Cultural Assumptions About Women

Everybody knows that women talk more than men, right? We’re just naturally communicative creatures who like to discuss our thoughts and feelings more than men do. Nope. Turns out men and women use roughly the same amount of words each day, taking into account individual variations. A new study published in Science magazine has found that women say 16,125 words per day, while men say 15,669. The difference is statistically Read More …

Bart’s Doodle

Viewers will get a full-frontal flash of Bart Simpson’s penis in the upcoming Simpson’s movie. News.com.au reports on a “disturbing image” in the film when Bart skateboards in the nude after taking a bet from Homer. After a series of fortuitous cover-ups, there is a fleeting glimpse of the 10-year-old’s modest, but distinctly yellow, penis. Ah, modest but distinctly yellow. I guess that’s all we really need to see of Read More …

Big Bottom

If anybody questions the usefulness of Live Earth, I give them this: Spinal Tap reformed (again) and performing Big Bottom with a bevy of beefy bass players. Whenever you’re feeling down about the size of your arse, listen to this song. It’s hard not to feel good again. By the way, please visit my page listing the Top 10 Heavy Metal Crotches. You’ll find Derek Smalls’ airport security vid there.

Jessica Alba Calls For Male Nudity

Jessica Alba wants to see more nude men in magazines. The Sun reports comments by the actress about her approval of male nudity: “Men’s magazines have nipples, so why don’t women have a magazine where men show their penises? “If there was a magazine like that I’d buy it. Nudity’s not a big deal to me. “I won’t go naked in my films, because I don’t want to. But that Read More …

Speeding Men And Small Penises

This is the new anti-speeding ad from the NSW government. It shows women holding up their pinky fingers after young men engage in hoony behaviour in their cars, speeding off and doing burnouts. I have to say, I like it, if only because it’s similar to a joke I’ve been making for ages whenever a young bloke decides to hit the gas nearby. “Uh-oh,” I’ll say. “Looks like his giant Read More …

Pole Dancing Ad Survives Complaints

A few weeks ago I wrote about the Nando’s pole dancing mother ad. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s been the subjects of numerous complaints to the Australian Advertising Standards Bureau. I’m pleased to say that they’ve given the ad the thumbs up. The Sydney Morning Herald reports: The board of the Advertising Standards Bureau agreed, ruling that pole dancing was ” … a popular form of exercise” and “was not incompatible with Read More …

Top 10 Heavy Metal Crotches

I’ve created a list of my top 10 heavy metal crotches, featuring videos of guys showing off their wares via extremely tight pants. I used to be a metal fan when I was 16. I’ve actually been working on this list for nearly two months. I can’t believe how long it’s taken me to finish it. The big problem was that I ended up surfing YouTube for hours at a Read More …

Torchwood: Gay Science Fiction

We Aussies have only just begun to watch Torchwood, the Doctor Who spinoff series from the BBC, and I’m damned impressed. What really stands out is that this series is unashamedly bisexual and/or gay. We’re only up to the second episode and already there’s been two same-sex kisses. In episode one the guy uses his special alien sex spray to pick up a woman at a bar. Things go pear-shaped Read More …

Carmina Burana: Love, Sex and Drinking

On the weekend I went to see a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. I’d always loved the O Fortuna chorus, since I first saw it in the film Excalibur many years ago. That piece of music inspired me to go out and buy my first classical CD. And on Saturday I got off my bum and went to see the full thing, complete with hundreds of singers and a Read More …

Sexy Pirates

On Thursday night I saw the third Pirates of the Caribbean film. The plot was more complicated than your small intestine and we left the theatre thinking its subtitle should have been: POTC 3: Endless Piration. My biggest complaint was Captain Jack Sparrow didn’t get enough screen time. Sure, there’s a desert island scene, but Jack wasn’t in it. I will say that Orlando Bloom looks even prettier when dressed Read More …

Star Wars Made Me Into A Feminist

Today is the 30th anniversary of the US release of Star Wars, a fact that no doubt has millions of Generation Xers such as myself feeling rather old. Naturally this has started me musing about the impact Star Wars had on my life, especially as I became quite obsessed with it when I was 10. And I do credit it as being a reason why I became a feminist. The Read More …

Mainstream Erotic Films

Hmmm. What to make of this earnest article suggesting that women like sex movies but “want something with a little more warm up time and some intellectual stimulation, with a little slow seduction mixed in…” The earnest DanAndJennifer recommend mainstream movies rather than straight porn for women. And their list is… well… a bit dated: # 9 1/2 Weeks # Another 9 1/2 Weeks # Wild Orchid # Basic Instinct Read More …

Eurovision Goes Gay

I loved it when Lordi won the Eurovision song contest last year. It was a triumph of pure entertainment over plastic, over-marketed pop, and I was pleased. This year it seemed that fluid sexuality was a theme. The over-the-top drag antics of Ukraine came second, and the bisexual, camp glitter of Sweden’s entry was very enjoyable. The winner, Serbia’s Marija Serifovic, performed what seemed to be a lesbian love song Read More …

The Pole Dancing Mother With Peri Peri Cravings

This ad gets my attention every time. This gorgeous modern woman works as a stripper… and then we see her as the typical advertising mother, eating dinner with husband and two kids. Nandos sells Portuguese chicken. You don’t really need a patch for peri-peri cravings. And I’m sure it doesn’t put off clients with money. What a clever ad. I mean, here I am blogging about it. Nice viral marketing.

Dirty Dancing Turns 20

I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled… Can you believe it? 20 years since Dirty Dancing was released. Jennifer Grey is now 47. My God. I was not quite 14 when it came out and I remember enjoying the film, although it wasn’t an instant fave. I did, however, buy both the albums, perhaps because I desperately wanted a copy of “Do Read More …