Comedian Amy Schumer was doing a show in Stockholm recently, when a brilliant neurosurgeon—actually a misogynist douchebag in sales—decided to shout out the most hilarious thing ever: “Show us your tits!” Hey misogynist douchebag! Have you ever seen Amy Schumer in action? And did you really think your stupid, classless heckle would go unanswered? PREPARE […]
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Clinton’s Leadership Team Is Majority Women (Yes!) and House Republicans Want Her Indicted for Perjury (LOL)
“E-mail was not my primary means of communication,” she has testified. “I did not have a computer on my desk.” Nevertheless, House Republicans are dead set on never getting anything done. Kelly O As Business Insider reports, House Republicans are building a case against Hillary Clinton for perjury. Here is the only appropriate reaction to […]
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It’s Time to Meet Portland’s Most Intriguing Cat Ladies
Wendy Weiss and Jasper. MICHELLE MITCHELL Cat City: That’s what we should really call Portland, one of the nation’s cat-lady strongholds. Cat ladies get a bad rap, perhaps because a woman who takes care of an adorable creature that isn’t a human baby is instantly threatening to our puritan overlords. Well, secret’s out: Cat ladies […]
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Hillary Clinton is Officially the Democratic Nominee for President
As of today’s roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton is the first woman to receive a major-party nomination for president: In a huge show of party unity (a smart political maneuvering) during roll call, Bernie Sanders moved to suspend procedural roles to select Hillary Clinton as the Democrats’ nominee for […]
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Oh Cool, Donald Trump’s Reported Running Mate is the Original “Defund Planned Parenthood!” Guy
UPDATE, 4:40 pm: Donald Trump has postponed his VP announcement, initially slated for tomorrow, following an apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France. Multiple news outlets have already confirmed Pence as his selected running mate. Oh great, it’s Mike “Legislate Your Uterus” Pence. Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons Fuck. Not this guy again: Donald J. Trump’s […]
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: More Like Mike and Dave Can Treat Women Better Because It Is 2016
One thing that’s nice about 2016 is that there are some good-faith attempts to treat women like fully formed humans in film and on television. It’s a better time for representation, but it’s still not a great time. For example: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, in which chronically terrible brothers Mike (Adam Devine) and […]
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions
Finally: Some good news. a katz/Shutterstock In the most important abortion case since the 1990s, the United States Supreme Court has sided with women. In a 5-3 decision, the court ruled today that severe regulations that have forced some abortion clinics in Texas to close are unconstitutional. Specifically, the court looked at two rules, one […]
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Hillary Clinton, Now Endorsed by Elizabeth Warren, Goes to Bat For Abortion Rights
Elizabeth Warren endorsing Hillary Clinton on The Rachel Maddow Show. Sorry, have you been creeping on my vision board or…? MSNBC That’s a headline I never thought I’d type outside of my own dreams. It’s been a busy week for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show, Clinton was endorsed […]
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Neighbors 2: In Which Seth Rogen and His Four Male Co-Writers Try to See the College Greek System From a Female Perspective
How much you enjoy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising depends on how much leeway you give it for having its heart in the right place—even when its brain is slightly addled, and even when it’s constrained by the limitations of its format. Neighbors 2 is a hell of an effort, see, to do something meaningful with […]
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Oklahoma Lawmakers Have Voted to Make Performing Abortions a Felony
OKLAHOMA! This is NOT OKAY. Greg Willis via Wikimedia Commons Today, in WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS: Oklahoma lawmakers went ahead and passed a bill that makes performing an abortion a felony. Look, I’m not a lawyer (watching Julianna Margulies pretend to be one in ancient episodes of a now-off-the-air TV drama is good enough […]
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Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Will Be a Miniseries Starring Peggy Olson!
Margaret Atwood’s feminist dystopian classic is getting the high-brow TV series treatment. Tell every unwoman you know! Dominick D via Wikimedia Commons It’s an announcement that arrives just in time as we stare down a probable upcoming November battle between Brienne of Tarth and Joffrey Baratheon: Margaret Atwood’s feminist dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale AKA […]
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I’m Sick of Watching Horrible Things Happen to Women Just So People Know Horrible Things Happen to Women
Simulating shitty behavior towards women doesn’t strike me as a great way to solve misogynist internet trolling. MatiasEnElMundo This video, of sports reporters Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro having the verbal abuse they encounter on Twitter read back to them by some random dudes, has been making the rounds this week. It did make me […]