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Rima Fakih, Beauty Pageants and the Virgin-Whore Dichotomy
On Sunday evening, Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA 2010. By morning, her reign had already been tarnished by the requisite beauty queen sex scandal. Photos had surfaced of the now-24-year-old Fakih...
View ArticleWhy Are We Really Watching That “Single Ladies” Girls Video?
Broadsheet thinks that the collective outcry over the sexy dance moves of the "Single Ladies" girls has the power to restore one's "faith in humanity." "I dare say this is evidence of a vague cultural...
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The Morning After: Masculinity Crisis Edition
* Figleaf points us to the myth that masculinity is perpetually "in crisis," from Rip Van Winkle onward. * Amanda Marcotte on risk assessment in child-rearing: There's so much pressure in our society...
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The Morning After: Soft-Core Skeleton Edition
*Broadsheet's Tracy Clark-Flory reports on an X-ray manufacturer's foray into the pin-up market. Clark-Flory's take: "damn, these skele-girls got femurs for daaays. As the Weekly Vice suggests, I...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Fabulous Ex-Gay Scarf Edition
[youtube:v=wD5mFQkenqI] * Via BLOgT: Even ex-gays are allowed to wear fabulous scarves. * Feministing points to a Brightest Young Things piece on how some LGBT folks define queer virginity. * At Tiger...
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