• Andy Wright at Mother Jones nails everything wrong with Mars’s new candy bars for the lady market so perfectly, I can’t even add [...]

  WTF of the day: Fling candy bars

  February 15, 2009
• After the comment thread to a fascinating post at Feministe about female bodybuilders blew up into a melee of “I don’t think these [...]

  Quick hit: Bodybuilding and body-shaming

  December 1, 2008
• So I haven’t had cable TV in several years — I do most of my TV watching via Netflix (and am thus perpetually behind by a seaons), [...]

  In search of body positivity on cable TV

  November 24, 2008
• Shapeling Ellen writes in: Last night I ran across a picture of the 1965 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover. I was so surprised by the difference [...]

  Forty years of wankitude

  August 18, 2008

• After I saw Mamma Mia! on stage almost four years ago, people would ask me how it was, and my answer was pretty simple: If you love silly [...]

  In Which I Muse on Mamma Mia! and Maybe Build to a Point

  July 23, 2008
• I was delighted when LilahCello offered to write up her experiences with facial hair as a guest post. I know this is a topic that hits close to [...]

  Guest Blogger LilahCello: Yes, I’ve got facial hair

  July 16, 2008