according to a ...

Are Jodhpurs Next On The It List?

Are Jodhpurs Next On The It List?

July 8, 2011 No Comments

Everything Kate Middleton wears becomes an instant fashion necessity but I have to wonder how far this monarchy madness will go. With all eyes on her it seems that every item of clothing that touches her body sells out in minutes, from cocktail dresses to blazers. But you’ve got to wonder how this will shape ...

Big Is Beautiful At H&M

Big Is Beautiful At H&M

May 17, 2011 1 Comment

On America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks always seems to have that token plus size model thrown into the mix of Twiggys. While it may be a valiant effort to represent women of all shapes and sizes, the fashion industry has been thirsting for a fashion giant like H&M to step up to the plate. ...

Men Prefer To Play In The Grass

Men Prefer To Play In The Grass

January 8, 2011 1 Comment

As I perused the excellent and extensive archives of the Morning Quickie the other day, I read with interest a short piece about the possible recent resurgence of more “natural” pubic hairstyles among women, following the appearance of this look on models in a couple of fashion shoots.  The point was that there were some ...

Micro Pigs Max Adorable

Micro Pigs Max Adorable

October 11, 2009 4 Comments

A British woman has bred teeny-tiny pigs for pets. Costing up to $1500, these micro pigs have become the lastest pet craze in Britain. (Video after jump)

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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