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Sully has a new part of the Dish: Ask Andrew Anything. His latest underlines the beginning of a discussion that needs to happen in a world in which maleness is challenged.
I love the thought and earnestness of these little clips. However, I don’t think Andrew is entirely right in his description, but he [...]
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, this chicken is both a hen and a rooster:
The bodies of these hen-rooster hybrids, or gynandromorphs, have a mixture of genetically male and female cells, the research reveals.
Only about 1 in 10,000 chickens are born as gynandromorphs, which have male features—such as a rooster’s comb [...]
Update Again: Salon’s Mary Elizabeth Williams ranks the good, the bad, the wtf:
Second, guys, I am really sorry about your penises. You know, the ones we took away from you with our book clubs and our vampire TV shows.
Update: Jezebel has a whole article on the sad superbowl dudes too:
Only [...]
Latoya Peterson has a fantastic article over at Jezebel discussing monstrous female creatures. With the whole Twilight and True Blood phenomenon, she noticed that though vampires are often equally male/female, werewolves are almost always male only. Why, you may ask?
Student Elizabeth M. Clark may have an answer. In the most authoritative document to [...]
From a post on Neatorama about Star Wars Adidas:
Geeks and geekettes rejoice, you can finally buy a sweet pair of styling shoes that pay homage to your favorite sci-fi movie.
The word “geekette” struck me as very weird. I’d never heard it used before. What the hell is a geekette? A female geek? [...]
And the iPhone is from Venus:
In the Droid’s new ad, Motorola gives us an array of candy-colored, bling-enrusted mobile devices and smiling fashion dolls and asks, “Should a phone be pretty? Should it be a tiara wearing, digitally clueless beauty queen?” Hell to the no!
Instead, if should be “racehorse duct taped to a [...]
Ask yourself this question: What is the masculine form of the word “mistress?”
Can you think of an answer? I couldn’t.
Technically, there isn’t one. A male, extra-marital, long-term lover doesn’t have a specific term. There is, however, a kindred spirit to “mistress” that is more gender adaptable: the kept woman. The “kept” part [...]
Deus Sex Machina. Just ignore that translation, please. Misogynist chick flicks. Six examples. But we all know the very concept of a “chick flick” is part of the problem. Lady Gaga is taking on the homophobic rappers. I guess that means Wale is cool with dudes lovin’ dudes? Exploring masculinity…sort [...]
An IEET poll result:
It’s a big question: Are the apparent mental and emotional differences between men and women mainly from biology? Or are they primarily from societal conditioning?
Almost half (46%) of respondents to our recently concluded poll answered “Both” while the other half split evenly between “Mostly from society” (24%) and “Mostly from [...]
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