Sexually humiliating Playboy golf stunt turns violent

Via TMZ, obviously.

Two years ago, a woman named Elizabeth Dickson was paid by Playboy's Morning Show to lie face down in the grass and have a golf tee wedged between her glutes so that co-host Kevin Klein could hit a golf ball off of it. This in itself is many different kinds of humiliating, not just to the model but to women in general.

But it actually gets worse. Mr. Klein has terrible aim, and Ms. Dickson claims he hit her full-force with his club, causing extensive bruising. Now she's suing Playboy and the co-host for $500, 000 plus punitive damages:

According to the complaint, Dickson says she was invited to the Playboy Golf Finals at the Industry Hills Golf Club on March 30, 2012, where she was to help Playboy Playmates host. 

Dickson agreed to have a photo taken of her lying on her stomach “with her buttocks partially exposed” so that Kevin Klein, co-host of the show, could hit a golf ball put atop a tee that was inserted between her butt cheeks, the suit alleges. 

However, Klein missed the tee and “struck plaintiff on the buttocks, causing her injuries and damages,” the suit states. 

Dickson suffered pain, suffering, worrying and anxiety as a result of her injuries, the suit states.

I can't think of a better (worse) example of how much is still wrong with the way our culture portrays and treats women in media.

H/T Paul Couvrette and HuffPo

Volkswagen Golf: Saviour of hedgehogs

Hedgehogs are the common roadkill of Europe. The poor little bastards have the unfortunate habit of rolling into a prickly ball instead of running from danger — hardly a match for an oncoming car.



It's extremely cute, and a smart way to promote the new Golf's various safety features.

And in racially-charged Europe, it's even pro-immigrant! Because those cute little guys they show in close-up are actually African hedgehogs. I know, I used to have one.

This is a European hog.