Is Seventeen teaching transphobia?
What do you think your daughter is learning from Seventeen magazine? Self-esteem? Hopefully. Body hatred? Perhaps. How to buy a flattering winter coat or strike up a conversation with that hottie from...
View ArticleLousy spouses anonymous
So, you're getting a divorce. And it's not the amicable kind. You didn't talk it out over late-night coffee and come to the mature, mutual decision that your love just wasn't meant to last. Well, what...
View ArticleTeen sex: a weighty issue
Lately, at Broadsheet, we've been writing a lot about the fashion industry, glossy women's magazines, plus-size models and Photoshop disasters. It's difficult to quantify the effects of Christian...
View ArticlePoliticizing a parent’s worst nightmare
In Britain this week, a mother and father are squaring off in court. Although the couple is "amicably separated," their dispute has nothing to do with alimony or child custody. Their legal teams are...
View Article“Gossip Girl”: Threesome’s a crowd?
Get ready for a brand new scandal, from the folks who brought us Nipplegate. This time, conservative watchdog group the Parents Television Council is all atwitter about "Gossip Girl." Of course, the...
View Article“Men’s rights” groups go mainstream
When "Quiverfull" author Kathryn Joyce interviewed blogger Bernard Chapin, he insisted on addressing her as "Feminist E." You see, Joyce explains, "he never uses real names for feminists, who are...
View ArticleWhat should Conan O’Brien do next?
Thursday afternoon, word spread like wildfire that, come February, Jay Leno would be resuming his 11:30 time slot on NBC. Later, when the network issued a statement insisting (albeit vaguely) that they...
View ArticleIs “Mad Men’s” Christina Hendricks “big”?
When I spotted Gothamist's headline, "NYT Distorts Image of Christina Hendricks, Calls Her 'Big,'" I involuntarily groaned. "Really, NY Times?" I thought. "Did you have to pull the combination...
View ArticleFree! Online! Plastic surgery consultations!
Who needs to go to the doctor when we have the Internet? These days, we diagnose ourselves on WebMD, buy prescription drugs from overseas pharmacies and do plastic surgery consultations, all at the...
View ArticleLevi Johnston: Playgirl centerfold, deadbeat dad?
Levi Johnston's been just about everywhere in the 13 months since his son, Tripp, was born: He's shit-talked the Palin family to any and all media outlets, found his fame-whore soul mate in Kathy...
View ArticleVideo of the day: Best. Wedding trailer. Ever
Now that it's so cheap and easy to make videos and post them online, there's a trailer for everything: Lady Gaga albums, Thomas Pynchon novels (Is that Tommy Chong narrating?) ... and, inevitably,...
View ArticleThe awful Courtney Love album no one’s heard yet
Don't waste your time on the new album by Courtney Love's re-formed band, Hole. I mean, "Nobody's Daughter" isn't coming out until April 27, and I haven't even heard it yet. But if the music...
View ArticleScariest Olympic sport?
The tragic death of Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili cast a harsher spotlight on one of the more obscure Olympic events. But what of the even less known, but seemingly more dangerous sport of...
View ArticleShocker: Small condoms don’t sell
Hey, did you hear the one about the guy whose penis was so small he couldn't find a condom to fit him? Well, what sounds like a tired joke is actually the premise of a smart Atlanic piece called "The...
View ArticleWhen a bridezilla’s family attacks
Everyone has a story about a bride who went over the edge. You know, the one who made her bridesmaids starve themselves so as not to ruin the wedding pictures or the lady who wouldn't stop calling the...
View ArticleBra sizes balloon: Blame obesity!
Earlier this week, Women's Wear Daily gave "breast men" (and women) everywhere something to celebrate: Bra sizes are up! Way up! While the median size just 10 years ago was 36C, the median American...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of the word “feminism”?
This morning, when music critic and "The Girls Guide to Rocking" author Jessica Hopper tweeted, "Venus' new publisher sez feminism 'isn't relevant' to the new version of the mag, hires ed from Martha...
View ArticleCourtney Love kills Courtney Love
Courtney is all out of Love. That's right: One of the most recognizable women in music is changing her iconic pseudonym. Now, the Hole frontwoman and pop-culture whipping girl only wants us to call her...
View ArticleTwitter tiff: Courtney Love vs. Billy Corgan
Today's big-name Twitter battle is a celebrity death match straight out of "I Love the '90s." In one corner, we have Courtney Love, who has recently made headlines for losing custody of her daughter,...
View ArticleLiz Phair’s hilarious novelty album
Over the weekend, Liz Phair put out her first album in nearly five years. Like many artists fed up with the record label system, she self-released "Funstyle" on her website, offering the track...
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