This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Quest To Find Realistic Role Models For Working Mothers by Reva Smith of The Atlantic says superstar moms can be more intimidating than inspiring. Where are the relatable examples of women who manage both […]
Despite what the pages of Cosmopolitan have said for decades, men need romance too. Dear Cosmopolitan Magazine, Imagine my shock when this week I discovered that you have been lying to me and American women for decades now. Ninety percent of young women in America look to you as a significant source of sexual education, […]
Originally appeared on World’s Most Famous Man. Republished here with permission. So let me just get two things out of the way before I get really, really deep in detail about one specific aspect of the Oscars intro Sunday night: 1) It was super, super-long and self-indulgent. Even by Oscar standards. It was like half […]
Michele Gazzolo offers her take on the Oscar host’s night of offensive jokes. Seth MacFarlane. Until last night I had never seen him. He sang a passable song or two, and fit the tuxedo nicely. He reminded me of some boys I’d known in college who called each other Biff and Scooter. He reminded me […]
Edwin Lyngar is tired of seeing the same old stereotypes of men in movies, TV, and commercials. I’m always relieved when the latest football, baseball, or basketball season is over. As a man especially, I can’t ever escape the background noise. Sports show up on every gas station beer display, every soft drink container, and […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Let’s Not Panic Over Women With More Education Having Fewer Kids by Philip Cohen of The Atlantic says though the phenomenon has been called “reverse Darwinism,” a look at the facts and figures reveals it’s not […]
Porn plays a significant role in shaping sexual culture, so the more porn reflects a feminist perspective on sex, the better off we’ll all be, says Russell O’Connor. It’s a common complaint among feminists that pornography “objectifies” women. Rightly so, since a lot of it does. Most (straight) pornography really does present women as mere […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How Parenting Became A DIY Project by Emily Matchar of The Atlantic says from home birth to homemade baby food to homeschooling, raising kids is a way for parents to express their individuality. 2. Study: It […]
Should he strive to be a brainy nerd or a ripped underwear model? The ads targeting men at this year’s Super Bowl just left Eric Sentell confused. Female depictions in advertisements, especially the testosterone-driven Super Bowl ads, have been criticized for quite some time, and rightly so. But what about the depictions of males? How […]
Despite many critics claiming Beyonce’s halftime show was overly sexual, Emily Heist Moss was thrilled by the performance, and says owning your sexuality and being sexualized are two different things. After Beyonce’s epic halftime extravaganza, the Internet temporarily became a platform exclusively designed to facilitate massive amounts of Bey-love. From the First Lady to Justin […]
Kelly Siegel says if you want to share a photo of your engagement ring on Facebook, fine. If you’d rather not, that’s fine too. Just stop arguing over the “right” way to get engaged. Marriage is not a competition. When my now-fiancé proposed after five years together, he got down on one knee and presented […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Do Rape Laws Still Protect Spouses? by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon.com says Washington state mulls a long-awaited change to how it defines sexual assault. 2. Gayle Trotter’s Ideas Will Not Keep Women Safe by […]
