By Jessica • 15 years ago

Victim-Blaming Headline of the Day


Not only does this headline from 10News in San Diego victim-blame in the worst (and perhaps most common) way, the article itself is no dream either. Not once are the words ‘rapist’ or ‘men’ mentioned. Check out the lede, for example:

San Diego police are investigating a rising number of rapes involving young women who go on drinking binges, becoming too intoxicated to fight back or say “no,” it was reported Tuesday.

What’s so hard about instead writing, “San Diego police are investigating a rising number of rapes involving men who attack intoxicated women.” It’s shorter, more accurate, and doesn’t blame women for being raped. It’s like magic! I guess I won’t be holding my ...


Not only does this headline from 10News in San Diego victim-blame in the worst (and perhaps most common) way, the article itself is no dream either. Not once are the words ‘rapist’ or ‘men’ ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

“A disgrace to the man race”

This is the second time Snickers will have to pull a gay-hating commercial. (Remember this nonsense?) But this commercial is just one of many that punishes men for being too “feminine,” whether it’s growing breasts after having the audacity to cry at the movies or being crushed by a giant beer can after screaming “like a girl.” Anxious masculinity, anyone?
Via Consumerist and community blogger shellchin.
UPDATE: Renee has more.

This is the second time Snickers will have to pull a gay-hating commercial. (Remember this nonsense?) But this commercial is just one of many that punishes men for being too “feminine,” whether it’s ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Anti-feminist mail bag!

Sometimes one sentence speaks a thousand idiocies:
You come across as a man hating group – the only reason nobody does or says anything is because you hide behind your vaginas.
The depth of thought is astounding.
*Scurries back behind labia*

Sometimes one sentence speaks a thousand idiocies:
You come across as a man hating group – the only reason nobody does or says anything is because you hide behind your vaginas.
The depth of thought is astounding.
By Samhita • 15 years ago

Are women hornier before their period?

Sounds like a stupid question right?
Anyway, I guess I sometimes I call my period my moon (I know, how 70’s of me), but I have never called the week before my period “venus week.” But according to this new book, the way our hormones are before the week of our period actually has an impact on our behavior. This is a pretty duh statement for most women out there, but I do think it is interesting. Some points in the book.

Women look and feel best when they are most likely to conceive (that’s the Venus Week), but it’s possible to optimize Venus and other portions of their hormonal cycle.
When estrogen levels are high (during Venus Week) women ...

Sounds like a stupid question right?
Anyway, I guess I sometimes I call my period my moon (I know, how 70’s of me), but I have never called the week before my period “venus week.” But according ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Check out Courtney on Good Morning America


So yeah, they didn’t give her nearly enough air-time, but our own fabulous “Ray of Light”* Courtney Martin was on Good Morning America today discussing Keira Knightley’s stand against digital makeovers. Check out the story and video here.
*A nickname recently discovered at the Feministing retreat because of C’s shiny-light goodness.


So yeah, they didn’t give her nearly enough air-time, but our own fabulous “Ray of Light”* Courtney Martin was on Good Morning America today discussing Keira Knightley’s stand against digital makeovers. Check out ...
By Samhita • 15 years ago

Anti-Feminist Sentiment of the Day: Why do women try to be like men in sports?

Wha wha, why are women fighting like big smelly men on the basketball court?
You gotta love writers that try and justify sexism by saying, men are gross, you don’t want to be like them anyway. Because it is clear that talented women go into sports, because they want to BE men. Could you think any higher of your own gender?
Nein.

Wha wha, why are women fighting like big smelly men on the basketball court?
You gotta love writers that try and justify sexism by saying, men are gross, you don’t want to be like them anyway. ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Guinness ad renders me speechless

And that’s not easy to do. I’m not sure if this is an actual Guinness commercial or something some oh-so-clever asshole concocted and put online, but either way I’m horrified. I mean, I’m not anti a good sexy commercial, but this is just anti-sexy. There is nothing appealing about women being portrayed as silent slightly shaking receptacles/beer coasters. This really ruined my day.
Via Broadsheet and many, many emails.

And that’s not easy to do. I’m not sure if this is an actual Guinness commercial or something some oh-so-clever asshole concocted and put online, but either way I’m horrified. I mean, I’m not ...
By Samhita • 15 years ago

Get naked with your flag and go to jail.

Yeah, don’t quit know what to make of this.

Peruvian cumbia singer Leysi Suarez is in shitloads of trouble for taking some photographs that feature her sitting naked on a horse and using the Peruvian flag as a saddle. The pictures appeared in the premiere issue of local magazine D´Farándula (“Showbiz”) just a few days after Peruvian Independence Day. Minister of Defense Antero Flores-Araoz has filed a criminal complaint against her for “insulting the symbols and values of the Fatherland.”

She may go to jail for up to four years for using a Peruvian flag as a saddle. I guess it is intimidating for the “fatherland” to have a woman’s vagina on the flag. All I can say is I hope ...

Yeah, don’t quit know what to make of this.

Peruvian cumbia singer Leysi Suarez is in shitloads of trouble for taking some photographs that feature her sitting naked on a horse and using the Peruvian flag as ...

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