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The Stay-at-Home Girlfriend Really Can Have It All

Richard Lawson · 02/22/11 02:49PM

Oh dear. A site called Brokelyn, for the recession-affected Brooklyn dweller, has published a "First Person" article entitled "How to survive as a SAHG (stay-at-home-girlfriend)." Hm! OK. It could be a tongue-in-cheek kind of jokey type thing, right? A humorous essay chronicling the silly misadventures of a young woman stepping into more "traditional" domestic duties while her live-in boyfriend is at work and she's looking for a new job. But... it's just not. It's really just not! Let's observe some samples from Quiana Stokes' strange composition.

Hot Chicks Have Trouble Getting Certain Jobs

Max Read · 08/09/10 09:02PM

Attractive women are discriminated against in certain professions, according to a recent study that asked participants to sort photographs of job applicants based on their "suitability for the job." But what kind of jobs aren't suitable for a total babe?

Why Are Women Better at Tasting Beer Than Men?

Max Read · 06/28/10 10:15PM

Is there any reason to be a man anymore? You know, besides the patriarchy, male privilege, and peeing standing up. Turns out, not only are women better at graduating from college, and being employed—they're better at tasting beers.

Do You Drive a Chick Car?

Hamilton Nolan · 06/21/10 11:00AM

It's common knowledge that certain brands of automobiles reveal their drivers to be chicks, or—worse—undercover chicks. Finally, researchers have quantified the most feminine cars. If you drive one, you are a total chick. Looking at you, VW.

Tiny Godless Organisms Practice Abominable 'Cloning'

Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/10 11:34AM

Gender bias! Alien data! Virus art! Hard relaxing! Radical statins! Space water! And godless rotifers reproducing outside of the bounds of holy matrimony! It's your fact-based Science Watch, where we watch science—whether Jesus likes it or not!

Men Are Increasingly Gold-Digging

Ravi Somaiya · 01/19/10 07:50AM

According to the New York Times anyway. They say men have accounted for three in four of the jobs lost in this recession, pay and prospects for women are increasing and thus that men are becoming worthless leeches with penises.

Catching Up With the World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Girl

ian spiegelman · 10/04/08 04:18PM

Jamie Clayton, the transsexual makeup artist who took the city by sexy storm over the summer when The Observer dubbed her "the second most beautiful girl in New York" is finally live on video. In an interview with Logo Online. She's getting recognized in the street, dating, and being subject to the clever pick-up lines of NYC boys. Lines such as, "Hey, Red," and "What's up, Slim?" Clip after the jump. Actually, there's no damned embed code. So watch it here.

Blogging is Ruled By Grubby Stupid Boys

ian spiegelman · 07/26/08 06:46AM

The great big crap-ass democracy of blogs turns out to be just another smelly old boys club. "[W]hen Techcult, a technology Web site, recently listed its top 100 Web celebrities, only 11 of them were women. Last year, Forbes.com ran a similar list, naming 3 women on its list of 25. 'It's disheartening and frustrating,' said Allison Blass, a BlogHer attendee whose personal blog at www.lemonade-life.com is about living with Type 1 diabetes."

Hillary Clinton to Lose Nomination, Destroy Feminism

ian spiegelman · 03/29/08 08:59AM

"Valerie Benjamin, a human-resources manager for a consulting firm [in Pittsburgh], was driving to work recently in her red minivan with a Hillary bumper sticker when a man pulled up alongside and rolled down his window. 'You can be for Hillary all you want,' he shouted, 'but there is no way that thing is going to become president.'" You see, Senator Clinton inspires such a feverish rage in the minds of crotch-scratching knuckleheads that if she fails to become the Democratic nominee for President she will have set back the women's movement by decades. Run for cover!

Steinem Zings Obama

Pareene · 01/08/08 10:25AM

Gloria Steinem, in a Times OpEd today, presents the usual thought experiment (if Hillary were a man she'd be called tough!) in reverse: if Obama were a woman he'd be called emotional. Which is true! It already happened to Edwards. [NYT]

Women: Useful, Pleasant Indoors

Chris Mohney · 12/19/06 01:30PM

To all appearances (and despite being offered for sale in a few New York locations), the Drummond line of fine sweaterwear has passed from this vale of tears. Too bad, because any product advertised with the following lines should be preserved for the ages: "Men are better than women! Indoors, women are useful, even pleasant. On a mountain they are something of a drag." Full giant scan at Dethroner, with relevant ad copy highlighted after the jump.

Media Myths: All the Girls Go Together

Chris Mohney · 09/08/06 03:45PM

Believe it or not, there are certain cavernous depths of bad taste that even we hesitate to spelunk. Such things have their attractions though, just in terms of finding out why an idiotic and/or offensive storyline keeps getting passed around the water cooler. One such chestnut concerns everyone's favorite topic: menstruation. Yes, we're going there.