16th
Here’s this week’s cover, on newsstands and the iPad tomorrow morning. And the summary of the corresponding story:
In an age where women are dominating - in the workplace, at school, at home - why are they seeking to be dominated in their love lives? Recent media portrayals have shown that a rising number of modern women fantasize about being overpowered, while studies are turning out statistics that bewilder feminists. New shows like HBO’s Girls and books like Fifty Shades of Grey are showcasing the often hidden desire for powerlessness. But why? Katie Roiphe examines the submissive yet empowered female in Newsweek. “It is perhaps inconvenient for feminism that the erotic imagination does not submit to politics, or even changing demographics,” she writes.
We haven’t seen the cover story yet, but color us intrigued! Let’s hear your pre-thoughts, tumblr.
Garbage
Katie Roiphe? Really? What decade is it, Newsweek? Also, what’s your definition of a “working woman”? I’m guessing it doesn’t include domestic workers, women who work in the foodservice industry, anyone who’s poor, or not thin, young, white… because that wouldn’t be “sexy”.
This shit is lazy.
This is so stupid and lazy.
