Three Dildos And An Anal Plug

I was going to write about the multitude of companies capitalizing on the SATC movie, but after seeing this photo (from a friend’s holiday collection of a recent trip to the Big Apple) I don’t think it’s even necessary.

Ha! That is all.

Attention Kevin Rudd: Why Is The GST Still Added To Pads And Tampons?

On July 1st, 2000, the Howard Government introduced the Goods And Services Tax to Australia. The GST was added to the sale price of pads and tampons, but not condoms or cock rings.

In 2006 I started an online petition, calling for Prime Minister John Howard and Health Minister Dr Michael Wooldridge to remove the GST from women’s sanitary products.

In 2007 I started a Facebook group calling for the same thing; presently there are 1,285 group members.

It was reported that Kevin Rudd’s Labor government would be removing this ridiculous and unfair tax upon Australia’s women. As yet, they have not.

It’s time to go on a letter-writing spree:

Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
(or use this online form)

Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Nicola.Roxon.MP@aph.gov.au

Australian Government Office for Women
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
PO Box 7576
Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610
women@fahcsia.gov.au

This legacy of John Howard’s sexist and archaic policies has lingered long enough. Coughing up money each month for a rolled up chunk of sphagnum/plastic in order to avoid bleeding on everything is not a luxury.

Sometimes, There Are No Words

Reader Tim sent us this frankly horrifying link, with the note, “Naturally the only thing you’d test a physics engine with would be a bikini clad, lifeless body.“

If you don’t want to click on the link, it features a lifeless female form (yes, in a bikini) falling between floating spheres. I’d make some jibe to the tune of ‘no wonder programmers find it hard to get a date’, but I’m too disturbed.

Samantha Brett: Stereotyping And Offending Straight Women, Straight Men, Lesbians, Gays, And Bisexuals!

You know, I’m starting to think that quoting Samantha Brett’s blogs is tantamount to taking photos of the toilet bowl and posting them on RateMyPoo, because it’s questionable as to whether she’ll ever come up with something (sorry, “opine”) that isn’t hideously dated, gobsmackingly sexist and utterly offensive to one gender/sexual preference or another – or, in this case, pretty much everyone.

To wit, Wednesday’s opening salvo:

If you’ve ever watched The ‘L’ Word television series, you will have been privy to the ultimate male fantasy that seems to turn on gents like no amount of cleavage or gold spandex hot shorts can do. “Visual candy for men,” is how the New York Times described the steamy series which follows the sex lives of super sexy women who make out with one another. (I can just hear the male pheromones being switched on as we speak.)

Yes, lesbian sisters, you read that correctly – The ‘L’ Word is not about lesbians, it is about “super sexy women who make out with one another”, evidently all for the benefit of the male gaze.

Now, I know The ‘L’ Word is about as gritty and realistic as Sex & The City, and yes, there was probably a marketing think-tank in the pre-production days that thought the show would likely attract a male audience, too. But to describe a show about lesbian relationships without even using the term “lesbian” – does Sam think those scary dykes are going to put the gay on her?

She continues “opining”:

Attention Women: Casual Sex Will Leave You “Worthless”

From time to time the post-fem conservatives try to whip up a scare campaign designed to make women think twice about living their lives like, if you will, Samantha Jones from Sex & The City (and even Sam ended up needing a full-time, monogamous partner). The latest to indulge in this sorry line of “journalism” is – no surprises! – Britain’s Daily Mail.

The piece, by Helen Weathers and subtly titled “Casual sex left me feeling worthless: How a one-night stand left one woman emotionally destroyed”, fires so many salvos it’s hard to know which ones to highlight! Let’s start with this one:

Only when Aisling woke up, she didn’t feel liberated. As her conquest departed with barely a backward glance, she felt used and cheated, even though she’d been under no illusion that it might lead to anything more.

That’s right, girls, sexual freedom and emancipation from traditional and hurtful gender roles is bad news! You are all just prostitutes in the eyes of these careless studs! But that’s the least of it:

Men can separate their feelings and just have sex, whereas women connect on a much deeper level.

The sexist gender stereotypes that just won’t quit! Chicks! They just want to talk after sex! Please, ma’am, may I have some more? Brace yourself, the corker is coming up…

When last night’s ‘Brad Pitt’ looks more like Mr Bean, a woman’s self-respect plummets. As for actually marrying the ‘Brad Pitts’ of this world, a promiscuous woman jeopardises her chances of attracting a high-status long-term partner by giving away her assets too cheaply.

That’s right, you’re just tarnishing yourselves, girls – after all, a woman’s body is a precious jewel that should be treasured and revealed in a velvet box on your wedding night, or something. But hold on, I think Ms Weathers wants to leave us with a salient final line:

Women may indeed be biologically programmed to go in search of their very own ‘Brad Pitt’ – and may even make a quick conquest.

They just shouldn’t be surprised when he doesn’t call the next day.

Yep, suck it up, sluts – you’re doomed to waiting by the phone and wondering where it all went wrong. If only you’d waited until the third date!