Here's the classic video where a nervous teen flu

Cameron Marlowe takes a screen shot of a Barack Obama promotional page that features an ad with some major cleavage.

"WikiChix was recently formed by women contributors sick of how male-dominated Wikipedia has become," Annalee Newitz says.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia conducted a study that suggests women who learn theories that gender affects math performance do more poorly on math tests.

Note the sample picture on the right. Fifty bucks says the creator is a dude.

Via Tiara.org, the slimming effect is one of several pre-sets embedded in the Hewlett-Packard camera. It's only slightly surprising that the camera is marketed to women.

Via Prentiss, vote for ten of the most appealing SXSWi panels. This is your chance to improve the representation of women at the conference, if you're so inclined.

Tim O'Reilly discusses a CAPTCHA system that uses photos from Hotornot.com to determine if a user is human. He and another (presumably) straight man experienced difficulty in identifying hot guys, raising some interesting gender issues.

It says puzzle games make up the bulk of the games women play but I wonder how MMORPGs like "World of Warcraft" and "Second Life" factor in.

Amusing WiReD column about bags for carrying around electronic gadgets. I do think people of my generation and younger don't view messenger bags or "satchels" as feminine. I certainly don't feel insecure about my silver-and-blue bag looking like a "man pu

Analee Newitz responds to sexist remarks about her appearance on Slashdot. I was going to blog about this, so I'm glad she responded herself.

Dr. Fogel says watching daytime TV "is a marker of something suspicious;" interesting medicalization of TV viewership.

Somewhat sexist blog post attempting to deflate all of the Web 2.0 hype.

Michael Bérubé revisits comments by Ralph Nader on righti-wing judicial appointments, critiquing the idea that the conservative social politics are just for show.

National Review on representations of masculinity in contemporary Hollywood.

Heather Havrilesky takes on the notion that funny women are undesirable.

According to a Canadian study, men find funny women undesirable.