Sexism, Stereotypes, and the Super Bowl: Recent Ads That Sexualize Women


Updated 02/04/12 11:55 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Women in Super Bowl Ads

Sex sells — especially for Super Bowl ads, and year after year major companies try to get away the raciest, steamiest ads possible, often at the expense of women. Cars, food, technology: it doesn't matter what the product is, these ads throw in a hot, skin-baring woman for distraction and buzz. Ahead of the big game tomorrow, let's look back at some of the most scandalous ads in the last few Read more

Will Susan G. Komen's U-Turn Make a Difference?


Updated 02/03/12 3:37 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Susan G. Komen Funding Planned Parenthood

This morning, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that it has reversed its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood's breast cancer screenings. Under pressure from its own affiliates, employees, and supporters, the breast cancer foundation released a statement that began, "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of Read more

Will the Susan G. Komen/ Planned Parenthood Controversy Influence Your Donations?


Updated 02/03/12 7:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Bloomberg Planned Parenthood Donation

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that he's going to donate $250,000 to Planned Parenthood after Susan G. Komen For the Cure cut funding for breast cancer screenings. In his statement, Mayor Bloomberg, who will match every new dollar raised up to $250,000, explained: "Politics have no place in health care. Breast cancer screening saves lives and hundreds of thousands of women rely on Read more

Jamie Lynn Spears Shares Lessons on Birth Control and Teen Pregnancy


Updated 02/02/12 2:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Jamie Lynn Spears Interview

“I believe in safety and birth control as prevention," Jamie Lynn Spears tells Glamour this month. "But like many young girls . . . I was really scared to go to the doctor." Britney's little sister had to grow up fast, after she became pregnant at 16, and after taking some time away from the spotlight, she gave an interview with Glamour to mark her 21st birthday. In the interview, Jamie Lynn Read more

Why Did Susan G. Komen For the Cure Cut Off Funding to Planned Parenthood?


Updated 02/04/12 2:43 PM · Posted by · 13 comments

Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood

For years Susan G. Komen for the Cure has provided Planned Parenthood grants for breast cancer screenings. It recently decided to cut off the women's health provider, causing outrage among many supporters of both groups. Petitions to Komen to change its mind have been circulating on Facebook and across the Internet. After Komen's decision became public, Planned Parenthood told supporters that Read more

"Romeo and Juliet" Couples Treated as Sex Offenders


Updated 01/26/12 9:24 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Teen Sex Offenders

There's a major debate going on about whether teens should be jailed as sex offenders when they are having consensual sex with other teens. The groups fighting against the laws say that teens should be sent to treatment centers or counseling, not jailed and put on sex-offender registries. "The laws often don’t differentiate between a 50-year-old man molesting a 14-year-old girl, and two Read more

Elizabeth Banks Directed a Porno


Updated 01/29/12 7:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Elizabeth Banks Directs Porn

Elizabeth Banks will star in the much-anticipated The Hunger Games, out in March, but there's another movie she's been working hard on. The actress and her longtime husband are producing Pitch Perfect together, a comedy about competitive college a cappella. It sounds like an unlikely film for a porno scene, but last night Elizabeth told Jimmy Kimmel that she in fact directed a pornographic scene Read more

Michael Fassbender Cracks Dirty Joke, Dishes on His Three-Way Sex Scene


Updated 01/19/12 9:55 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Michael Fassbender on David Letterman

Last night hot Shame star Michael Fassbender wasn't shy about his onscreen sex-capades during his interview with David Letterman. While his performance as a sex addict is darkly intense and serious, the Golden-Globe-nominated Irishman lightened the mood right off the bat with a joke about how "hard" it was to shoot full-frontal scenes. Michael also got into some of the details about shooting his Read more

18 Ways Michael Fassbender Puts the Sex in Sexy


Updated 01/20/12 9:23 AM · Posted by · 11 comments

Michael Fassbender Hot Pictures

Michael Fassbender is hot, hot, hot! The sexy Irishman bared it all as a sex addict in the award-buzzy flick Shame, he spanked Keira Knightley as psychiatrist Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, and in addition to spilling sexy secrets in his cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, he does a striptease for W Magazine's February issue. Did we mention he speaks fluent German and is set to play a Read more

Kate Beckinsale Tells Conan She Loves Penis Jokes


Updated 01/20/12 11:30 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Kate Beckinsale Penis Jokes on Conan

Something about Kate Beckinsale, maybe her proper British accent and mom status, gave us the impression that she's not a fan of dirty jokes — but boy were we wrong! On Conan last night, she addressed Seth Rogen's erection joke at the Golden Globes by saying that she loves penis jokes and getting a jab in about Seth's, ahem, size. But then she took it even further by explaining that joking Read more