Policymic asks what would it look like if we turned the Daily Mail’s sexism around on men?
fashion
Weekly Whimsy: would you give this hitchhiker a lift?
This week’s whimsy is courtesy of a weirder than usual fashion photo from Queen magazine in 1960. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
The 44th Down Under Feminists Carnival
This is the 44th monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together December 2011 feminist posts from writers living in Australia and New Zealand.
Quicklink: China and fashion spending
Chinese men spend more on fashion clothing than women. More than twice as much ($1.1 billion to $439 million).
Quickhit: Because that’s what’s important
I thought Venus Williams was here to play tennis.
3 posts on butch/femme & disability – read ’em.
First, bfp at Flip Flopping Joy: “what is butch?” but then i see sites specifically for butches–and all i see are women who clearly are spending hours and hours and tons of money getting dressed up–with plucked eyebrows even! –and… Read More ›
Frontless shoes: The worst of all worlds
In the interest of completing our schedule of Ridiculous–Shoes blogging, I just wanted to show you these shoes. I do feel sorry for the model’s poor toes, which look battered and bruised, probably from whatever other ridiculous shoes she’s been in.
Pirelli 2009 calendar hits every -ism in the book
Warning: most of the images below the cut are wildly offensive, racist, and contain strong sexualised violence triggers. The same applies to all of the links in this post. Sociological Images features some photos from Pirelli’s car-tyre calendar. The calendar… Read More ›
What the fuck, Germaine?
Germaine Greer in The Guardian’s World News section: “If Michelle Obama’s such a great dresser, what was she doing in this red butcher’s apron?” The one sour note to resound through the jubilation at the election of Barack Obama was… Read More ›
Shoes, Remedial
It’s school holidays, so my blogging is light. Today’s post is entirely in pictures. Shoes. Not shoes.
