After a couple years of protest, it looks as though those who detest The Sun's Page 3 might finally have a reason to celebrate: The Guardian reports that the British paper has quietly stopped publishing fully naked women in the section.
In today's Guardian, Deborah Orr notes that when it comes to book titles, "Girl" is in. "Woman," meanwhile, is totally passe.
Showtimes is bringing back The L Word as a reality show about six lesbians who live in L.A.. The Real L Word: Los Angeles is described as "a lesbian answer to Bravo's Real Housewives franchise." [Variety]
Live Nude Comedy, "a half-hour mix of standup comedy and modern-day burlesque," is premiering on Showtime. The "homage" to old-school variety shows, "inspired by Don Rickles' fond remembrances of working in strip clubs," will be hosted by Shannon Elizabeth. [Variety]
The Sexist has dug up this little gem, a clipping from a 1909 Harvard vs. Yale baseball game, in which the writer fills several inches of his column with a lengthy list of the many "girls" in attendance. [TheSexist]
With all the predictable stereotypes foisted on unsuspecting readers of stories about Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson split, we asked you what the go-to lesbian stereotypes are these days, and, boy, did you guys deliver.
We planned to post about the Lohan/Ronson split and the "lesbian dramz" stereotypes in the accompanying stories, but Salon already did! However, we'd still like to compile a list of lesbian cliches. You start. [Salon]
Did you ever notice how PSAs aimed at girls differ from those aimed at boys, regardless of the topic? Because when girls make poor choices, they end up dead, or worse…sluts!
You really need to see this Ecko ad campaign to believe it, but we'll try to explain the subtleties of the company's advertising vision. Picture, if you will, a room full of lithe, bikini-clad babes producing jeans - sewing, treating denim, washing it. Why, you say, are these comely maidens making jeans in bikinis?…
As I have said on at least one previous occasion, I used to think that, for a heterosexual woman, I spend a lot of time thinking about (usually my) breasts. However, come to find out, I'm not alone! We all wonder how that most visible sign of our sexuality makes us look in the eyes of others! The advice of "experts"…
U.S. Senator David Vitter better watch his penis: Seems the family-values conservative — whose wife once intimated that she'd go all "Lorena Bobbit" on him if he ever strayed — may have played around with prostitutes in his home state of Louisiana as well as his adopted city of Washington D.C. [CBSNews]
