Eddie Redmayne Celebrates Father's Day By Becoming a Father
Eddie Redmayne and his wife Hannah Bagshawe celebrated Father’s Day this year in a big, if relatively unscheduled way: by becoming parents.
This Father's Day, Remind Your Partner Where the Baby Came From
It has been about three years since I stopped working in men’s lifestyle media, but during the two weeks leading up to Father’s Day, I still get a lot of emails from PR people pitching “perfect gifts” for my old employer’s Father’s Day Gift Guide. Gifts for every “type” of dad: the sports-fan dad, the grill-obsessed…
Charlie Sheen: Denise Richards a 'Heretic Washed Up Piglet Shame Pile'
In honor of Father’s Day, the mild and graceful Charlie Sheen took to Twitter in order to compliment his ex-wife and mother of his children, Brooke Mueller. Then, turning his attention Denise Richards, his other ex-wife and mother to his other children, he let fly lines of misogynist, free-verse vitriol.
Justin Timberlake 'Flexin' on Father's Day
Justin Timberlake celebrated Father’s Day with his new son Silas, an adorable child who, with that name, is destined to grow up to be a nineteenth-century villain (truly, not even Charles Dickens could have picked a better name than Silas Timberlake). “FLEXIN’ on Father’s Day,” Timberlake captioned the photo. Perhaps…
Let's Hear It For Goofy Dads
It’s Father’s Day, so let this be the year we all finally recognize that dads and their goofy dad stuff—monster faces, silliness, mockery; perhaps even dad jokes, if the judges are feeling lenient—could be as essential to childrearing as any of that mom stuff. Or, at least, that a Platonic ideal of “mom” is not the…
You Don't Have Daddy Issues But Your Piece of Shit Father Might
Until recently, I’d never been on the website AskMen.com, I suppose largely because I never had the occasion to ask a man anything. The site’s tagline touts that it is a place where men can become better men, though on my first visit I’m already suspicious that any of my questions will be answered or that I will…
A Father's Day Tribute to Bob Belcher, the Best Dad on TV
The family life of Bob’s Burgers’ Bob Belcher is never simple. His eldest daughter Tina is in the midst of her sexual awakening, his middle child Gene is a loud and proud weirdo, and Louise, the youngest, is a burgeoning criminal mastermind. Despite these challenges, Bob is a great dad.
Canadian Politician Thinks Moms Change Diapers, Dads Shape Minds
Mother's Day and Father's Day exist to honor the hard-working parents among us. They're also a great occasion for fucking up, if you don't watch yourself. Canadian Justice Minister Peter MacKay is learning that the hard way, after sending male and female staffers two vastly different messages about their roles as…
Happy Father's Day, Mom!
This year I finally bought one of those mini souvenir Oscar statues that they sell all over Los Angeles. They're fitted with witty, positively biting plaques such as "Best Stoner," "Hottest Wife," and "Coolest Cody," (who the hell knows any cool "Codys," let alone "Coolest"?). As truly side-splittingly hilarious as…
Show Us Your Dads At Their Most Dad-tacular
In the spirit of Father's Day this Sunday (remember to send your Dad that bouquet of ties he's been dropping hints about!), we're celebrating the men who raised us by showcasing them at their most Dad-tacular. That's right. Our dads at Peak Dad. It's on.
#EndFathersDay Was Brought To You By Trolls
If you were paying attention to Twitter earlier today, you might have been more perplexed than usual by one of the trending hashtags. By midday, #EndFathersDay was awash with Proud Twitter Reasonables who simply couldn't believe that Twitter Activists Had Gone Too Far in calling for Father's Day — in supporters' eyes,…
What's Your Funniest, Saddest, and/or Loveliest Dad Memories?
If you have a father — or father figure! — memory to share, let's get so emotional together.
Here's Some Questionable Advice from TV Dads
Some of it's good, some of it's great, and some of it is downright annoying — just like dad!
As TV Dads Go, Danny Tanner Is Way Worse Than Don Draper
Now, in the dying embers of Father’s Day, we should take the opportunity to kick a few lukewarm coals around and consider important cultural representations of fatherhood in television, because nothing is more important than television. Nothing. TV dads are usually pretty flawed (TV moms, too), because parental…
By the Way, Lots of Dudes Aspire to Be Dads
Yes, yes — we all know that the highest calling for women in fascist countries is to birth beautiful, stout baby-soldiers for the State, but a new, conveniently-timed Father’s Day poll suggests that lots of men want to be dads one day. In fact, just about as many men as women aspire to carefully guide an infant human…
A Father's Day Message from Louis de Bernières: Moms Can't Rough House
British writer Louis de Bernières — a man whose name is so tantalizingly close to “Béarnaise” that, repeated enough times, it will drive you mad with hunger — availed himself this Father’s Day of a media pulpit from which he could decry the institution that wreaks the most psychic destruction on children (particularly…
Father's Day Miscellany For Those Of Us With Deadbeat Dads
I used to work at a popular women's magazine where I once pitched a guide to brides with dads who weren't dead but weren't around — I'd never seen anything like that before, and I figured there had to be a lot of women (myself among them) who were confused about the etiquette. Do you ask some 50-something dude you've…
What I'd Like for Father's Day: An Open Letter to My Daughter
No ties, please. No cufflinks or gift certificates. No presents at all, really.
Kid, if you're struggling for some last-minute token for Father's Day, here's what I'd really like — this year and for years to come:
I want you to know there's no end game. The sports you play, the colleges you get into, the accolades you…
'Forced Fatherhood'? Yeah, Okay, Whatever
With Father's Day around the corner (consider this a friendly reminder, go get him a tie or something), baby daddies around the country will be getting a Hallmark card, an Applebee's gift card, or at least a phone call to recognize all those times they ordered pizzas and let their kids wear pajamas all day when mom…
Mitt Romney Celebrates Father’s Day By Pulling One of His Famously Terrible Pranks
In yet another desperate attempt to humanize their father, the Romney sons released a Father's Day video in which they detail all of the fun times they had with their dad. Guess what? The good times centered entirely around pranking each other. Oh, and for some mysterious reason also involved him nicknaming one of…
