It’s hard enough to be an astronaut. You basically have to be a genius physical specimen with enough intelligence to understand astrophysics, but not enough self-awareness to fear being strapped to a rocket and hurled into low orbit by a column of fire. For aspiring female astronauts, though, the selection process is … Read… 9/02/13 3:00pm 9/02/13 3:00pm

Making gross generalizations is usually a recipe for disaster, and though you might think that the director of admissions at Oxford University might know better than to make some broad, sweeping pronouncement about how girls’ guts are way more indecisive than boys’ guts, you’d be wrong, prey to the very same sort of… Read… 8/18/13 4:30pm 8/18/13 4:30pm

A new study from the Department of Housing and Urban Development confirms: it is somewhat more difficult to rent an apartment if you're gay. But there is a bright side, for lesbians. Read on Gawker 6/18/13 10:20pm 6/18/13 10:20pm

Danielle Powell was one semester short of earning her bachelor's degree when she was kicked out of Nebraska's religious Grace University for being gay in the year two thousand and twelve. Now, she says the only way the school will transfer her credits to another university is if she agrees to pay up $6,300. Read… 6/16/13 9:30pm 6/16/13 9:30pm

Hmm, what’s the best way to respectfully portray women on television? By not writing any female characters, obviously. There, you see? The Egyptian Islamists behind the new sitcom Coffee Shop have solved sexism. You’re welcome, Hollywood. Read… 6/16/13 5:30pm 6/16/13 5:30pm

There's no better place to try out "ethnic" dinners than Whole Foods. Where else can you pick up organic paella, a zesty quinoa salad, rumchata, approachable Argentinian wine and locally-sourced flan at the same store? I'm feeling spicy and Spanish tonight! Let's do this, Whole Foods! Read… 6/12/13 7:45pm 6/12/13 7:45pm

High schoolers at graduation tend to do all kinds of things to decorate their mortarboards. The words "Hi Mom" are a classic, "peaked" is less popular, but now a student in Atmore, Alabama is being fined $1000 and denied her diploma after decorating her graduation cap with an eagle feather to celebrate her Native… Read… 6/04/13 11:00am 6/04/13 11:00am

Hello, 911? We need a wahmbulance right away! An old white man is feeling sad and victimized! Read… 5/31/13 4:50pm 5/31/13 4:50pm

If you didn't think people could get douchier about denying LGBT rights, here's a story of yet another low in anti-gay douchiness. An Oregon bakery owner, Pam Regentin of Fleur Cakes, has refused to make a wedding cake for two brides-to-be, Erin Hanson and Katie Pugh, soley because they are gay. Read… 5/15/13 6:50pm 5/15/13 6:50pm

In his essay for New York Magazine, Supreme Court's head hater Antonin Scalia writes about growing up in New York City. Of course, he takes this benign topic, and uses it to make a dumb statement about the bright side of sexism. Read… 4/08/13 9:30am 4/08/13 9:30am

The group that owns the Manhattan high-rise home of male-dominated Japanese financial firm Nomura is requesting a new Certificate of Occupancy that will allow far fewer women's toilets to be installed on those lower levels occupied by Nomura. That's because Nomura boasts a long and storied history of not having many… Read… 3/25/13 12:05pm 3/25/13 12:05pm

Denigrating grandmothers for their supposed lack of technological prowess is bullshit because a) big fucking deal you can use a computer — your grandmother was probably old enough during the moon landing to roll her eyes when Neil Armstrong read his cheesy "one small step" line, and b) grandmothers are really crafty, so… Read… 3/24/13 2:30pm 3/24/13 2:30pm

Following in the grand tradition of Catholic hypocrisy and misogyny, the girls at Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, NJ were asked to take a no-cursing pledge on Friday while their male classmates looked on, blinking like the bemused rescue greyhounds the Pope flagellates every time he stubs his toe on a… Read… 2/03/13 1:00pm 2/03/13 1:00pm

Kristine Sink, a former correctional officer at a maximum-security prison in Fort Madison, Iowa, says that male prisoners — some convicted of murder and sexual assault — were allowed to watch horror films (including one that showed a woman being beaten, raped, hung upside down and skinned), erotic films, and movies… Read… 1/08/13 11:50am 1/08/13 11:50am