Every once in a while, BuzzFeed releases an LGBT-centric video that just oozes with sticky pink tolerance for the queer community. They’re about all kinds of things—coming out, misgendering, marriage, and LGBT refugees—and are generally well-intentioned and well-made. And though I might think videos like this one,…
The breakout stars of the two Despicable Me films have finally received their own movie. Minions, in theaters next month, tells the story of their history—from working with dinosaurs in the Jurassic period to assisting the evil Scarlet Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock. Earlier this week we sat down with Stuart,…
Some conventions of patriarchal culture are easier to conceptually dismantle than others. Sure, women are still being paid less than men for the same exact work, but most reasonable people (and hopefully this isn’t too optimistic a generalization) who aren’t dripping with troll goo and are too young to have ever…
People today and their failure to adhere to oppressive gender norms! Men have long hair! Women are driving fast cars and wearing trousers that show off their ankles and knees! It's just not right, but luckily there's still one area where everyone seems to know their place: sex. Men continue to exaggerate how often…
Ah jeez. Marketing. Marketing is really the last bastion of socially acceptable "men do this/women do this" '90s hack-comedy. It's all about reducing people to groups and then playing tricks on those groups in order to get those groups to spend money. Ironing out the quirks and idiosyncrasies of personhood is the…
When tragedy strikes, I stay up all night reading the news. The only way I know how to process incomprehensible events like the Dark Night Rises shooting in Aurora is by absorbing all the details, the more heart-wrenching and/or disturbing, the better. So far, the story that's stuck with me the most isn't the one…
While watching this salute to the most memorable sandwiches in movies, we noticed that the male-to-female sandwich-eating ratio is 5:1. Why aren't ladies eating sandwiches?!
Because he's holding a book, I mean. The existence of this blog, Hot Guys Reading Books, suggests that many women might indeed want to bump on the basis of books alone.
Earlier this week, a video of a little boy wailing after his dad informed him he's "not a single lady," quickly went viral. His family took to CBS this morning, and the little guy even got to sing a bit.
