My store got two books in today. Both survival guides. Both feature strong images on the front. Promising survival techniques for ‘boys only’ and ‘girls only’. Let’s look at the boys, shall we?
How to Survive Anything: Boys Only!
Featuring articles such as “How to Survive a Shark Attack”, “How to Survive if You’re in a Plane Crash”, “How to Survive a Flash Flood”, and many articles along that line. Some are silly, like surviving a t-rex attack, some are more helpful for a real life emergency, like a freak blizzard white out. Everything is action packed, life or death situations. High energy! Boys do dangerous things! Rawr! Go GO GO!
It’s mostly funny, but hey, some things, like surviving a snake bite might come in handy.
Now lets look at the girls, shall we?
How to Survive Anything: Girls Only!
Look at that girl on the cover! She is on the go! She is doing action packed stuff! She is rough and tumble! Let’s look at what she needs to learn to survive.
“How to Survive a BFF Fight”, “How to Take the Perfect School Photo”, “How to Handle Sudden Stardom”, “How to Turn a No into a Yes” (I guess I should be thankful that’s in the girls’ book, it’s just slightly less rapey if it were in the boys’ book). Of course there is such insight as “How to Survive a Crush” and “How to Survive a Fashion Disaster”.
Yes, just about everything in the girls’ book is about looking pretty, getting dates, looking pretty, looking pretty, and looking pretty.
The ONE and only ONE redeeming factor for the girls’ book was “How to Beat Bullies”. The advice there is pretty standard, but at least it is addressed.
The Lesson Here?
Boys are meant to have adventures, girls are meant to shut up and look pretty. The two shall never, ever meet.
Scholastic should hang their heads in some pretty weighty shame right now.
rage.
My heart goes out to all those boys who died in tragic fashion disasters. Senseless losses that could have been prevented if only advice like this wasn’t so gender-bound.
Also, why does the “book for girls” have the word almost in it and the one for boys doesn’t?
you know, there were several media responses to this video calling it “racy” and even comparing it to porn. the youtube comments are mostly people calling her trashy and guys boasting that they’re getting off to it
the video consists of nicki minaj doing tame cute dances in a few different swimsuits on a beach (quite possibly a callback to her childhood; the ethnic makeup of the backup dancers reminded me of trinidad)
which just goes to show you that black women are coded and read as hyper-sexual, always, and lord help a black woman who wants to wear a damn bikini on a beach — she can’t be cute or have fun, she’s being “pornographic”
Wow. It’s really hard to find a decent quality video of this on Youtube. Christina Aguilera, Britney, Gaga and Madonna have done more provacative videos than this. Also, if this were a male rapper’s video and she was just being used in the background, I bet nobody would care. People are stupid. I’m not a big fan of the video only because I was hoping for a more futuristic theme.
Shit Steve Harvey Says - This is the video I made to succinctly sum up to my mother why I borderline hate Steve Harvey.
Jesus. This man is primitive and ignorant and just overall an embarrassment. Let’s stop giving him country.
I wanted to punch my monitor just now.
“Why we still got monkeys?” - Steve Harvey’s official stance on atheism, evolution and apparently thinking in general.
It gets (way) worse from there. Lots of “real men” talk.
Also, just give into sexual predators, ladies. Can’t stop them once they have their hearts set on violating you or at the very least your boundaries!
forever a Steve Harvey hate blog.
The only way I enjoy Steve Harvey is when Kenan does his impression on SNL. The real Steve Harvey makes me want to kick unicorns in the nads.
this dude with his shower tiles looking teeth, ol having to brush his teeth with scrubbing bubbles motherfucker. can you please go choke on some store bought potato salad?
I’m only here for Sophie’s commentary
I’m only alive and breathing for Sophie’s commentary
You have a problem with that Sen Shortey?
Hahahaha.
When the shoe’s on the other foot, suddenly it’s a problem.
Two and a Half Men co-creator Lee Aronsohn’s tells THR he doesn’t much care for lady-centric sitcoms. (via newsweek)
He applauded women like Whitney Cummings, Chelsea Handler and Tina Fey securing a voice to discuss formerly taboo subjects on TV.
“But we’re approaching peak vagina on television, the point of labia saturation,” he added.
The current female TV boom contrasts with Two and a Half Men mostly portraying women as bimbos, something Aronsohn isn’t about to apologize for.
“Screw it… We’re centering the show on two very damaged men. What makes men damaged? Sorry, it’s women. I never got my heart broken by a man,” Aronsohn earlier told the Toronto conference during a keynote address.
(via synecdoche)
Enough gentlemen. I get it. You have:
- sex
- beer
- poker with the guys
- season tickets
- fishing rods
- self-consciousness about your yard
- needing coffee already made when you wake up
- neglecting your kids
- spit-takes
- “no one likes nice guys”
- two-dimensional ways of writing women
(via spacejam)
“Shit Men Say to Men Who Say Shit to Women on the Street” was inspired by International Anti-Street Harassment Week.
It was created by a group of women and men in NYC who believe that street harassment is wrong, and that we all have a role to play in ending it - especially us guys.
The video shows some non-violent ways that men can interrupt street harassment as it happens. (And it happens all the time. Seriously. Go check. We will wait.)
