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In the Frame: Woman Offers Her Body as Men
23-year-old Shauna Taylor is proud to own an original piece by Damien Hirst. If you want to have a look, she’s showing it within the pages of Garage magazine—a new publication edited by Dasha Zhukova, who runs a gallery in Moscow and used to edit Pop, the biannual fashion... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Gloria Anzald
Gloria Anzaldúa lived a pedal-to-the-metal life, refusing to deny any aspects of her dynamic identity and writing her own page in the great book of queer/feminist/critical theory by tearing out 20 others. Her writings are enactments of the “borderland/frontera” concept that she pioneered; her books... Read more »
On Our Radar
Here’s what we’ve been reading (and watching, and thinking about) this week.
Have you been reading Ladydrawers’ interview comic with Alison Bechdel? Catch up with part two of three over at... Read more »
Thursday Night 'Lights: Coalition of the Willing
On the surface, there is nothing connecting the four episodes that aired on NBC this week. Annie’s friends helped her move, and tweeted about it. Ben and Leslie’s attempt to stay friends had them waging war on each other at a Model UN. And Dwight sexually harrassed Jim. Does it matter... Read more »
In The Frame: Tracey Emin
As one of the most controversial artists of modern times, Tracey Emin has generated serious column inches for her overtly personal work, including the installation My Bed (complete with condoms) and her series of autobiographical appliquéd blankets, littered with swear words. David Bowie called her... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: Totally Terrible Toys
Yup, that’s right. The folks at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood scoured the toy aisles and found (what they feel are) the top five most offensive toys, and will present the TOADY (Toys Oppressive And Destructive to Young children) Award to the one that takes home the (dis)honor... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: AskMen.com on Pregnancy and Sex
AskMen.com, an online lifestyle magazine, enjoys a larger readership than Maxim, GQ, and Men’s Health, with 15 millions visitors each month. According the their website, AskMen’s readers are “confident, successful... Read more »
Bibliobitch: "We're fat, we f*ck, it's good, get over it": A Q&A with Hanne Blank
Sometimes the best books about sex simply state the obvious: masturbation feels good, most women require direct clitoral stimulation to orgasm, fat people have and (gasp!) enjoy sex (and with all kinds of partners!). Hanne Blank’s newly released edition of Big, Big Love is a prime example of... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, and the PSU Administration That Covered It Up
Trigger warning: This post contains descriptions of rape, molestation, and abuse.
As you probably know, some epic douchiness transpired recently in State College Pa., where Jerry Sandusky exerted his power as an assistant coach at a semi-religious institution (Penn State Football) to... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Stay Away From That Tuna! (Or I'll Take Your Baby)
During last week’s episode of Parenthood, Julia panicked because Zoe—the young woman carrying the baby Julia plans to adopt—is caught eating sushi. With tuna.
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