Clik here to view.
VIDEO: “We Saw Your Junk” gives Seth MacFarlane’s Boobs song a sex change
Probably the easiest criticism of Seth MacFarlane’s “sexist” “We Saw Your Boobs” song from the Oscars is “why couldn’t it have been about MEN, huh, Oppressor?” It is a valid one. After all, male...
View ArticleDamsel In Distress: The First Episode Of Anita Sarkeesian’s ‘Tropes vs. Women...
Last June, Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency launched a Kickstarter to fund a series of free YouTube videos about “Tropes vs. Women in Video Games“. What happened next was, sadly, all too...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why The Internet Is Freaking Out Over A Nine-Year-Old’s Kickstarter
Kickstarter controversies come in two forms: A Kickstarter that crashes and burns with no rewards given, and a Kickstarter that ticks somebody off for some reason, so they throw a screaming hissy fit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dumb People Take ‘Feminine’ Hurricanes Less Seriously, Die Because Of It
Via Flickr/NASA Gender bias is pretty dumb. That’s not exactly a profound stand to take, but it’s true. However, it’s rare that you run across a case of it so stupid it actually kills people. Hurricane...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ubisoft Also Thinks It’s Too Hard To Put Women Into ‘Far Cry 4′
Ubisoft You know what the absolute worst possible thing you could do, when you’re already being roasted by the Internet (and other game developers) for not including women in a major franchise and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A New Study Suggests That The ‘Trophy Wife’ Is Just A Myth Perpetuated By Haters
Getty Image If you’re the type of person who sees a wealthy older man with a gorgeous, much younger woman on his arm and immediately assumes that she’s what the kids refer to as a “trophy wife,” you’re...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hearthstone Tournament Bans Women So They Can Become ‘A Legitimate Sport’
Blizzard The concept of video gaming as a “sport” is vaguely ridiculous in of itself. This is not to deny the talent or skill of professional gamers, so much as that it should be classified in an area...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Casting Call For ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Has Offended The Internet
Getty Image The internet has been giddy with excitement over the upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton ever since that first promotional photo was released showing the actors playing young Dre,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joss Whedon To Anita Sarkeesian’s Trolls: ‘Deal.’
Via Flickr/Streamy Awards Anita Sarkeesian is controversial because honestly, a lot of gamers on the Internet are seventeen, they still think feminism is “hoes up, bros down,” and are unable to take...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why #GamerGate Is A Lie Gamers Need To Stop Telling Themselves
Shutterstock The last two weeks have been, for gamers, ugly. Anita Sarkeesian needs no introduction, but there was also the Zoe Quinn scandal, wherein a woman’s ex aired their (likely fabricated) dirty...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘The Daily Show’s’ Jessica Williams To Catcallers: Get Some Impulse Control...
Comedy Central Last night’s The Daily Show provided a refreshing and hilarious counterpoint to that awful New York Post article which said women should appreciate being catcalled. After senator Kirsten...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Boobs On The Ground’? Fox News Cracks Sexist Jokes About Female Pilot Who...
Fox News If you haven’t heard yet, 35-year-old United Arab Emirates fighter pilot Mariam Al Mansouri led a squadron of F-16 Falcons in the first airstrike for her country against ISIS on Monday. Al...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uber Pulls Gross French ‘Hot Chick’ Driver Promotion From Website
Free Use In uncomfortably sexist news, Uber caught flack for a strange French promotion involving “incredibly hot chick” drivers. Uber, the popular ride-sharing service, posted a new app for French...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gene Simmons Opens His Mouth Again To Give Women Some Tone-Deaf Career Advice
Getty Image Gene Simmons has some insightful advice for women, and by insightful, I mean that it gives insight into the backwards mind of Gene Simmons. Simmons, frontman for KISS, was on Fox News...
View ArticleWatch The Perfect Parody Of ’10 Hours Of Walking In NYC As A Woman’
Nobody else needs to do a parody of “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” because Funny or Die has already nailed it in the best way possible. “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man” shows a lone man...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chelsea Handler Is Bravely Using Her Boobs To Fight Instagram’s Tyrannical...
Instagram In case you’ve forgotten (or didn’t know in the first place), Chelsea Handler’s Netflix standup special, Uganda Be Kidding Me, launched a few weeks ago. I have to wonder how it’s doing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Australian TV Anchor’s Year-Long On-Air Sexism Experiment Is Kind Of Awesome
If you’ve ever watched Australia’s Today morning news show, you know that Karl Stefanovic is one badass TV anchor. He’s cracked jokes with the Dali Lama, interviewed Grumpy Cat, he’s a lover of sex...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Consent Is Key': A Victim Of Revenge Porn Released Her Own Nude Photos
Via Cecilie Bødker and Emma Holten In the fall of 2011, Emma Holten awoke one day to find her inbox filled with “hundreds of messages and emails.” They weren’t from Nigerian princes asking for bank...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Reasons Why An All-Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Is Ruining People’s Lives
NBC There’s a movie coming out in 2016 that’s directed by Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig and written by Katie Dippold, who previously worked on Parks and Recreation. It will star the SNL dream team...
View ArticleCheck Out This Lebanese TV Host Shut Down This Sexist Sheik Mid-Interview
Rima Karaki, a Lebanese TV host, proved that she had no patience for rudeness when her interview with Sheik Hani Al-Seba’i was cut very short. During the interview, Al-Seba’i went off-topic with the...
View Article