Former NASCAR employee sues over racist, sexist treatment

A lawsuit by a former NASCAR employee alleges a disturbing pattern of racist and sexist harassment and discrimination, including co-workers who referred to her as “Nappy Headed Mo” and “Queen Sheba” and told her she worked on “colored people time”, and a supervisor who made repeated references to the Ku Klux Klan. Mauricia Grant, an [...]

Yogurt

Like Salon’s Kate Hardin, I love full-fat yogurt, and I hate yogurt ads. This InfoMania report is simply delicious.
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Joel Stein: Misogynist Jackass

How did such a pinheaded little putz get a regular column in a major newspaper anyway?
(Thanks to LGM for the tip.)

Men behaving badly

Feminist Law Professors has cruelly directed my attention to an indescribably hostile comment thread at Abovethelaw.

Sirloin and sexual stereotypes

The New York Times has uncovered the shocking fact that there are women who eat beef. According to the paper of record, “Women order a steak to show they’re one of the guys, and they don’t have ‘food issues.’” Funny, I always thought that women who ordered a steak did so because they, um, like [...]

Satire or sexism?

The latest issue of Field & Stream has this doosie of a letter-to-the-editor:
I was reading the latest issue of F&S and realized that you were putting a lot of material about women in your magazine. You should be running full-page ads telling sportsmen to write to their congressmen and get them to pass laws [...]