This Man Gets Paid By The Wall Street Journal To Be Sexist

Though we've covered Wall Street Journal Op-Ed contributor James Taranto's history of being "a prolific woman-hating troll" in writing, Hannah Groch-Begley and Coleman Lowndes of Media Matters have done us a solid and compiled some of Taranto's most offensive video appearances together into a short but compelling…
Mac from It’s Always Sunny Is Camille Paglia’s Spirit Animal
It's not for us to fret over the various pronouncements proto-troll Camille Paglia heaves at the general public — they're all meant to be incendiary, like tiny word grenades full of phrases or sentiments meant to ruffle liberal feathers. She has all the academic credentials that your favorite liberal arts professor…
The Wall Street Journal Got Confused and Thought Joan Didion Was on Twitter
Wall Street Journal social media editor Rubina Madan Fillion is having an oops day; shortly after she posted a piece about Joan Didion quitting Twitter, her article was pulled because that account is a notable and hilarious fake.
The WSJ Needs to Stop Publishing James Taranto's Rape Apologia
Instead of freaking out about James Taranto's latest vile Wall Street Journal op-ed, which claims the campaign against military sexual assault is a "war on men" that "shows signs of becoming an effort to criminalize male sexuality," we asked the paper's editors to defend Taranto's slimy piece. Unsurprisingly, none of…
You Can Be On The NYT Bestseller's List For A Measly $231,000
It came to light in September that celebrities like Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and more have been buying fake Twitter followers to boost their numbers.
Selfish Women Will Ruin Everything If They're Allowed to Be Army Rangers, Says Selfish Man
It feels like we've been having the same argument about women in the military since before the Planet Earth was even formed, but since we're finally at a point where women might soon be allowed into all areas of service, even combat, the anti-lady forces are really starting to lose their shit. At issue right now is…
WSJ Column Makes Wine Industry Sound Sexist-ish
Resident wine snob Jay McInerney must not have been available for this one—undoubtedly off living in the second person somewhere—so Wall Street Journal columnist Lettie Teague took on the thankless job of investigating the real differences inherent in the gendered wine palate. She learned from a sensory psychologist…
Some Choice Excerpts from the WSJ's Inexplicable 1,500 Word Essay on Hair Dye
You guys! Did you know that some ladies are — gasp! — dyeing their hair at home these days?! Brave souls, right? The Wall Street Journal reports that more than half of U.S. women dye their own hair, yet still feels compelled to publish an oddly lengthy tome on the intricacies of the act. Here, without context, are…
You Can Look Forward to Playing a Workplace Version of the Hunger Games
Finding a job is hard enough these days. Then once you've got one, you've got to work your ass off while also dealing with office politics and annoying coworkers. Well, it's about to get even worse for some of you, because there's a growing trend among companies of encouraging their employees to compete in "fun"…
All the Single Ladies Hate Romney, Love Obama
While Mitt Romney may have a well-established problem wooing women voters—his wife, excluded—it appears when you break it down that it's actually the single ladies he's striking out with. And he's not doing very well with single men either. The one group he is doing okay with? The marrieds.
Teenagers Wear Pajamas to School, Erode Moral Fiber of Society
It often seems like the biggest ambition of most Americans is to be 110% comfortable during every moment of their existence, especially when it comes to their fashion choices. And it looks like our nation's youth are doing their very best to blaze new trails in this quest for constant comfort. According to the Wall…
Old People Go Looking For Love At Shanghai's IKEA
If you think of IKEA only as a place to get lost and then end up spending way more money than you meant to, you should start thinking outside of the flat-pack cardboard box. That's what senior citizens in Shanghai are doing, and, according to the Wall Street Journal, they've managed to turn their local IKEA into a…
Gisele Says She's Not Cheating On Tom Brady
- Gisele Bündchen's rep says the art dealer she was photographed getting cozy with is just a close, personal man-friend. [DigitalSpy]
- Bündchen celebrated 15 years of modeling by pulling another version of her favorite cover pose for Brazilian Vogue. [MadeinBrazil]
How To Treat Female Investors Like Weirdos
This video on investment advice from the Wall Street Journal has a simple message: Women are women. They're weird and need their weirdness to be attended to. But they don't want to think that you're treating them like women.
