Fatness is an American mortal sin. This is not a new situation, but I’m overjoyed to see the beginnings of a cultural backlash about it. The most recent example of this is the controversy over the comments of one Maria…
Fatness is an American mortal sin. This is not a new situation, but I’m overjoyed to see the beginnings of a cultural backlash about it. The most recent example of this is the controversy over the comments of one Maria…
Riot.Jane This is the first time I’ve seen a non-hysterical critique of the phenomenon of child beauty pageants. Most of the time it seems like it’s moon-bat crazy people throwing tantrums either for or against the concept. In this blog…
Riot.Jane I’ve been fascinated for years by the societal phenomenon of the kathoey (or ladyboy) of Thailand. The kathoey are men who live as women within their own society. The kathoey generally pass very well (as snapshots show) partially due…
In the previous posts Critiquing “Feminist” Marketing (Part 1) and Critiquing “Feminist” Marketing (Part 2), we discussed changes in and repercussions of mass media’s co-opt of the “feminist” message, and we examined the overt versus subliminal concepts inherent in each. Now we move…
In the previous post Critiquing “Feminist” Marketing (Part 1), we compared the messages between a current Verizon ad and a Nike ad from the mid-’90s. While the overt messages inherent in ads that speak to women have changed over the…
The messages inherent in the ads that speak to women have changed over the years. While we do still have plenty of housewifely cleaning product ads, recent years have seen more modern interpretations of the female experience. Some have been…
Lolly.Jane snapped this picture in the checkout line at a grocrery store and kicked it my way with the Subject line “untamed WHAT?!?!?!?”: (As if women need another negative message about our nether-regions! >sigh<) As soon as I saw the…
Joan M Bunney We recently wrote about how we met and will shortly be introducing the work of Hattie Retroage here at TJP. When we initially contacted and introduced TJP to Hattie, we had no way of knowing that she…
I watched an episode of TLC series {Strange}SEX for the very first time last week. The particular episode I saw was about “cougars“, or older women who date younger men (the show defined it specifically as women aged 40+ who pursue men…
Urban Outfitters T-Shirt Even I was surprised at the intensity of my reaction to the Urban Outfitters “Eat Less” t-shirt. Just seeing it nauseates me, and I’m the girl with a collection of intentionally-offensive t-shirts. I saw the shirt and…
Cultural Dissidence 