We don’t need more open letters filled with what amounts to nicely constructed and high minded chivalrous sentiments. We can no longer afford to stroke fragile male egos. Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is shocking to many people, but none so much, perhaps, as to men who are used to a certain power and […]
I have a lot of questions for Wayans, including: What is “girly humor”? Why is it bad? And why does “edge” make humor less “girly”? On Wednesday night’s season premier of “Last Comic Standing,” judge Keenen Ivory Wayans said the following to comedienne Esther Povitsky: “Initially when you came out, I didn’t think I was going […]
In a culture where a woman’s worth has been constructed through the male gaze of desire, where female credibility is constantly questioned, where self-defense gets you incarcerated or worse, it’s really no surprise that women may only come to feminism on a road paved by men. The Internet erupted this week when a two-month-old Tumblr […]
