Tag: LULz

(Last week was Too Soon. This week is not much better but we have to get back on the horse. Where to even start. The most illuminating thing about this election cycle: opening my feed in the morning and trying to figure out what’s satire and what’s not. That could go either way and tells me all I need to know. And this […]

So, you just landed a badass corporate job and now you need to dress the part. Don’t worry! We put together a few powerful, business professional outfits to make you look like a grown-up in the boardroom, though these outfits won’t stop your male coworkers from referring to you as a “girl” no matter how many salient points you make. […]

“She’s after losing a couple of stone since starting the accounting course and thinks she’s great now off with all her new college friends,” Waterford man Martin Power explains to WWN about a worrying new trend among Irish women that has him stuck between a rock and a hard place with partner of 12 years, Trisha Murphy. It all began […]

A DUBLIN based office worker has spent the majority of the day being referred to as a ‘girl’, marking the 3127th day in a row in her adult life this has happened. 26-year-old Shauna Higgins had thought nothing of it initially, but after some 8 years later, it is starting to become bothersome. Shauna, fed up with being infantilised by […]

Real man Simon Williams has proved himself to be both tough and cool by posting a lengthy rant about feminism on the Internet. Williams, whose unshakable self-confidence means he genuinely doesn’t care what other people think, spent several hours first posting his diatribe and then logging in again and again to respond to each comment individually. His initial comments suggested […]

(I forgot about my #saturdaysatire for a while. It was summer time and the livin’ was easy etc. Now I’m cold and bitter again so it’s back. ETA: and, erm, a day early. Oh be quiet.) Reductress: According to reports, Minnetonka resident Becca Harris was interrupted 25 times this morning when sharing her thoughts on last night’s presidential debate with her […]

Everything you need to know about everyday sexism, folks. And it’s funny ‘cos it’s true. Though opportunities for women have increased considerably over the past century, insidious everyday sexism continues to inform the female experience. Here are some commonly asked questions about this pervasive form of discrimination: Q: What is sexism? A: The marginalization of babes, honeys, sweethearts, and princesses […]

There’s an apology epidemic going on among women and I, for one, was ready to do my part to end it. So as an experiment, I decided to spend a whole week without using the dreaded word “sorry” altogether, and boy, was my boyfriend mad. You don’t realize how much you say “sorry” until you start really paying attention. I […]

(TW) GOD BLESS YOU, reductress, you are amazing.  All week, reductress, the best feminist satire site on the web (well, perhaps the only, really) has dedicated its front page to taking down rape culture (screenshot above/ over there). Each piece is better (and by that, I mean, right on point) than the next, I’m sure of it, so I’m just going […]

Are you getting your makeup from a drugstore? Shame on you! You’ll never find a husband, best friend, or dream job if you’re wearing cheap Covergirl foundation. You say you can’t tell the difference? Wrong again! It’s time your makeup haul cost you hundreds of dollars, or you’re just not being a woman correctly. Flush All of Your Cheap Makeup […]

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Explaining how his subtle belittlement and disrespect for women in face-to-face interactions had little in common with the bold, outspoken manner in which he degrades women when he’s on social media or website message boards, sources reported Tuesday that local man Colin McManus is a totally different misogynist online than in real life. McManus, who is said to regularly […]

Listen, I work with women, I’ve lived with women, I’ve seen women. And let me tell you, women are so catty. I mean, with the small exception of pretty much every woman I’ve ever met. Ugh! I just can’t stand it anymore! You see it all the time: in movies, in TV shows, in made-for-TV movies, and I guess probably […]

Sometimes it feels like we’ve never grown out of that awkward stage. We learn quickly that adulthood does not come with a written set of guidelines that can easily be referred to for answers. We try, we fail, and we learn. The most important thing we can do is to forgive ourselves for the mistakes we’ve made along the way […]

A MAN who fiercely opposes the all-female Ghostbusters reboot is unconcerned about a female prime minister.  Nathan Muir of Oxford, who has posted more than 450,000 online comments opposing the new Ghostbusters film, described the all-female candidate list to lead the country as “no biggie”. He continued: “Whoever’s most qualified for the job should win, I suppose. They both seem fine. […]

Top of the range advice to keep it all profesh, ladies. Nobody likes networking! And it’s especially frustrating when your networking efforts are mistaken for romantic advances. Here are a few easy conversation starters can help you power through your nerves and forge new connections that make your intentions clear, even though he’ll definitely still think you’re coming onto him, […]

Yes. More #Brexit. Laugh/ cry remember? A GUARDIAN reader is secretly enjoying being even more earnest than usual because of Brexit. 44-year-old Tom Booker, from Hackney, has been indulging his emotions since the referendum and is planning to spend the weekend at a special yoga and meditation retreat to process his feelings about the EU. He said: “The emotional impact has been […]

And finally. bc really. BRITAIN is making headlines around the world today after over 17 million gobsh*tes did something rather stupid, WWN can reveal. Exit polling company YouGov confirmed that the biggest winners of the referendum, which saw Britain vote to leave the EU, turned out to be ignorance, casual racism and Nigel Farage’s erection. Many voters were swayed by […]

srsly. WASHINGTON—In the wake of Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement that he would leave office following the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union, tens of millions of Americans expressed their confusion to reporters Friday about a system of government in which a leader would resign after making a terrible decision. “Wait, so he made a really awful choice […]