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One Female Gamer Records A Warfare in Words

Evan Narcisse — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:40:00 EST

The latest Call of Duty's out today and there's going to be lots of trash talk and cuss words among the many fans who'll be cutting class, calling in sick and otherwise shirking their duties to play the latest entry in Activision's best -selling FPS series. But, as Jenny Haniver can attest, there's a special kind of trash talk reserved for female players. It's filled with casual sexism, vulgar slurs and an angry dismissiveness of any skills a woman playing an online game might show. More »

Beth Ditto Designs Again; Faith Hill Wants A Clothing Line

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:30:00 EDT

Beth Ditto is designing another Evans collection. Last time the singer held fast to the 80s, with sometimes mixed results, but the range that will hit stores in September counts everything from Victoriana to "Noughties body-con" as an influence. [Telegraph]

Real Cat Burglar Snatches Toys • Principal Blames South Park For Anti-Semitic Remarks

Maria — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:20:00 EST

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• An English cat named Frankie has been accused of stealing 35 soft toys from neighboring houses over the past year. • Vets in Boston have performed an unusual surgery in which they reattached a 4-year-old cat's face following a brutal accident involving a car's fan belt. • A new US law states that freight ships must slow down to 11.5 mph when traveling through parts of the North Atlantic, where right whales migrate from New England to Florida. • More »

British Lad Mags: Root Of All Ills Or Symptom Of The Bigger, Sexist Picture?

Maria — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:30:00 EDT

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 »