In 1998, editor-in-chief Anna Wintour made the "gentle suggestion" to Oprah Winfrey that she lose 20 pounds in order to be on the cover of Vogue. According to Wintour, Oprah agreed and went on a "stringent diet", resulting in one of Vogue's "most successful covers ever". Oprah was the first black celebrity to be featured on the cover. Read more gentleness from Anna Wintour after the jump.
In January, New Jersey-based business executive Neenah Picket, 43, rang in the New Year with a resolution: She would find a husband in 52 weeks with the help of six of her closest friends...and pretty much anyone who stops by her website, 52Weeks2FindHim.com. Now that much of the media hoopla around Neenah's experiment has died down, I thought I'd check in and see if she's found Him...or at the very least, if the trolls on her discussion board have stopped giving her unsolicited diet and exercise tips, calling her boring, and insulting her hairdo.
Just three days after the BBC ran a story about the October-slated opening of China’s first sex theme park, China Daily announced that the ‘scandalous’ park was halted, indefinitely.
I thought I’d take a moment to passively juxtapose a couple of articles about women and computers I’ve seen bouncing around the world wide interwebs this week.
So, I’m scrolling through my Google Reader today and noticed several posts about Japanese inventions. One creeped me out a bit. One made me giggle. One made me groan. And one left me feeling a little confused.
As if Wanda Sykes could give a two shits about the "rules" to which he refers--rules which presumably don't apply to people who look like Rush Limbaugh, but do apply to people who look like Wanda Sykes. For more from the "We Can Dish It, But We Can't Take It" files, read on...
Coming onto the German hipster scene just one year ago, Missy Magazine looks at pop culture, fashion, art, sex, and music through a feminist lens. (Hmmm… sounds like a US-based feminist magazine I know. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.)
Social Commentary
Who is Bula-Di?
Who knew a puppet could be so effective in spreading HIV awareness in India?
Lebanese Feminists Balk at Offensive Election Ad
Perhaps offending the demographic you seek to reach isn’t the best plan for getting elected.
Scared Straight: The Teen Pregnancy Edition
(WARNING: Video contains graphic images)
I think it's great that the British kids who came up with the concept for the above video were committed to a teen pregnancy PSA that wasn't preachy.
Too bad the end result is problematic for other reasons.
Vogue's Anna Wintour: "I told Oprah to lose weight"
In 1998, editor-in-chief Anna Wintour made the "gentle suggestion" to Oprah Winfrey that she lose 20 pounds in order to be on the cover of Vogue. According to Wintour, Oprah agreed and went on a "stringent diet", resulting in one of Vogue's "most successful covers ever". Oprah was the first black celebrity to be featured on the cover. Read more gentleness from Anna Wintour after the jump.
Mission: Husband
In January, New Jersey-based business executive Neenah Picket, 43, rang in the New Year with a resolution: She would find a husband in 52 weeks with the help of six of her closest friends...and pretty much anyone who stops by her website, 52Weeks2FindHim.com. Now that much of the media hoopla around Neenah's experiment has died down, I thought I'd check in and see if she's found Him...or at the very least, if the trolls on her discussion board have stopped giving her unsolicited diet and exercise tips, calling her boring, and insulting her hairdo.
No Love for Love Land
Just three days after the BBC ran a story about the October-slated opening of China’s first sex theme park, China Daily announced that the ‘scandalous’ park was halted, indefinitely.
Siliconned: The Duality of Digital Divide
I thought I’d take a moment to passively juxtapose a couple of articles about women and computers I’ve seen bouncing around the world wide interwebs this week.
Wondering What This Is? Yeah, Me Too.
So, I’m scrolling through my Google Reader today and noticed several posts about Japanese inventions. One creeped me out a bit. One made me giggle. One made me groan. And one left me feeling a little confused.
"The black dyke got it wrong"
...so says the ever...quotable Christopher Hitchens.
As if Wanda Sykes could give a two shits about the "rules" to which he refers--rules which presumably don't apply to people who look like Rush Limbaugh, but do apply to people who look like Wanda Sykes. For more from the "We Can Dish It, But We Can't Take It" files, read on...
Doppelgänger Alert!
Coming onto the German hipster scene just one year ago, Missy Magazine looks at pop culture, fashion, art, sex, and music through a feminist lens. (Hmmm… sounds like a US-based feminist magazine I know. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.)
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