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Male Model Stars in Bra Ads

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:38:05 CST

The "woman" modeling a push-up bra for Dutch department store Hema is actually a man: androgynous model Andrej Pejic . Pejic, 20, is a good choice if you want to boast how effective your "mega" push-up bras are, considering he has no breasts to speak of. The gender-bending model—who does...

Gender-Neutral Pre-School Cans the Words Boy, Girl

Sarah Whitmire — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:43:28 CDT

Teachers don't say things like "him" or "her," or read fairy tales like Cinderella or Snow White at the gender-neutral Egalia pre-school in Sweden, and boys and girls play either in the play kitchen or with Legos, reports CNN . The Stockholm classroom uses the genderless pronoun “hen,” as opposed to...

Meet Andrej Pejic, Fashion's Gender-Bending Star

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:30:57 CST

Andrej Pejic is a cross between Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss, with one difference: He’s a man. The 19-year-old is the new face of Marc Jacobs—and a symbol of the changing face of fashion, in which gender-bending “femiman” models are rising to prominence. Pejic, who grew up in Serbia...

Ines Sainz Controversy Shouldn't Be One

John Johnson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:57:13 CDT

The dumb controversy over Mexican reporter Ines Sainz being subjected to the "juvenile conduct" of some New York Jets should have ended when the team owner apologized, writes veteran sports columnist Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post . It didn't, and Sainz—who deserves part of the blame for keeping it...

Lost Men Waste $3K on Gas, Won't Ask for Directions

Nick McMaster — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:15:37 CDT

The price of stubborn pride: Men waste $3,000 in gas over their lifetimes because they won't ask for directions when lost, a study says. British researchers determined that men drive an average of 276 unnecessary miles per year trying to figure out their destination. A quarter of men said...

Men More Likely to Cheat on Female Breadwinners

Jane Yager — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:14:00 CDT

Ladies, if you want your man to stay faithful, you'd better be earning about three-quarters as much as he does. So claims a new study, which found that while being economically dependent on your partner makes women less likely to cheat, it makes men more likely to stray: Men who...

Shiloh 'Wants to Be a Boy,' Tabs Shocked

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:34:58 CDT

First the media got all up in arms about Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s insistence on dressing like a boy; now Angelina Jolie has revealed she actually “wants to be a boy”—and hysteria is at a fever pitch. ( Here’s one example of many “Shiloh Wants to Be a Boy!” headlines.)...

Meryl Streep Happy Men Are Evolving

John Johnson — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:15:00 CDT

Men aren't quite the Neanderthals they used to be, says Meryl Streep, and she can tell by reaction to her film roles. Guys used to like her meek character in the Deerhunter , but now they're comfortable with her turn as ice princess Miranda Priestly in the Devil Wears Prada , she...

Nixon's Fiancée 'A Short Man With Boobs'

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:58:00 CDT

Cynthia Nixon is engaged to a woman—or, in Nixon’s words, “a short man with boobs.” The Sex and the City star talks about her relationship with Christine Marinoni in The Advocate : Gender roles : “A lot of what I love about her is her butchness,” she says, but later adds,...