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Katy Perry Fans Get Persecuted

SimchaOctober 2, 2008 //

While some of us may kiss girls and like it, the principal of Van High School in Texas doesn’t even like the idea set to song. Three members of the school spirit twirling team were suspended from performing after they did a routine to Katy Perry’s #1 hit, “I Kissed A Girl”, at a pep rally. WTF?! What a double standard! It’s totally cool for high school dance teams to do sexually provocative dance moves in skimpy uniforms to explicit hetero love songs like “Low”, but Katy Perry giggling about a lesbian kiss crosses the line? “We did have rules in place, and rules were broken and discipline followed,” said Van Independent School District spokesman Suzie McWilliams. Rules or discrimination? Puh-lease, the very uptight Ms. McWilliams needs to get some perspective…perhaps another woman could loosen her up? [NBC via Fark]

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The Daily Squeeze: Sexism And Money, Discrimination, And The New James Bond

Catherine StrawnSeptember 22, 2008 //
  • Men who have sexist attitudes earn more money than men who don’t. [MarieClaire.co.uk]
  • A former Army Special Forces commander won a discrimination lawsuit on Friday — he was skipped over for a job while he was in the process of becoming a woman in 2005. [AP]

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    Fashion Week: Where Are The Black Models?

    Annika HarrisSeptember 12, 2008 //

    The lack of black models on fashion runways and in ad campaigns has become a persistent issue in the fashion industry. The issue was most recently highlighted by Vogue Italia’s “Black Issue,” which featured only black models on its pages. Some, including editor Amelia, saw the magazine as a gimmick, but it nonetheless got people talking about the issue of race in fashion. Unfortunately, all they did was talk. Keep reading »

    Reverse Sexism: Man Fights For Equal Rights

    SimchaAugust 14, 2008 //

    Oh yes, it’s ladies night, but the feeling is not quite right — the actual perk may be as outdated as the song. Being a woman has its advantages when it comes to getting into nightclubs, but are they fair? When we flip the tradition and examine the idea of just a “gentleman’s night,” the discrimination is glaringly obvious. Las Vegas resident Todd Phillips is sick of being a second-class citizen in his city just because of his gender. Taunted by a gym club billboard that offered free enrollment to women, Phillips felt penalized for his penis. So he decided to take action by filing a complaint with the National Equal Rights Commission. “When you have one price for men and one price for women, that’s clearly discrimination, clearly sex discrimination,” Phillips argues. And the man has a point! Sure, the gender equality feminists fought for protects us all, ensuring our rights to the same wages, respect, and opportunity. However, Phillips is finding out that the statewide statutes about bias based on sex or sexual orientation are more like policy suggestions than prosecutable orders. Even the ACLU isn’t sure he has a leg to stand on. But Phillips is a male trailblazer and promises to fight for his right to work out the same way women do — for free! After he takes the gym to court, he’s planning on going after the clubs on the Vegas strip like the MGM/Mirage for favoring ladies. [Las Vegas Now] Keep reading »

    Pretty Girls Don’t Have It All

    Catherine StrawnFebruary 26, 2008 //

    Being attractive can be such a curse. Nisreen Swedberg and Sarah Williams, both 18, were flying to Los Angeles on a Southwest Airlines flight on Valentine’s Day, and they claim that the crew treated them differently because of their looks. “I think they were just discriminating against us because we were young, decent-looking girls,” Sarah told a TV reporter. “I mean, no one else on the plane really looked like us, except us.” According to Nisreen, she asked for a bottle of water, but when the crew served everyone else, they refused her. Then, Sarah and another passenger got into an argument about the bathroom. Apparently the two caused such a disruption that backup was brought in, and Nisreen and Sarah were escorted off the plane and questioned for two hours. Who knows whose fault all of this was, but please, ladies, don’t assume that everyone thinks you’re good-looking. Being humble is much more attractive. [CNN] Keep reading »

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