Cleats or Ballet Shoes?
Most people, regardless of gender, are born with 206 bones. Experts say human beings have between 640 and 850 muscles (they're so difficult to count, a precise tally is impossible). Boy, girl, and...
View ArticleBitchtapes: World Cup 2010
The 2010 FIFA World Cup final is this Sunday! Soccer/football and music have a long and wonderful history—championships have official songs and teams have unofficial anthems and chants, from the...
View ArticleDouchebag Decree: The out-of-bounds coverage of Ines Sainz
You know what time it is, right? It's time to have a decree for the douchebags.As you might have heard, Mexican sports reporter Ines Sainz was harassed with cat-calls and "suggestive comments" this...
View ArticleDouchebag Decree: Sepp Blatter
Today's Douchebag Decree goes to (drum-roll please)... Sepp Blatter! The FIFA President has earned this distinction thanks to his cavalier and massively insulting response to the serious question of...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Welcome to Monday! Here's all the feminist news on our radar this morning. • Scientists say a baby born with HIV has been cured—if they're right, it's a medical first. [NPR]• Did your representatives...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Happy Friday, folks! Here's what's on our radar this morning.• The talk of feminist Twitter since Wednesday morning has been this cover story from The Nation on "Feminism's Toxic Twitter Wars." Read...
View ArticleConfessions of a Lifelong Football Fan
It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the only thing that the NFL cares about is money. Those guys on the field—the men beneath the bulky shoulder pads and inside plastic...
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