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Would Tina Fey ever blow herself up freebasing? : Women Aren’t Funny
Women can be funny. But a self-destructive woman with a foul mouth and a reliance on pills doesn’t play well in comedy clubs or TV. Maybe because it provokes primitive notions of the fairer sex. Women “on the verge” appear as victims rather than hardened, street-wise misfits. Sure, Sarah, Tina, Amy, whoevs, are all funny [...]
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LOVE HER OR HATE HER, BETH DITTO IS TOO BIG TO IGNORE
06.19.09 | Permalink | 8 CommentsWhat is it about Beth Ditto that makes journalists lose their objectivity faster than virginity on Prom Night? I’m not sure what annoys me more:
The haters, like British GQ’s Alex Bilmes. He sneered and air-quoted his way through an article that called Ditto a “fat lesbian” (”lesbian” obviously being nearly as big a crime as [...] -
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Do These Hannah-Montana Curtains Work in the Seance Room?: Corporate America Color Codes Shit For Women
05.27.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsDell Computers recently launched the Della, a netbook aimed at women. They all came in pastel colors, natch, and were touted as great ways to find recipes, manage our diets, and map our fitness routines. Wow, we’re still supposed to cook, even though we’re not allowed to eat?! UGH if you want peddle women-friendly laptops put a one-click [...]
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LET’S EXPLORE THE MALL!: DORA THE EXPLORER GETS SLUTTY TWEEN MAKEOVER
03.20.09 | Permalink | 7 CommentsIn an effort to make their character “grow” with their demographic, Mattel has given Dora the Explorer a “makeover” for Nickalodeon. Mattel, of course, is the maker of Barbie, so I suppose we should just be grateful that they didn’t turn her into a freakishly proportioned white girl who never leaves her mansion and hangs [...]
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CAMPARI: GOES DOWN SMOOTH WHEN MIXED WITH BODY IMAGE ISSUES!
You probably thought Jessica Alba was hot, right? Wrong! She’s a fucking dog! At least according to Campari, who paid her to pose for an ad… then whittled away her waist, hips, and thighs; darkened her tan; pumped up her boobs; changed the direction of her eyes; erased her Mona Lisa smile and plastered a [...]
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“You shouldn’t get pissed off. Makes you look older!”: The Sting of Modo’s Backhanded Compliments to Tina Fey
12.02.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsTina Fey is like the lady version of Barack Obama - in that almost everything that comes out of her mouth is swoon worthy. And like Barry, she makes it seem virtually effortless. Unfortunately, this is not the Tina Fey that comes across in Maureen Dowd’s Vanity Fair piece, What Tina Fey Wants , on [...]
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Beyonce Gets a Free Pass at Not Being the World’s Best Feminist - Jordin Sparks Does Not
10.29.08 | Permalink | 19 CommentsA fellow blogger named Soltrane has written up a post on how Beyonce is pushing a neocon 1950s housewife agenda via her hetero-normative traditionalist lyrics. The writing is fab but the thoughts are not. Says Soltrane:
Beyonce is like the feds when it comes to promoting a conservative social agenda. She alone is policing social behavior [...] -
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To All the Sluts We’ve Ever Loved: Tracie Retires the Moniker, We bust a Tart Retrospective
09.15.08 | Permalink | 7 CommentsLast week, Tracie “Slut Machine” Egan of Jezebel has decided to get her hetero-normative patriarchy on by gettin hitched. We have to admit our love of Tracie goes well beyond a girl crush. We’re falling into the that Hand the rocks the Craddle, reastrainin’ order inducing, toe nail clipping shrine of Ms. Machine. [...]
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Aww, Lookit The Lady Bloggers Try To Do Cute Things, Like Matter
The New York Times is in fine paternal head-pat form in this article about how kyoot teh laydeez are when they try to do manly things like blog. First, and naturally, it’s in the “Fashion & Style” section, the pink ghetto of all things vag-scented and sparkly; even though this article about blogging-related stress from [...]
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Go Ahead And Have The Fish & Chips: British Gents Prefer A Size 12
07.31.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsUK’s Fabulous Mag has released the results of their “Fabulous Body Survey 2008″. And while I’ll admit it’s not the CDC, it seems to confirm what we already know: to wit, that the fashion industry and the various women’s magazine publishers are a bunch of sadistic assholes.
While the average woman is a size 16 trying [...]
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