Tag Archives: Sexism

Artie Lange makes sexist comments, Jimmy Fallon laughs, audience applauds

By Matt | Published: February 27, 2013
TweetJimmy Fallon is charming, enthusiastic, and totally non-controversial. Ask any fan or casual “Late Night” viewer, and you’ll hear things like, “Yeah, he seems like a really nice guy.” Recently, however, Fallon was also the conduit for Artie Lange (a washed-up comedian and self-identified “G-List” celebrity) to spew sexism and to promote ogling and objectifying [...]
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The Oscars gets bro-tastic

By Samhita | Published: February 25, 2013
TweetSeth MacFarlane put on quite the show last night hosting the Oscars. For a show that could use a dose of relevant humor, he chose a different path–making, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and sizist jokes. And beyond being offensive, they weren’t very funny either–instead awkward and uncomfortable, throwing off the tenor of the Oscars. The [...]
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Viral misogyny alert: “The Women of LA”

By Alexandra | Published: February 18, 2013
TweetUgh. The Nice Guys of OKCupid “DJ Lubel”–the guy behind the Murray Hill video from 2009–has released a new spoof music video, “The Women of LA,” complaining about how bitchy women won’t provide the sex he and his friends deserve. The clip is so awful for so many reasons that I don’t know how to [...]
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Quote of the Day: “Look at the ass on her.”

By Maya | Published: January 29, 2013
TweetBuried in a New York magazine profile of NYC mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn is this lovely story of current Mayor Bloomberg:  As it happens, I was at a Christmas party for the rich just a few weeks ago. It was at a townhouse in the East Sixties, just off Park Avenue, and several times over [...]
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Gender and empathy: Men shouldn’t need to “imagine if it were your wife/daughter/mother”

By Maya | Published: January 23, 2013
TweetStassa Edwards, a new mother of a baby boy, has a really great piece on rape culture and how we teach our sons about consent. She notes that after reading about the Steubenville case, she asked herself for the first time, “How do I prevent my son from becoming a rapist?” And decided the answer [...]
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