Tag: mansplaining

As A Feminist, Can I Still Laugh at Penis Jokes?

It was Adam Buxton, comedian and veteran podcaster, who made me start to think about this issue. He was interviewing Caitlin Moran when the subject came up. “I must admit I do get a bit cross,” he opined gently (the delightful Mr Buxton’s opining is never not gentle) “when...

Mansplaining. It’s not funny

Recently, I decided that I wanted two exterior walls at our house to be painted white. Not even two walls, actually: one and a half. It didn’t strike me as a particularly complicated or arduous job. I thought about doing it myself, but the tricky issue of ladders reared...