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Are You Kidding Me?

The sexualization of elementary school kids is horrifying enough – now clothing manufacturers are targeting actual, honest-to-goodness infants.  What the what! These kids aren’t old enough to talk, walk, or be potty-trained, but apparently they are old enough to have their genitals publically commented on and tied to their gendered self-image in profoundly damaging ways.  You can sign an online petition to […]

Are You Kidding Me?

There’s such a thing as a camel-toe guard (a.k.a. The Cuchini)? Oh dear dear dear. WAVAW is appalled (but not surprised) by this round-up of six ridiculous products designed to make women’s bodies less “gross.” Some of us here love shaving our legs and applying nail polish–because it makes us feel good about ourselves and […]

Are You Kidding Me?

In the face of jaw-droppingly awful, fatphobic advertisements like this billboard, it’s inspiring to see folks challenging the culture of hatred surrounding the diversity of human body shapes and sizes. Some examples that have come to our attention lately: Lindy West over at Jezebel calls for solidarity against body-shaming among women of all sizes–and offers […]

Are You Kidding Me?

[Trigger warning: rampant misogyny, entitlement, and sexist epithets in the link below…] You know what government most urgently needs to fund, according to this blogger dude?  Not rape crisis centres or education or health care or housing or child care. Nope! As public services and the social safety net unravel around us, what we really […]

Are You Kidding Me?

Shame is a great tool for the capitalists to sell us products that we would otherwise not buy.  Here’s a hilariously awful example: [youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVGQ3fctFM[/youtube]   And here is a response that we love seeing for this kind of marketing tactic: http://www.bust.com/this-dudes-response-to-female-crotch-sweat-shame-is-perfect.html [youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube/watch?v=6TXcjTyHjPs[/youtube]      

Are You Kidding Me?

In this week’s totally craptastic news, a curvy woman in her forties was kicked out of a waterpark for wearing a bikini when many younger and thinner women in similar swimwear were not asked to leave.  Hey, welcome to summer!  Would you like a massive stinking pile of ageism and body-shaming to go with your […]

Are You Kidding Me?

  Attempting to explain complex things about romantic and sexual relationships with the stupidest sexism imaginable!   These are majorly face-palm inducing:   1) A study published in The Journal of Evolutionary Psychology claims that men perform oral sex on women in order to prevent infidelity:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/oral-sex_n_3542426.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular   2) A skincare advertisement.

Are You Kidding Me?

News about this truly oddball product–hairy leg tights designed to protect women from “perverts”–made the rounds on social media last week, but with shockingly little critique of how deeply messed up (and not just weird) the whole concept actually is.  Though it feels painfully obvious, CAN WE JUST SAY: Contrary to what this obnoxious product implies… 1.  Rape is not about sexual attraction.  […]

Are You Kidding Me?

Pop culture has always been chock full of nonsensical theories about the bodies of women both young and old, but the last week’s news has offered up two very special doozies.  The common thread: female bodies across the lifespan are assumed to have an awful lot to do with men‘s desires and decisions.  What gives? Absurd item #1: Radio host Laura Ingraham argues that allowing […]

Are You Kidding Me?!

  A hit song and music video came to our attention recently and sickened us so much with its racism, objectification of women’s bodies, and exploitation of rape imagery for ‘humour’ and ‘thrill value’ that we don’t even want to name the song here.  We want to interrupt rather than promote the song’s appalling rise […]