A sexist tweet has revealed just how many people still want women to look like 1950s housewives, and it’s enough to make you want to throw your bra into an open flame. “Why can’t all us women dress like this casually again,” someone tweeted. Alongside the caption was a photo that looked ripped straight from … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have some money in a mutual fund. Our new, very young financial adviser, “Alec,” seems sexist. He has phoned us four times asking to speak with my husband, and each time my husband refuses to speak to him. Since my name is also on our account, my husband said … Read more
Sports radio host Michael Sorce, who goes by the name Dan Geronimo on air, was fired by WBIG-FM on Sunday following sexist remarks he made toward a female reporter at Washington Commanders training camp. While speaking with co-host Crash Young, Geronimo made several offensive comments about WUSA9 Washington D.C. reporter Sharla McBride, including shouting, “Hi, … Read more
Sports radio personalities Don Geronimo and Crash Young were barred from Commanders training camp following sexist remarks they made on their show Thursday. Geronimo and Young — who work for the WBIG “Big 100” station — whose parent company is iHeartMedia — cat-called WUSA9 Washington, D.C. reporter Sharla McBride while live on air as she … Read more
In 1982, 17-year-old Clare Frank was legally emancipated from her parents, moved into an illegally converted garage apartment in Santa Cruz, and became a firefighter in Northern California. Frank graduated at the top of her training class. Still, the scrawny, 5-foot-2 teen was too young to join the service; she left her date of birth … Read more
ESPN nearly got away with this attempt to take former host Will Cain out of context in a 2019 “First Take” segment on the gender pay gap. During the 2023 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, the company presented the U.S. women’s soccer team with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for its “equal pay” dispute to be … Read more
Courtney Love is slamming the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for “sexist gatekeeping” while protesting the lack of female and black artists highlighted by the Cleveland-based organization. “If so few women are being inducted into the Rock Hall, then the nominating committee is broken,” Love wrote in a scathing op-ed published Friday in The … Read more
A furious mom overheard her teenage son make a sexist comment in front of his friends – and has decided to punish him in a controversial way. His birthday party was coming up, so she thought it would be the perfect occasion to teach him a lesson. Without a second thought, she canceled it. But when she posted … Read more
She’s a smokeshow who fights forest fires. Katelyn Johnson, 29, is speaking out about her career as a hazard tree feller, chopping down burning conifers set ablaze during dangerous wildfires. The stunning blond — who proudly holds her own in the male-dominated field — has been working in the industry for almost five years, heading … Read more
A new study reveals that people who identify as “gamers” are more likely to exhibit “extreme behaviors” such as racism and sexism. While toxicity and radicalization have long been associated with gaming culture, the the study, released last week by Take This, a non-profit mental health organization working with the gaming industry and community, showed just … Read more