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Chelsea Handler Has The Right Idea About Helping Other Women In Their Careers
Chelsea Handler is on the latest issue of Redbook Magazine. Yes, you heard me right. Chelsea Handler. The same woman who said, “There are two kinds of people I don’t trust: people who don’t drink and people who collect stickers.”Of course, she is right. That is just good common sense. But Redbook is a serious, grown-up woman’s magazine. I mean Michelle Obama was recently on the cover. Chelsea Handler likes to be known as a “Drunken Slut.” But the girl has a great career and she isn’t pulling up the ladder behind her it sounds like. She said: ‘I read this cheesy quote once: “Blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours glow brighter…’We women have to stick together… I’m very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter. I like having a fraternity. I like girls and boys together, misfits and underdogs – I love underdogs.” More »
What Should We Call a Comedy Movie With Women In It?
There’s already a term for a buddy movie with guys – a bromance. But what do we call the equivalent movie for women? Discussing his new film Bridesmaids (which stars Maya Rudolph, Kristin Wiig, and Rose Byrne) in Entertainment Weekly, director Paul Feig suggests “sismance” and “galmance” as possible options. More »
Poll: What Do You Do With Your Extra Money?
The New York Times discovered that most single women spend money on necessities, rather than on clothing, makeup, and everything Carrie Bradshaw. In other words, it’s a modern-day myth that single women spend like Carrie. More »
Fact: Women Are More Annoying About The Cold Than Men – If Not Actually Colder
I am currently typing this post with a blanket on my lap, which is part of the reason that I refuse to believe some of the facts from this article on Slate: Warm Heart, Cold Hands. Are women really more likely to feel cold than men?
According to “science,” women have higher core temperatures than men. But colder hands. To learn this fact, the author consulted various studies that plunged people in ice cold water and employed armpit and rectal thermometers. According to my own research, women will never be satisfied by any temperature room you put them in. And the more of them you bring into a room, the more terrible the temperature will become. To learn these more valuable thoughts, I have simply interacted with women my whole life. Oh, also I am female myself. Hi. Guilty as charged. More »
Good news! Men do like successful women. According to this male matchmaker, men aren’t afraid of smart, successful women. Now to work on that successful part… (BettyConfidential)
Video: What’s The Difference Between PETA And A Porn Company? (Not A Riddle)
PETA has posted an exclusive video on Buzzfeed of their NSFW Super Bowl spot, which means the pro-animal rights group created an ad that they knew was never going to air. What’s the point of that? Just to show the world how “controversial” you are? Anyway, the spot is an “outtakes parody” (the way The Simpsons: XXX is a parody) of the group’s 2009 Superbowl ad, Veggie Love. In it, bikini-clad women are oiled up and fellating vegetables. Just normal PETA stuff, you know. More »
10 Questions For Women Left Out Of The ‘Maxim’ Sex Survey
Maxim has a new sex survey that is specifically designed for the ladies. The magazine will then use this new data for an article that will tell you how women like having their G-spots touched and that modern women hate snuggling.*
Since these responses are already biased to results that will mollify their sexually lazy and uncreative readers, we hope that next year, Maxim will include the following questions. More »
Daily WTF: Sudanese Facial Scarring
Today is a historic day in Sudan, where its citizens are deciding whether they will remain part of one country, or if South Sudan will secede and become a new nation. But one of the photos circulating to mark this day has really struck a nerve at Crushable. It’s this Getty photo of a woman holding up her ballot. Curious about the artistic bumps on her face, I looked it up. More »
Dear Lingerie Companies, Who Are You Making Ads For?
