CULTURE

"Do Guys Bleed Out Their Wieners or Butts?": Thoughts on the Thinx MENstruation Commercial

Period-proof underwear brand, Thinx, recently debuted their first national TV commercial campaign, and men are literally gushing. The ad spot, aptly titled “MENstruation,” proposes an alternate world in which men menstruate, just like women. “If we [read: cisgender men] all had them, maybe we’d be more comfortable with them,” the commercial posits. Indeed, as a […]

The World Series Flashers Are Not Activist Heroes

The World Series Flashers Are Not Activist Heroes

On Sunday, Julia Rose and Lauren Summer—which are definitely their real names—made headlines when they flashed their breasts during the live broadcast of game 5 of the World Series. While they didn’t get quite as much attention as certain other attendees, they got enough to earn themselves lifetime bans from MLB events. As far as […]