Nope, Not a Joke...

Well, not purposefully a joke.  But if you want to have a little laugh-’til-you-cry-’til-you-laugh-’til-you-puke experience this morning, look no further than what is quite possibly the smelliest piece of faux-feminist (ex-kyooze me, “feminine-ist”) shit ever deposited...

Newsflash: Summer Flings Also Appropriat...

For those of you enjoying your Labor Day weekend with some end-of-summer sexytime, gather ’round. In my Labor Day post from Bed, Bitch and Beyond blog at Bitch Magazine, I have my say about Glamour’s “helpful” article that promises “6 ways to turn your summer fling into...

Don’t Lie About Your Age: A Rant...

Recently I was at a dinner with a bunch of female friends. The five year old daughter of one friend had a birthday coming up, and was extremely excited about it. She kept rolling up on us guests and announcing: “I’m going to be six! How old are you?” We all dutifully reported our ages–which...

Too Little, Too Late?...

The oh-so-revolutionary imageGlamour magazine is, as Kate Harding put it, planning a “naked fat girl extravaganza” for its November issue. The editors sneaked a model with a belly bulge into their September issue, and are floored by the mostly positive responses. So I guess they’re...

The Dysmorphia of Modeling...

Let's not pretend that fashion models look like this. via allybeag @ flickr Curvy. Voluptuous. What a real woman looks like. Meat on the bones. Can we please stop it? My ire has been fully stoked after flipping through a copy of W magazine that my sister left at my parents’ house. Well, to...

Nine Simple Ways to Scare Your Date...

There are several advantages to being a content singleton, one of which is not having to deal with first dates and the thorny path known as flirtation. But I finally decided to just learn to flirt, and decided to take some cues from Marie-Claire’s nine steps to flirting like a pro, provided by...

Cosmo Wisdom: The Taming of the Dude...

Cosmo wisdom: Enough said. via sleepysmile @ flickr Sometimes articles come along that just make you want to smash the laptop you’re reading it on. Cosmo’s website incites that kind of “WTF?!” rage on a regular basis. Their latest idiocy includes talking to animal behaviorists...