Should feminists support Julia Gillard just because she’s a female Prime Minister? [Daily Life]
Where does your slut-barometre sit? [TheVine]
The Triple J Hottest 100 countdown was a total sausagefest. [Karen Pickering]
“Who exactly reads Playgirl, anyway?” (SFW) [The Atlantic]
Is Paris Hilton relevant again? [The Daily Beast]
Is Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In a modern day Feminine Mystique? [Ms. Magazine]
Kelly Rowland’s latest single is about cunnilingus. Get it, girl!
The threat of James Deen. [Daily Life]
Now they’re gendering cordial! [Feminaust]
In defence of Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna in the aftermath of season two of Girls:
“Lena Dunham has perfected her ability to push her audience past their comfort zones by forcing them to relate to or identify with someone who they’d rather not relate to or identify with. When people react negatively to her work, I think that’s often what it is that they’re reacting against. Her artistic—yeah, I’m going to say it—genius is pushing the viewer from thinking Who would do that? to I’ve thought about that to I’ve done that.”
And I think that sums up the difference between season one of Girls, which was so unabashedly relatable, if not totally likeable, and season two, which stagnated more in the former realm of Dunham’s alleged “artistic genius”. [Jezebel]
Calling all Aussie (and NZ) Gala Darling fans: she’s bringing her Blogcademy brainchild down under. Wouldn’t you know it, the Melbourne workshop takes place when I just so happen to be in Gala’s hood: New York City!
Clementine Ford unpacks the verdicts handed down in the Steubenville, Ohio rape case and why sexual assault is not a “mistake” made by “promising young men” who deserve a “second chance”. [Daily Life]
New girl crush: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. That woman really knows what she’s talking about when it comes to feminism and women in the workplace. [Jezebel]
Girls, How I Met Your Mother and consent. [Think Progress]
Porn consumption = more accepting of marriage equality? [MamaMia]
The Scarlett Woman 