Misogyny

Antichrist Might Be God-Awful, But That Doesn't Make It Misogynistic

Melissa Lafsky | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment


Melissa Lafsky

I don't have to tell you that Antichrist sucks. But if this audience-chafing, Cannes-enraging glob of rubbish is so irredeemable, why the hell is every publication still in existence racing to write about it?

Defiant Danish Director Lars von Trier Tackles Antichrist

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.10.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Questions for Lars von Trier: "You had a a researcher on misogyny in the credits. In the writing or making of this film did you learn something about misogyny in yourself, in your work?"

Boys Bite Beast

Ellen Snortland | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living


Ellen Snortland

Women and girls need men and boys who are willing to articulate the injustice they see toward their mothers, sisters, daughters and wives.

South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Alex Matthews

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

Women & Misogyny: The Ugly Truth

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

It's no shock that women can be as sexist and misogynistic as men. But it's much more depressing when women get kicked in the teeth by other women on a great big movie screen.

Jason Linkins

Was AOL Reporter Tommy Christopher Sacked For Criticizing Misogynist Playboy Piece?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media


Earlier this week, we mentioned how Playboy had published a sociopathic, hateful, and unfunny listicle by Guy Cimbalo, listing the ten conservative wo...

Eminem, Misogyny, and the Sounds of Silence

Jackson Katz | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment


Jackson Katz

The evidence of our culture's unwillingness to address the reality and ubiquity of men's violence against women is not merely contained in the lyrics on Eminem's new album.

Jason Linkins

Playboy Scorned For Hateful Attack On Conservative Pundits (And The Rest Of Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


Circumstances conspired against me doing what Chip Hanlon advises on these pages today: heap a ton of scorn on Playboy Magazine and writer Guy Cimbalo...

Is Rick Warren Beyond The Pale?

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While I understand the anger from the gay-rights community over the Warren issue, I myself am waiting to see some solid results from Obama before judging him.

Naked Dead Women Are Hawt!

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

What is it about watching a well-dressed man either about to kill a senseless woman draped over the hood of his car that would make anyone want to buy their clothing?

McCain Craves Reggaeton (Hard!)

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The celebratory acceptance of the Daddy Yankee endorsement throws light on the true nature of the Republican efforts during the Democratic Convention to win over disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters.

iPhone: Women, Fat People Feel Alienated

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business


Only one-third of Apple iPhone buyers are women. This is an improvement over the old ratio--one-fourth--but it's still nothing to be proud of. Why are...

Obama, Clinton and Anger to Burn

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Norman Solomon

This year offers an electoral opportunity to get out the fire hoses and douse the pyromaniacs of the GOP. But the long Obama-Clinton battle has depleted precious time with little good to show for it.

Obama's Sexist Victory in Oregon

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home


Nathaniel Bach

Given Clinton's recent major and undeniable race-inflected victories, the increasing charges of sexism, particularly against Obama himself, are misguided at best. This is no way to advance party unity or women's rights.

L'Affaire Shuster: Big Camel, Big Straw

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Some people thought this called for Shuster's firing, but they're wrong: It called for an examination of a pattern of behavior. At this point, Clinton and her team should know that any more is gonna smack of politics; her point has been amply, amply made.

A Woman Who Hates Women

Daily Mail | ANGELA EPSTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


The sisterhood may blanch at my reaction but the fact is that, despite being a woman, I am at heart a "male chauvinist". Though I applaud female ambi...