It's hardly a news flash that misogyny is as American as, well, American Pie. Still, it's refreshing to stumble across a rant from a like-minded film fan to reassure myself that I'm not the only one who didn't find Knocked Up charming and funny. Or cry a little when Jack Black hooked up with Kate Winslet in The Holiday. Or, heaven forbid, see myself on-screen in Renée Zellweger's boy-crazy, insecure Bridget Jones.

And so I bring you highlights from a piece over at Radaronline.com, aptly entitled “No Country for Fat Chicks,” a snarky roundup of some of the most misogynist movies of the past decade. I'm just listing the past two years here, but here's the rest of the article for your entertainment.

The 2007 prize for sexism goes to Superbad.

Here's Radar's reasoning: “Seth is not cute. His cluelessness is not charming. He's a cretin. And the worst kind of cretin: a cretin who is afraid of vaginas.” It begs to be said: That is just super bad.

A runner-up for 2007 was Hostel: Part II. … continue reading