Great news out of Israel – that male contraceptive pill that they’ve been promising for the last 40-odd years may be only three years away thanks to breakthrough new research — not to be confused with any of the other breakthrough research that they’ve been reporting for the last 40-odd years. Because, as New Zealand Herald reporter Shelley Bridgeman points out, they promised in 2000 that the male pill would be ready …
Hot on the heels of his revelation that texting is ruining modern romance, Ashton Kutcher is back once again to dispense the wisdom of love. According to the Toronto Sun, “Ashton Kutcher hopes that Natalie Portman’s role in his new romantic comedy No Strings Attached will inspire young …
I had no desire to read Eat, Pray, Love when it was a book, and I have even less desire to see it now that it has been made into a film. I was content to argue that my lack of interest was because, for whatever reason, the film just didn’t appeal to me, but after hearing comedian Jim Norton’s sexist review of the movie, I’m beginning to worry that it has something to do with the stigma attached to “lady films.” Especially “lady films” in which the lady in question is trying to find herself – not just to get a man.
My favorite movie of all time is Stand By Me. And while I vehemently argue that it’s because the film so perfectly encapsulates that moment of childhood right before gender really started to matter, I also admit that I hate its explicitly female counterpart Now and Then with a passion. We already know that female comedians are absent from the big screen, but what about dramatic actresses? Is it that female protagonists are less interesting, or just that less interesting films are typically made about them? I know that this is hardly a groundbreaking argument, but Norton’s comments infuriated me, if for no other reason than because he seems to suggest that a woman’s spiritual journey of self-discovery is frivolous, irresponsible and – worst of all – boring.
First, there Norton’s completely unoriginal misogyny about the unimportance of a woman’s self-discovery:
“I was the first one to start clapping, because I didn’t know if she would overcome. It was heartbreaking, these yoga scenes, and I’m sipping my chamomile tea and I’m lactating and I’m thinking about my vagina and motherhood… And then she finally realized what she was supposed to realize, and I don’t want to spoil it for everybody, but it was inspirational.”
Yawn. We get it — women’s films are boring and they’re all about emotions and junk. Where were the guns? Where were the nameless hot chicks?
In its attempt to crush AskMen.com’s dominant hold on the world of bad dating advice, Men’s Health released an article promising to tell its readers the “Top 10 Signs She’s Interested in You,” but it’s probably more accurately titled: “The Top 10 Signs She’ll Go Home With Just About Anyone and Why Not You?”
The list includes everything from the creepy to the obvious, but here are my 5 favorites:
1) She’s Chatting Up the Bartender
A flirtatious woman can hardly contain herself. She won’t let a male waiter or bartender take her order without flashing a smile and saying something silly, like, “What can you make me that would be really yummy?”
I’m not entirely sure I understand the rationale behind this one. Perhaps she’s just discussing the beer selection since, being a woman, she has such a hard time knowing what’s good. But why can’t a woman just find the bartender or the waiter attractive? Especially in an industry that typically goes out of its way to hire more attractive people to fill those positions? Instead, the idea seems to be, “My word! She’s flirting with the help! She must be desperate.”
3) She’s Playing Games
Darts, pool, pinball—women know this makes them easier to approach. That’s why they do it. It’s easy to get a man’s attention when you’re about to jab him in the ribs with a pool cue.
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