Modern Family Is Not So Modern When It Comes to Women


Updated 03/24/10 11:35 AM · Posted by · 26 comments

Modern Family's Gender Stereotypes

Here's a post from OnSugar blog My DISFunkshion. Modern Family, created by Steven Levitan (Just Shoot Me) and Christopher Lloyd (Frasier), is a show about the daily adventures of a big, apparently “wacky” American clan. However, their female characters portray traditional stereotypes. Like the popular mockumentary The Office, Modern Family uses character interviews for an intimate, Read more

Where My Ladies At: "Female Friendly" iPhone Apps!


Updated 12/16/08 8:56 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 4 comments

Where My Ladies At: "Female Friendly" iPhone Apps!

No matter how you want to slice it or dice it, at the end of the day, there are some things that women experience (ahem — menstrual cycles, pregnancy) that men will never have to endure in their lifetime. I've already touched on all my fave iPhone games and essential iPhone apps, but now it's time to round up the apps out there that are just for the ladies. So men, enter this slideshow at your Read more

Dear Poll: Would You Try Female Viagra?


Updated 03/18/08 9:38 AM · Posted by · 39 comments

Dear Poll: Would You Try Female Viagra?

Earlier this week, an article in the Washington Post reminded readers that Viagra is officially 10-years-old this month. It seems hard to believe it was only a decade ago that the release of this male performance enhancer sparked such huge controversy. Of course, as that debate died down, a new one took its place: When will they make female Viagra? Though there has been talk of similar Read more

Some Words of Wisdom


Updated 07/12/07 9:00 AM · Posted by · 20 comments

Some Words of Wisdom

I just came across a wonderful poem whose commandments (if you will) struck a chord with me. I wanted to share it with all of you so just click here to read more Read more

Do Tell: What Female Trait Would you Change?


Updated 07/17/09 1:36 PM · Posted by · 37 comments

Do Tell: What Female Trait Would you Change?

Being a woman is amazing, we have the honor of bearing children, we are sensitive and compassionate, we get to be feminine and girly whenever we want, but at the same time, as women, we suffer through our periods every month, we have to fight for job equality, and have to keep up with the Jones' in terms of weight, fashion and status. So ladies, if you had to abolish one female characteristic to Read more

The Female Robot by Tomotaka Takahashi


Updated 06/12/07 9:24 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 6 comments

The Female Robot by Tomotaka Takahashi

I present to you the FT female robot, measuring just over a foot tall and containing twenty-three motors and two gyroscopes. As a result of Tomotaka Takahashi's desire to create a female type robot, he spent a year developing a robot with feminine features. Featured on SCI FI Tech, the FT's parts were specifically designed to showcase a lean, feminine body line. Wondering how she works? The FT Read more

What is your Getting Ready Routine?


Updated 08/12/08 2:44 PM · Posted by · 13 comments

Do you consider yourself to be a primper? Are you the type who takes hours getting ready for a date or a night out with friends, making sure every hair is in place and your outfit is perfectly pressed? I was meeting a male friend for dinner this weekend and he was shocked and quite impressed with how quickly I could get ready for an evening out on the town! So ladies, do tell, what does your Read more

Meet the Euro Pop Princesses of the '60s: Yé-Yé Girls


Updated 05/25/12 2:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ye-Ye Girls

Are the yé-yé girls having resurgence? First there was Megan's infamous Mad Men song and dance number, and now they've come up again in Wes Anderson's latest film Moonrise Kingdom. In the film — set in 1965, a year before this season of Mad Men — Suzy Bishop is one half of the lovesick preteen couple at the center of the movie. While her style is clearly fashioned after the yé-yé girls, Read more

LC Preps For the Long Weekend With a Starbucks Stop


Updated 05/25/12 10:58 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Lauren Conrad Starbucks in LA Pictures

Lauren Conrad picked up an iced drink at a Starbucks in Santa Monica yesterday afternoon. She wore a sweet denim look and carried her trusty Balenciaga bag. Lauren was joined by a female pal for the coffee run, rather than her boyfriend. LC and William Tell went public last weekend when they stepped out together in Brentwood. The couple has apparently been dating for a few months after meeting Read more

Hysteria Director Tanya Wexler Talks Vibrators, Faking It, and Duck Sex


Updated 05/25/12 1:54 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Hysteria Director Interview

Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film — what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" — is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some Read more