One Side of a Conversation (With a Man) As Imagined by Me
The other week, during a lunch break, I went into the Jezebel studio and recorded a fictionalized conversation with a man. I’d like to say it was cathartic, a way to erase all the one-sided exchanges (when I managed to say “totally” not once but twice to the man interviewing me for some assistant job, the time I…
Even in Death, Hugh Hefner Sleazily Sidles Up to Marilyn Monroe
Life is short, but unwanted advances are forever.
Pelosi During Meeting With Trump and 10 Men: 'Do the Women Get to Talk Around Here?'
The Washington Post has a frustrating but also delightful anecdote tucked into a report about Donald Trump’s Wednesday night dinner with Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in which Pelosi realized she was surrounded by neanderthal dickwads who don’t listen when women talk.
Nikon Selected 32 Photographers to Promote a New Camera and Not One of Them Was a Woman
Shouldn’t a camera company be aware that a picture’s worth a thousand words?
So, Uh, Is Trump Going to Do Anything About the Opioid Crisis He Campaigned On?
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
Are You Surprised to Learn That 41 of Trump's 42 US Attorney Nominees Are Men?
Self-proclaimed lover of women Donald Trump has so far nominated 42 US attorneys across the country, and guess what. Only one of them is a woman.
Dickhead Congressman Calls Rep. Pramila Jayapal a 'Young Lady' Who 'Doesn't Know a Damn Thing'
Alaska Rep. Don Young, a curmudgeonly strip mall Santa Claus imitator, is the latest dude in Congress to prove he doesn’t know how to work with women. During Thursday evening’s House debate on government spending, he repeatedly scolded Washington Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal with derision after she opposed his…
Sarah Polley Says the Sexism on Movie Sets 'Would Make Your Blood Run Cold'
In a NOW Toronto article, actor-turned-writer/director-turned showrunner of the upcoming Netflix series based on Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace Sarah Polley, says that sexual harassment in film is an “every single day experience.” Polley says that the sexism she witnessed and experienced in her 25 years of acting is…
To Offset Sexism in Tech, These Female Cofounders Invented a Fake Male Partner: Keith Mann
LA-based entrepreneurs Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer wanted to create Witchsy, an online marketplace for their feminist-centered, darkly comic fashion accessories. But along with the usual woes that come with getting a startup off the ground, they had another problem: men.
Bachelor in Paradise Exonerates Itself
In June, Bachelor in Paradise abruptly halted production amid allegations of misconduct relating to a pool encounter between cast members and fellow franchise “villains” Corinne Olympios and DeMario Jackson. On Tuesday night, after heavily and tastelessly teasing some kind of dramatic on-camera reckoning, the show…
Hollywood Talent Manager Apologizes for 'Tasteless' Emails Posted by His Former Assistant
Talent manager Michael Einfeld has apologized to his team for using “language that was tasteless, humorless and completely inexcusable,” after an assistant exposed his sexist and offensive emails via Facebook.
Former Hollywood Assistant Posts Sexist Emails She Says She Got From Her Boss
In March of this year, Rosette Laursen says she was working as an assistant at a talent agency in the Los Angeles area when she planned to take a day off to participate in the A Day Without a Woman strike. The man she says was her boss allegedly responded to her request with an offensive emailed rant, which he…
Dozens of Women Are Considering Suing Google Over Alleged Workplace Sexism and Pay Inequity
A male Google engineer has been fired for circulating a 10-page internal memo criticizing the company’s initiatives to promote race and gender diversity (or, really, because said memo went viral), and it appears that the sexism association will be adhering to the brand for some time to come.
British Papers Publish Nude Photos of First Woman Doctor Who
For 54 years, every single one of Doctor Who’s 12 time-traveling leads has been a man. But with the announcement that actress Jodie Whittaker will take the helm as the 13th doctor, men are being a bunch of piss-slurping ratfucks who are hurling misogynist hate speech at Whittaker and the BBC franchise, with some even…
Rey Will Be Left Out of Star Wars Monopoly Game Due to 'Insufficient Interest'
After promising a young fan that they would add Rey to the Star Wars version of Monopoly, Hasbro has reneged on that offer, citing “insufficient interest.”
Women Open Up To The New York Times About Silicon Valley's Sexual Harassment Problem
The New York Times just dropped a lengthy and detailed report on Silicon Valley’s oft-rumored, rarely spoken about sexual harassment problem. More than two dozen women working in the technology industry spoke to the Times, following a report about a week ago in The Information about how venture capitalist Justin…
The President Is Making Damn Sure We Don't Forget He Is Repulsed By and Terrified of Women
To celebrate his tremendous healthcare win and the successful rollout of “Energy Week,” the President of the United States tweeted a long-winded insult at Mika Brzezinski that was ugly even by his heroically low standards, claiming that the MSNBC host tried to hang out with him while “bleeding badly from a face-lift.”
Israeli Court Rules That El Al Airline Can't Force Women to Move Seats to Accommodate Ultra-Orthodox Men
A Jerusalem court has ruled in favor of 83-year-old plaintiff Renee Rabinowitz, who sued Israel’s El Al airline for asking her to move seats at the request of a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) man, the New York Times reports. The court found that asking people to move due to their gender violated Israel’s anti-discrimination…
The Biggest Problem With The Handmaid's Tale Is How It Ignores Race
In The Handmaid’s Tale, women who can still have babies are used as a resource, vessels to keep the endeavor of splinter nation Gilead going. Sadly, the TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s speculative fiction novel does very much the same thing with the bodies of people of color.
