On Thursday, Fox News’ CEO Roger Ailes resigned following a string of sexual harassment charges against him, along with other charges of mismanagement. An ongoing investigation of Ailes’ behavior has been carried out over the past month since former anchor Gretchen Carlson accused him of firing her for rejecting his advances, and while Ailes has resigned, […]
Tony Visconti is a British music producer who worked with the late David Bowie throughout his career. He is also a flappy-jawed man who, because he knows so much about music, is convinced that Adele’s voice isn’t 100% natural. As a music-producin’ man with a considerable amount of experience under his belt, surely whatever it is he has […]
As with most professional fields, working in media has its own unique set of obstacles that apply to everyone but invariably hit women harder. Being disrespected as an anchor on live television is bullshit no matter who you are or how you slice it, but the constant disrespect towards female news anchors is off the charts. In a […]
Regardless of where you stand in relation to Hillary’s policies, it takes willful ignorance to deny both the blatant and subliminal sexism pervasive in many of the smear campaigns against her. Whether it’s calling her Shrillary, the mostly harmless but largely tired Bernie vs. Hillary memes, or the straight up name calling from both GOP […]
Writer, director, and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s latest documentary, The Mask You Live In, hits Netflix today, and it’s worth a look for anyone who’s interested in the flip side of sexism. The Mask You Live In examines the destructive effects of how we define and regulate ideas of masculinity in the US, and its […]
I first saw the photo above come across my feed when a friend posted it. Soon, it was popping up everywhere. A disturbing family photo, this one went straight past “awkward” or “silly,” and right into “creepy,” “terrifyingly sad” and “nauseating.” The photo shows a family of five, seated in an idyllic meadow. The mother […]
Singer Ellie Goulding has everything going on, a new album release and a chance to perform in this year’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show, but her success did not come easy. The 27 year old described many instances of sexism that got in her way on her rise to success, including the music industry being male-dominated, but also […]
Ariana Grande, that odd little duck, was on Power 106 recently to discuss her newest single, “Focus.” When the conversation took a swift turn for the sexist, Grande did her best to shut down the idiotic ramblings of hosts Justin Credible and Eric D-Lux, who asked her a bunch of sexist and awesome questions like […]
Those among us who have ever watched a dude spread his legs across the length of three seats on public transportation or spent so much as five seconds peeking at Men Taking Up Space On The Train (so, everyone) have spent many an afternoon pondering why it’s so difficult for some guys to sit in just one seat. At last, […]
