Scanner : sex boycott

Reason Number 379 To Hate The New York Post: They Made the Oscars About Diablo Cody's Stripper Tattoo

Emily Farris — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:04:00 GMT

In case you've forgotten, we're mad at The New York Post—so mad, in fact, that we called for a sex boycott of anyone who reads the paper. Well, hey, remember The Oscars? That big awards show/party last night everyone got all dressed up for and is still talking about? Of course, The Post found a way to make it about all Diablo Cody—the former exotic dancer turned screenwriter—and her super scandalous tattoos, with a cover shot of her pretty fucking cool ink and a headline that read "Who's Tat Girl! Pretty-in-ink former stripper wins for 'Juno.' Then they ran a picture making it look like she was giving Mr. Oscar head...

We'll admit. We would have loved this image on the cover of just about any other publication. Except for this line "And the shocker Oscar went to... a sharp-tongued, tattooed, former stripper who glorified a sassy, pregnant teen and her geeky boyfriend..." That's fucking right.

[New York Post via Gawker]

Scanner Highs and Lows: We Survived Another Valentine's Day and So Did You

Emily Farris — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:01:00 GMT

Valentine's Day has come and gone and we're all still here (except maybe the people who got heart-shaped suckers with scraps of metal in them). We may have gained a few pounds and had a few too many red hots while watching LOST alone in bed, but over all, it was an OK week. Even for those of us who aren't getting any (and that includes you now, New York Post readers!).

Highs:

We had a reading and you came and it was great.

Jane Fonda said "cunt" live on national television.

We found some creative ways to get through Valentine's Day.

Amy Winehouse sobered up in time for the Grammys. Or so we think.

We called a sex boycott for New York Post readers.

Lows:

Unfortunately we had to call said sex boycott because of this story.

Nipples in strange places freak us out.

This girl makes us sad for her generation.

Amsterdam's Red Light District faces a grim future. At least there will still be frites mayo.

Some crazies let Britney near their kids.

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Scanner's Sex Boycott for New York Post Readers

Emily Farris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:53:00 GMT

As we reported yesterday, The New York Post revealed the identity of a man who happened to choke while minding his own business at a BDSM club. The Post ran a series of stories about the man, his family and his profession and called his presence at the club his "shameful habit." When questioned about the ethics of revealing the man's name, a spokesperson for the paper shamelessly declared "The Post will happily name every adult caught in a dog collar."

We've never been big fans of The Post and its yellow journalism. This particular incident has sent us over the edge. We thought about calling for a boycott of The Post, but that wouldn't do much good. What would we do? Keep not buying The Post? Plus, we're going to go out on a limb and guess that a fair number of the people who get their news from The Post think it's probably okay to out someone like that. So, instead we're calling for a boycott of sex with people who read The New York Post.

That's right. If you believe that what The Post did was wrong, and you're sleeping with someone who reads that paper, or considering sleeping with someone who reads that paper, don't do it. We're all for sex, but we're also all for people having the right to practice whatever sexual fetishes they want to do freely (as long as they're not hurting anyone else, which this man clearly was not) without having their names and faces splashed on the front page of a New York City tabloid.

How long will a Post reader go without nookie before s/he finally makes the switch? And what kind of effect could this have on The Post's sales? We know it's already hurting for readership, that's why they shove free copies in everyone's faces. What would a sex boycott do to The Post?

All we want is for The Post to issue a front page apology to the man. Oh, and never pull that shit again. And even if they don't apologize because of our little boycott, do you really want to sleep with someone who gets his or her news from a source like The New York Post? We thought not.

[Previously on Scanner: "The Post will happily name any adult caught in a dog collar."]