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A post from DoubleX writer Lauren Bans:
Oh, hey! Great news! There’s a new predator-type female in town, this one created by Spencer Morgan of the New York Observer. Welcome the cheetah:
a young woman, fresh out of a relationship, on the prowl to take
advantage of helpless, drunk, out-of-her-league men. She's the girl who
stays for two games at the sports bar, not to watch football, natch,
but to feast on juicy man tidbits. The cheetah is described
nonsensically in the title as the “cougar’s younger cousin,” though
later in the piece Morgan disowns the comparison, writing that the
cheetah’s “hunting methods and psychology bear no resemblance to the
cougar.” And that’s just the beginning—the article is full of
comparisons and leaps that don’t make any sense. Welcome to the world
of bogus trend pieces! Hop aboard! Let’s take a ride through this murky
tale ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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A post from DoubleX blogger Lauren Bans:
Breaking news ladies: Cougars are oh-so-real. Yep, science has proved
it. In fact, the word “cougar” is basically a scientific term now.
Thanks, science! ... (Read more in DoubleX.)
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Sandra Bullock is right that The Proposal, out today, is not about cougars.
The movie ignores the age gap between leading lady Bullock, almost 45,
and leading man Ryan Reynolds, 32. Which is good, according to Bullock:
"The word cougar makes me want to throw up in my mouth,” she told USA Today.
But Bullock is wrong when she tries to duck the romcom label. “It's
a comedy that has romance in it,” she insists. ‘When you say romantic
comedy, everyone cringes.” Sorry, but the plot is as romcom as it gets... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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‘Cougar Dream' is Anthem for Hot Mamas Everywhere, was the
subject of the press release. I clicked through to the song, expecting
to hear a woman crooning about her conquest of some sex-toy "cub" (like
what The Big Money's Chad Martin could have been, if only he worked that room a little harder!). Turns out the cougar anthem for hot mamas... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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Guest post from The Big Money reporter Chadwick Matlin:
Sarah,
your clarion warning to men everywhere is too late. The cougar invasion
has already begun. I found myself mingling amongst the mythical women a
month ago, when, in the interest of journalism, I served as cub bait
for a Slate piece on the cougar phenomenon. That piece, written by the estimable Troy Patterson... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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Here's a guest post from Current TV's Sarah Haskins, whose videos will air weekly on Double X.
Each week she addresses a theme in marketing, advertising, or
entertainment aimed at women that she finds silly, such as the idea
that yogurt
is an unbelievably indulgent, wholly beloved miracle food for women.
She's giving XXers a sneak peak of tonight's video subject:
Young American Men, this is your warning. For so many years, you've
been safe: ensconced in fraternities, apartments with other dudes,
sports bars, and post-college intramural leagues.
Yet the natural order cannot long survive without balance. And thus
your herds, like deer in the backyards of New Jersey, must be thinned... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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