Sorry for the mess

A fairly interesting post on one man’s body image and how images in the media affect him.
I couldn’t figure out why women (straight women, at least) wanted to gawk at sexy pictures of other women. Then I realized something: they don’t want to see those models, they want to be them.
Somebody way smarter than me [...]

I enjoy exercise. I cycle almost every day, I run several times a week, I swim, I play badminton, I’ll never catch a bus when I can walk and I can dance for hours without losing my breath. I recently signed up to do the Blenheim Triathlon, and I’ll be doing the 3 Peaks challenge [...]

Some women think boobies are not just for male sexual gratification!
Srsly, Facebook, isn’t teh interwebs supposed to be more progressive than that?
Oh, wait. Shit.

Do you worry about sexism? Do you wish the patriarchy was sometimes a little *less* oppressive? However, do you also worry that your radical political beliefs are affecting your fashion sense, or that Kevin (what a babe!) from accounts might prefer kitten heels and giggling to trainers and opinions?
Well, fret no longer, for the Times [...]

Rape, ladies and gentlemen, is not today what rape was. Rape, when I was learning these things, was the violation of a chaste woman, against her will, by some party not her spouse. Today it’s simply “Let’s don’t go forward with this act”. Senator Doug Henry, 2008
Found this little gem at the start of Jill [...]

Today I read this article on the BBC about the growing trend for ‘designer vaginas’. I’ve been meaning to blog on the subject for a while, but, y’know, I’ve got Frankfurt book fair coming up and we’re crazy busy at work right now, so I’ve been relaxing in front of Season One Buffy instead of [...]

Bitch made their target! I’m so happy that they’ll be printing the next issue and will live to fight another day. Basically, yay! I was afraid that I’d have to start reading Bust and take up knitting *shudder*.

So now that my official period of self pity (I got dumped) is over, I’m going to kick off by urging all three of you that read this blog to donate to Bitch. I love Bitch. I love Bitch almost as much as I hate Heat and Grazia. It’s one of those magazines that you [...]

I was browsing the Guardian in my lunch break today while listening to vintage Queen Latifah, and two stories caught my attention. I don’t have a lot of time today, so I’ll keep it short, but here they are:
This article reports on a new study that highlights institutionalized racism in British schools. It turns out [...]

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