Have you guys seen this La Senza commercial, where women in their underwear lie down on mattresses and sing out different chords of “Deck the Halls” according to their cup size? Does that make you want to go out and buy bras, or what?? More »
The Double-Beauty Standard In The Workplace (Or: Reasons To Be Ugly) – What do you know? Sending in a resume with your pretty little face might actually hurt your chances of getting a job, while attractive men who add their pics have a higher chance of scoring an interview. Of course, if you’re applying to be some creepy guy’s secretary, just ignore this advice. (Lemondrop)
Margaret Cho Demands More Support For Women In Comedy- “The straight male comics that I know will always watch each other and give each other pointers and will always support each other. And by support, I mean go see each other perform, give each other rides to shows, give each other moral support like ‘You did good.’ Women don’t have that.” Where are the free rides, ladies?! (via Lemondrop)
Gallery: The Worst Relationship Book Covers
I cannot stand self-help books for single women. I find the whole industry built upon our insecurity that we won’t get married and knocked up by the time we’re 30-ish pretty loathsome in general, because they seem to claim one thing (“You’re perfect the way you are!”) while not-so-subtly implying another (“You’re not good enough, that’s why you need our help!”). But mostly, I just hate the covers of dating advice books. More »
Sex On the Wire: Sexual Rehabilitation
• Paging Russell Brand: Sex addiction rehabilitation centers are on the rise ever since stars like Tiger Woods and Jesse James have used the term as an excuse for why they screwed around so much. (LA Times)
•…which in turn leads to regular girls questioning whether or not they have an “addiction.” (CollegeCandy
• Because texting your kid to stop having sex upstairs is now considered good parental guidance, why not use that passive-aggressive form of communication to break up with someone? (The Gloss)
• Another week, another horrific way to overshare your dating life: CanDoBetter is like HotorNot, except the strangers are judging your date, not you. Is that better or worse? (Lemondrop)
• Finally, a cheerleading group for science nerds! Now if only we could get a couple half-naked guys doing a routine to cheer on us bloggers… (Buzzfeed)
• Can you remain friends with benefits forever? (CollegeCrush)
• Speaking of too close: Cory Monteith farts in front of Lea Michele on the set of Glee, so you know they are BFFs. (Teen Vogue) More »
Ladies, Think Twice About Who To Ask For That Letter of Recommendation
You may be the most productive, assertive employee at your office, but if you’re a woman, letters of recommendations may actually be hurtful when applying for a new job, as a new study from the Journal of Applied Psychology has found. More »
AdoptAGuy: The Best Dating Service EVER?
Um, welcome to the best way to waste the rest of your day: Adoptaguy.com, a dating/hookup site where ladies are “shoppers” and men are “products.” Pick from random criteria like “fashion style” (bohemian, corporate, metrosexual, in uniform), Vices (vegan, smoker), and Specialities (massages, painting, plumbing), and then just press go! Look at my list: More »
Why ‘The Walking Dead’ Fell Short
Last night was the premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead, the highly anticipated zombie-cowboy TV show based on the popular comic series. I had been waiting for months, just like the rest of you, for this show to air, and actually spent all of Halloween Day preparing for it. Meaning I slept in late and ate a lot of candy. More »
Is It Time For Kristen Wiig to Leave ‘Saturday Night Live?’
Let me preface this by saying that for years (seasons?) now, Kristen Wiig has been my favorite part of Saturday Night Live. With the exception of Gilly (blugh, Gilly), her recurring characters were consistently funny, original, and held their own against the more outlandish male counterparts. When Gawker did their roundup last winter of the best Kristen Wiig characters (Judy Grimes, Penelope), I was totally on board. Besides Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig is the best thing SNL had going for it. More »
Video: ‘Vag Magazine’ Discovers Menstrual Cups
We are psyched to bring you the second installment of Vag Magazine, the show about womyn with a “y” and feminism that’s “fun!” (Unless you are part of the patriachal hierarchy, in which case, screw you, oppressive penis-havers!) This week, the ladies at Vag mag discuss corporate sponsorship from the Keeper menstrual cup, and what constitutes a “feminist” skirt.
We also have last week’s episode of Vag Mag’s launch.
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Poll: Does Birth Control Make You Psycho?
Our friends over at Lemondrop posted an article today revealing the findings of a recent study that says women tend to get more aggressive and jealous when they are on some form of hormone contraceptive. That would totally back up my claim in college, which is that birth control worked only in the way that it made you so crazy, no guy would have sex with you. More »
Sex On the Wire: Dirty, Dogging Brits
• We know where we plan on taking our next vacation: Puttenham, England, a quiet little town that’s become a popular spot for “dogging” (aka sex in public). Best part? It’s barely illegal! (New York Times)
• Once again, a study has confirmed what we’ve already assumed to be true: Overweight women are hired less, and generally take a salary cut, over their skinnier counterparts. (Lemondrop)
• Is having sex with gay dudes a new trend? We feel like we’ve heard a lot about this lately. (The Gloss)
• Take a look at the Ryan Gosling/Michelle Williams feature Blue Valentine…which is slated to get an NC-17 rating. (The Frisky)
• Congrats to all the young kids out there having sex, who know how to wrap it up. Shame on the adults, who are less likely to be using protection, according to this new study. (Blisstree)
• Here’s a male sex expert telling you how to have a female orgasm. Hmm…we might stick to advice from someone who actually shares our genitalia. (YourTango)
• Christina Hendricks says women hit on her. If this counts as news, we’re glad that there is literally nothing else in the world going on today. (CBS) More »