This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Year In Sex by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says it was a good year for sex. Whether it was K-Stew’s infidelity or kinky “mommy porn,” we just couldn’t stop talking about it. Here’s a handy […]
What are we telling young boys if the examples of fatherhood they see everyday are parodies of incompetence? Every time I see a promo for the new Scott Baio sitcom, See Dad Run, I gag a little. I can hardly believe that a) Scott Baio is still working, and b) they’re still pushing this “Idiot Dad” […]
Must women transcend their femininity to truly be considered funny? In a recent piece on women and raunch culture, Emily Heist Moss wrote the following: “There’s a danger here that we [will] slide too far past refreshing, humanizing, true-to-life humor, and skid into the arena of that lowest common denominator humor that my mother was […]
If your young niece’s favorite colors were pink and purple, would you deny her a Christmas gift in those colors just to buck gender norms? Don’t tell my family, but of all the people on my Christmas shopping list, my 6-year-old niece and 3-year-old nephew are the most important. They’re also the most fun to […]
Alyssa Robinson proves that even some of today’s feminists adored pink and girly gifts when they were children. Please take a moment to stifle your gag reflexes, because I’m about to take you down gender normative lane. I’m going to take you back to the 1990s, when I was all cute and tiny, and when […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Are Women Scared To Call Themselves Feminists? by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon.com says Katy Perry and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy proudly declare they’re not feminists at a time we need them more than ever. 2. Growing […]
Ashley Lauren Samsa applauds a young girl’s petition to the CEO of Hasbro to start featuring boys in its Easy-Bake Oven promotional material. My husband and I don’t have children yet so, fortunately, we are able to put off the struggle to explain to relatives and friends why we want our kids to receive whatever […]
Emily Heist Moss is a sex-positive, 21st century woman, but still can’t help but care every time her “number” goes up. I recently slept with someone new the night before he up and moved across the country. I knew that I would likely never hear from him or see him again, and I didn’t mind […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1.‘Girls Love Math. We Never Stop Doing It.’ by Carina Chocano of The New York Times says nobody disputes the fact that age is more cruel to women than men. But why don’t we? 2. Blame […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Women Don’t Take Risks With Their Money by Helaine Olen of The Atlantic says it’s because women make less money, not because they’re biologically risk-averse. 2. A Scarlet Letter—The Monica Lewinsky-ing Of Paula Broadwell by […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Seeking Love? Find Strength in Numbers by Rachel L. Swarns of The New York Times says to embrace all of the men in your orbit, new gurus say, whether they text or G-Chat, whether they’re […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Rape Remarks Haunt The GOP by Steve Kornacki of Salon.com says Richard Mourdock becomes the latest candidate to embarrass himself. Will it cost his party the Senate? 2. Shades of Gay by Charles M. Blow […]