Join us by sharing this video. And the next time you witness street harassment - and you will - say some shit. Please.
For more information on this video, email: pleasestopnyc@gmail.comI love these guys.
I wish this were commonplace. :<
“REALLY MAN?!” *throws hat*
I think my favorite was the porch full of dudes, going “ARRRGGHHH” in unison.
The porch bit (0:46) and daffodil dude (0:41) are ace. I also liked:
“You’re giving Dominican men a bad name.” (1:22)
“You’re giving the Bronx a bad name!” (1:23)
“C’mon son, you’re giving Queens a bad name” (1:24)
“You’re really giving white guys a bad name.” (1:27)
“You’re also giving black guys a bad name.” (1:30)
“You’re giving us ALL a pretty bad name.” (1:32)And (0:22) “Sweetheart, please stop perpetuating the patriarchal (??), it is SO over.”
using in class
This. <3. Shout-out to some of NYC’s awesome male advocates fighting against sexual harassment/violence!
My friend related a story to me just now, how a coworker of hers, who is more stereotypically model-esque than her but also apparently sleeping with one of the bosses but works no harder and was hired at the same time as her (a few months back) makes 15,000 more than her annually.
Of course said co-worker deserves part of the blame, being an adult, but this is still based on the atmosphere the (male) bosses have created where things that shouldn’t matter (and probably shouldn’t be happening at all) are more important than true merits.
So, yeah, it’s going on the list.
I like that you are doing this series of posts because I find the stories appalling yet interesting, but it sure doesn’t make me feel any better about the opposite sex as a whole. Or in this case, human beings in general. It’s sad that this woman thinks that sleeping with a boss is an acceptable way to get ahead. It seems like no matter how many strides we take to fight sexism, there will always be others (men and women) keeping gender roles and discrimination in place.
WE STAND WITH SANDRA FLUKE. JOIN US BY SIGNING THE PETITION
Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh unleashed a hateful tirade against 30-year-old Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, who became a birth control activist after her friend couldn’t afford the contraception that would treat her ovarian cysts.
Rush responded by calling her a “slut” and a “prostitute.” He even demanded that Fluke post sex tapes online so he could watch.
Limbaugh has crossed the line. He isn’t just attacking Sandra Fluke—he’s attacking all women. Use the form here to let Sandra Fluke know that you are on her side.
We think this should have a few more reblogs. Please SIGN & SHARE
Signed.
To be perfectly clear, he said (emphasis mine): “So Miss Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here’s the deal,” he said. “If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch.”
Signed.
WTF is wrong with this scrotum-hair? Whatever it is, I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce. He’s definitely got some hard-ass issues going on here.
backpfeifengesicht. that is all.
This post combines two things I like: feminism and the beautifully evocative German language. Wunderbar!
WWE wrestler CM Punk shoots on singer Chris Brown.
“I never intended to include Chris Brown’s name in one of my tweets to start some sort of a controversy or to gain publicity or anything like that. And now that he’s thrown accusations my way about using steroids, I feel the need to reply. So please allow me to retort. I’m a life long, proud, drug free, straight edge individual. So Chris and I come from two completely different worlds. I don’t have a manager, I don’t have a body guard, I don’t need a body guard, I don’t have an assistant, I have no need for a P.R. team to tell me what to tweet or when to delete tweets… And I don’t hit women. Period. You don’t hit women. In my world, women are to be revered and respected, and I firmly believe that in this life there are consequences and repercussions for people’s actions. And I don’t think Chris has paid for what he’s done. Picking up trash on the side of a highway does not make amends for repeatedly striking a woman to her face and sending her to a hospital. So Chris wants to throw stones my way now, and I say that’s fine. But put some gloves on and get in the ring and I will choke you out and I will make you feel as weak, and as powerless, and scared, and alone as any woman who has had the misfortune of knowing a sad, cowardly, little boy, such as yourself. And all proceeds can go to a woman’s shelter of my choosing. If you want to pick up more trash on the side of the highway to make some amends, you should donate some more time, maybe tell kids that exactly what you did isn’t right. But I’m also a realist. And I know that none of these things will ever happen because Chris Brown isn’t a man. And that’s fine. I just know that someday, somewhere, somehow, somebody will put Chris Brown exactly where he belongs. And it honestly doesn’t have to be me. I would just really like it to be.” - CM Punk
Boom. Roasted.
Fuck yeah CM Punk
Reblogging this again
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU MY NEW FAVORITE HUMAN BEING.
I only know who he is b/c of stefi-leekx.
FUCK YOU, SIR.
A HEARTY FUCK YOU.
BIG BIG FUCK YOU
I’m sorry but would you like to just step inside this box for a moment? Yes, the one filled with knives that I’m going to enclose you in and push off the top of fucking mount Everest.
If he wins the presidency, I am leaving this country. Never to return.
In response to one of PETA’s recent ads, I have decided that I’m done with that bullshit. the rest of this is under a cut to prevent wall-spamming, but I promise to be as eloquent and informative as possible. [possible tw for abuse]
This ad makes me want to punch people.
Nothing from them surprises me anymore…but this almost did.
Sasha Frere-Jones, “I’m Sorry M.I.A Apologized” (via theopensea)
I think NBC is the one who apologized. I don’t think she actually apologized, did she?
