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Oh, no! The ladies, they’re getting drunk! AGAIN! Guys just aren’t into drunk girls STUDY | Women mistakenly believe men think it’s sexy Oh, dear. It seems that, once again, I may have failed to appeal sexually to each and every member of the male gender. It’s not that I’m not trying: I spend several […]

On Second Thought

I am beginning to think that Sexist Beatdown should have focused entirely on this.

Sexist Beatdown: Blogging About Blogging About Blogging Edition

Good morning! Are you ready for a Sexist Beatdown… that requires extensive background information and additional reading into a history of intense debate in, around, and about the feminist blogosphere? If your answer is, “Jesus, it is too early for this, no,” then you are in the same position as the lovely and preternaturally patient […]

NON-GENDER RELATED UPDATE:

Have you read the David Foster Wallace thing in the New Yorker? It is really good; also, heartbreaking. His wife’s name is Karen Green, and she has been through some shit, let me tell you. So I am already feeling super-trivial as I prepare to tell you that this is the detail that stuck out […]

In Which I Improve Your Marriage… OF THE FUTURE!

Guess what? I just got a wedding invitation! It is maybe the most awesome wedding invitation I have ever received. NO OFFENSE, OTHER MARRIED PEOPLE. Your weddings were all awesome. Weddings are awesome! However, look at this: Here’s the rundown; tomorrow [A DUDE] and I are going to the [CITY HALL] to get unioned at […]

Tiger Beatdown Sells Out

No gender stuff today! Sorry! In fact, no more gender stuff, EVER. I have decided that it is detracting from my brand and compromising my market potential. I do not want to be pigeonholed as some “niche writer” who writes for “niche markets” about things like “whether sexism exists.”* What I want is money! I […]

I Have Been Watching TV! Did You Know That It Has Sexism?

Hey, have you heard about this VH1 channel? They show the music video programming, apparently! Ha ha, no, they show things that are sexist and terrible, all the time. There is this one specific thing that I would like to talk to you about today, however. It is called Tool Academy. VH1 TV Shows | […]

The Barbiefication of Michelle Obama, Part A Million, or: Kinder, Kuche, Book Deal

You know, dear Reader, I have spent the majority of the last forty-eight hours puking. Puking, losing consciousness, waking up only to realize that I am going to puke again, worrying that next time I might not wake up and might therefore die in the grossest way possible, like Jimi Hendrix: this has been my […]

The Pernicious Effect of Bobby Jindal Upon the State of Louisiana: A Photo Essay

FASCISTS. [New Orleans, February 2009][Via Elizabeth.]

George F. Will Disapproves of What You Put in Your Mouth. And Has Suggestions!

Here is a quiz for you: can you find the glaring omission in George Will’s recent essay about shifting attitudes towards food and sex? HINT: it involves the sexism! Imagine… a 30-year-old Betty in 1958, and her 30-year-old granddaughter Jennifer today. Betty’s kitchen is replete with things — red meat, dairy products, refined sugars, etc. […]