Our Labia AND Pubes Are Just Fine, Thank...

Ladies! Have you waxed off your pubes and replaced them with sparkly vejazzles yet? No? Well, I hope you’re using the right products on your bush. Not only is there Betty Beauty, to keep your pubes colorful (they even have “bridal blue” dye, in case your bush isn’t old, new or...

Our Labia Look Just Fine, Thanks: Part I...

My bonbons will stay dazzle-free. Ladies, if your nether regions aren’t trim or pink enough, there may be hope for you yet. Now you can distract potential partners by blinding them with sparkly Swarovski crystals! It’s…vejazzling! No, I’m not joking. You wax your pubes off, then...

Commenter Seminar: Beauty Culture Rules...

N SRIO, ladies. Via katviola @ Flickr. From our recent “What Would You Guest Post About?” thread, came this gem from JennyK/Benevolent Dictatrix: I’ve been thinking lately that I would like to write a Cross-Referenced Compendium of Patriarchal Beauty Standards for Women. From pedicured...

Wave Your Legs in the Air If You Got Hai...

Footie sez: Hairy Legs are Zzzzzzzzzzzz... Via PhDork. I started writing this post back in November, but got distracted with more timely things, real life things, etc., but with the recent hoopla about Teh Horror!  of Mo’Nique’s unshaven!  legs!  at the Golden Globes!, I seems like it’s...

What Not to Watch...

I am a total fucking party girl, so Friday nights usually find me on the couch with the Dude.  Especially since we got cable for the first time in my adult life. Last Friday, we were ended up watching a mini-marathon of What Not to Wear.  What can I say, it is the black hole of cable television: ...

Our Labia Look Just Fine, Thanks: Part I...

As if it’s not enough that women can get our labia mauled beautified by plastic surgeons, we apparently need to dye them as well. Behold My New Pink Button, a ” Cosmetic Dye especially for the woman’s genital area, to help restore that healthy vibrant Rosy color. [sic]” Click...

I’ll have an Americano with a doub...

If you thought Joe’s was bad, you’ll get a real kick out of Java Divas, a new coffee shop in Pasadena, Maryland. NBC4 in DC ran a little feature on the operation tonight, which caught my attention. It’s a drive-through coffee shop staffed by scantily-clad hotties. They serve drinks...

Our Labia Look Just Fine, Thanks....

Immortalize your lovely labia at Vulvalovelovely @ Etsy. Click on photo for link. Commenter aspiringexpatriate recently sent me an e-mail entitled: I don’t even know what to say. It included a link to a BBC News article entitled “New Warnings on ‘Perfect’ Vaginas.” The...

Thought for a Busy Morning...

We’re all up to our eyeballs in various meat-space commitments, so please forgive our recent absence.  In the meantime, a fisk-able link and a pithy quote… There have been several occasions over the last few day where a quote from scholar Peggy Phelan has floated to the front of my mind,...

Forever 21–Now With Undermining!...

I’ve never liked the store Forever 21. The cheesy, youth-glorifying name grates on me: OMG, don’t get oooold! Stay 21 and sexxxy forever! Even worse, Forever 21 has an atrocious record of garment worker exploitation and creates cheap, unsustainably manufactured clothing that is distinctly...

New York Times Sez: You Women Suck at Ch...

If you’re like me, and you hate high heels, well, check out Roni Rabin’s article: High Heels and Pumps Now, Foot Pain Later. The article describes a study of people over age 66, which found that the women–who had worn heels most of their lives–had a lot of foot pain. The researchers...

Muslim Ladies Exercising!...

I feel like Muslim women have been all over the MSM recently. Well, not Muslim women, obviously, but white women reporting back on what it’s like to live as a Muslim lady for a day or some such. I did find this piece by Abby Ellin at The New York Times sort of refreshing. She writes about the...