sexism

Scar-Jo Blames Her Ladyparts For Spurring Obama Email Frenzy

2:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that Scarlett Johansson is finally hitting the road to stump for the upcoming Vicky Cristina Barcelona, reporters have seized on the opportunity to ask her about the important man in her life. No, not her fiancé Ryan Reynolds — we’re talking about presidential candidate/father figure Barack Obama. You may recall how the actress made headlines back in June for discussing her email relationship with Obama, a sexy media fantasy that titillated reporters before the Obama campaign itself debunked it. Now, Johansson is claiming that the whole affair got too much attention because of the media’s “extreme sexism”: More »

Sam Newman’s Feminist Credentials Skyrocket

9:23AM Clem Bastow | As if we didn’t already have a bucketload of reasons to love Sam Newman, he continues to impress with his neanderthal Footy Show antics (and for those who think the use of “neanderthal” and “footy show” is tautological, it ain’t necessarily so; On The Couch and Before The Game both manage to be free of gender bias and idiocy – well, apart from Peter Helliar in the latter category). The Nine switchboard has been lighting up with complaints, and rightly so, since Newman carried out another of his “hilarious” gags, feeling up a mannequin dressed to look like AFL journo Caroline Wilson. Comedy platinum, Sam. Using a staple gun, Newman fastened a picture of Age journalist Caroline Wilson to the mannequin’s head. The dummy was clothed in a satin bra and underpants. “I tell you what, she’s a fair piece, Caro,” he said over the chosen soundtrack, She’s a Lady by Tom Jones. More »

Turns Out No One Likes A Cockatoo

12:42PM Clem Bastow | Just days after the Erin McNaught-starring “She likes a cockatoo” campaign for winery Cockatoo Ridge caused a stink, then McNaught herself said she thought the campaign was “rude” (and not in a positive dancehall sense), the ads are being pulled. Cockatoo Ridge, however, will tell you they’ve wound up the campaign because of the price of billboards. Later, some monkeys flew out of our butts. “The billboards were only ever going to run for two more weeks anyway,” [Cockatoo Ridge managing director Peter] Perrin told Confidential, adding it will then “only run in Sydney and the entire campaign will cease in May”. Erin admitted this week she was shocked when she first saw the ad, but Perrin insists the slogan wasn’t meant to shock. “We didn’t think too much about the double-meaning,” he said. “If we wanted to be silly about it we could have put the ads in FHM magazine or something, but that’s not what we are about.” “We didn’t think too much about the double-meaning”?! You mean to say, Mr Perrin, that you employed a bikini model best known for the kerfuffle over topless photos surfacing midway through her Miss Universe campaign, made good use of her cleavage, used the kind of “whoops matron” slogan that might’ve been thought of as a bit much in 1973 Playboy, and you’re saying you DIDN’T think about it too much? Excuse us for a moment, readers, we’re just going to go jump off our balcony alongside all these winged pigs that are making their first flights! More »