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Remember how it's hard to tell the difference between British lad mags and rapists? Well, it's especially tough when said mags actually tell their readers to rape women. Which was apparently online mag UniLad's idea of a funny joke. More »
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Well, this is upsetting. According to a new study, people can't tell the difference between quotes from British "lad mags" and interviews with convicted rapists. And given the choice, men are actually more likely to agree with the rapists. More »
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Blogger Darren Barefoot analyzed dozens of Cosmo and Maxim issues and generated word clouds that show what the lad and ladymag are selling you. Not surprisingly, it's sex. More »
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These 2003 tips for "curing" a feminist are surprisingly tame — maybe because Maxim quoted actual feminist Jennifer Baumgardner. They're also supposed to help you "get your chin buttered," something we thought dudebros were supposed to hate. More »
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It's not that Ms. Lavigne's arms are too wide for the mag — it's that her torso is not curvy enough. So they scooped out some vital organs over there on the left and created a tiny waist. More »
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Magazines aimed at twentysomething guys lean heavily toward boobs, beer, and boorishness — will young men pick up a title about "career advancement, finances and family life" instead? More »
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Roommates got so annoyed with the stupid "quotes" that accompany Maxim's nude-woman spreads that they put up a page in their bathroom and went crazy with a pen. (Full and original images here.) [Reddit via Daily What] More »
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"As an immediate result of an ongoing internal inquiry following an indefensible comment published in this week's issue, Zoo has decided to bring the Danny Dyer column to an end," announced a spokeswoman for the magazine. [Guardian] More »
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Yesterday, we mentioned Danny Dyer's column in lad mag ZOO and the resulting outrage. Since then, women's rights groups and the original letter-writer have spoken out against the British actor and the misogynistic mag, demanding apologies and compensation. More »
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Depressed over a breakup? British advice columnist Danny Dyer says the solution is to "cut your ex's face, and then no one will want her." More »
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A British study says "lad mags" with scantily clad women are responsible for sexualizing young people, and that the government should put age restrictions on their sale. But would such restrictions fix the problem? More »
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MASC mag seeks to be "something positive, that doesn't put down women and other guys in an effort to make us feel better about ourselves or like more of a man." They're hiring, fellas. [MASC] More »
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MP Claire Curtis-Thomas in England wants lad mags like Maxim and Nuts to carry film-style ratings. In a report released this week, Curtis-Thomas said that these lad mags are not rated and treated the same way as porn even though she sees the magazines as being "little more than pornography." She also wants downmarket English newspapers like the Daily Sport to carry age-appropriateness ratings. Ben Todd, an editor at lad mag Zoo thinks of his magazines as a "cheeky seaside postcard" and says that if they are restricted by age because of topless photos then newspapers like the Sun that print photos of topless models should be restricted as well. [Daily Mail] More »
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Michael Grove, the shadow education secretary and a prominent Conservative in England, gave a speech today at a meeting organized by the think tank IPPR condemning lad mags (like Nuts, Zoo, and Maxim) for promoting "instant-hit hedonism" and presenting women as "permanently, lasciviously, uncomplicatedly available." The result, according to Grove, is that the magazines promote a deterioration of responsibility in young men towards women, leaving British communities with apparently the worst social situation that could ever occur: single-parent families. Yes, lad mags may present a sexist image of women, but is focusing on the importance of "male responsibility" towards women reinforcing sexist and misogynist attitudes towards women or destroying them? (A poll on the website of the Guardian reveals that, as of this morning, 54% of respondents think that lad mags do not "make men feckless".) More »
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UK papers Telegraph and Guardian both published findings from a report by Women In Journalism — namely, that websites of magazines for teenage girls are urging the girls to upload photographs of themselves and post ratings of their bodies, much as the "lad mag" sites do. While the teen sites don't exactly approach "Assess My Breasts" territory, they are extremely close: Bliss, a British teen magazine, had a "How Sexy Am I?" feature, which asked girls to rate their own bodies with options like "beautiful" or "ewww." The section, which was recently taken down, had 10 body parts — including tummy, thighs, legs and breasts — about which the teens could choose "happy" or "hate 'em." More »
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