“Get a gun?” Get a clue....

Last week, a man brutally attacked a woman at a New York City bar after she rejected his advances. The woman sustained a broken eye socket, nose and jaw. Police believe the man may have attempted to sexually assault her, but the rape kit found that she had not been raped. According to the woman’s...

Friday Fierce Thread: For Reader A...

GOLD STAR for Reader A We occasionally get emails from readers about the sexist stuff they’ve encountered in their lives, with questions like “Did I do something wrong here?”  or “What the eff is wrong with people?”  I just got one last night, and I really wanted to address...

Prom (oting) Homophobia...

This month in Fulton, Mississippi, two girls wanted to go to prom together, and one of them wanted to wear a tux. When one of the girls—high school senior Constance McMillen—challenged the school’s written policy that prom dates must be of the opposite sex, the school board decided:...

Sympathy for the Rape Apologist?...

Yesterday, Harpyness reader Christopher F. wrote me about the firestorm of controversy surrounding a recent student column in the Daily Princetonian. In “The Real ‘Sex on a Saturday Night‘”, freshman Iulia Neagu explains that women who are raped while inebriated have only themselves...

Airport Security: Now With More Asswease...

Yesterday dudely Harpyness fan Christopher F. sent me a link to a column on Philly.com about an incident at the Philadelphia airport which pretty much sews up everything I hate about air travel and everything I hate about the Patriarchy. Thanks, Chris! Rebecca Solomon is 22 and a student at the University...

The Incredible Shrinking Woman...

I will use any excuse to post a picture of Lily Tomlin. I don’t think I know any woman who hasn’t had the distinctly skeezy experience of having her tits addressed by a dude attempting to have a conversation with her.   Big or small, covered or revealed, tits are apparently SO HYPNOTIC...

Women of the World: Put Out or Die in a ...

SNAAATCH! SNAAAAAAAAATCHHHHH! Okay, okay, that might be a bit of an overstatement.  But check out this Guardian I mean Independent op-ed by Howard Jacobson and try to determine who he hates more: men or women? Jacobson is weighing in on terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (AKA the Crotch Bomber),...

A Bitch’s Work Is Never Done...

Yesterday, while on a walking tour of the spice market in Old Delhi, I punched a guy who groped my ass on a crowded sidewalk. I only got him in the arm, but he dropped the package he was carrying and scurried away, which made me feel somewhat better. Our tour guide, a  motherly, middle-aged lady in...

Bitches 1, Mansplainer, 0...

Gentle readers, I know I said I was leaving you for a whole three weeks, but I simply couldn’t head off to India without sharing this story with you. Plus it’s snowing–yes, snowing–here in London and I would rather cozy up to my sister’s laptop than go out again. Anyhoo…I...

Attention, Ladies! A Man is Here to Hel...

Yesterday a man was invited to share his perspective at Jezebel on why women should not complain about women getting hit, for no reason, by men.  The title he chose was, “Why is Snooki More Precious Than I Am?“  You can sort of imagine how it evolved from there. I don’t want to rehash...

Unga Bunga! White Sale Gooood!...

It was JUST LIKE THIS. Via Hysterical Bertha @ Flickr. If there were such a thing as a big WHOOPWHOOPWHOOP siren that would go off when people started talking shite, I have go doubt that the phrase “in cave man times” would trigger klaxons everywhere. The article Shopping styles of men and...

How to be an Assweasel 101...

Twice in the past 48 hours I have had the displeasure of reading pathetic, poorly-written attempts at humor in college newspapers. The target of the writers’ screeds, of course, is women. It’s amazing how many people think misogyny is fresh and new and “edgy.” The new shame...