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Breaking: Maxim men afraid of effeminacy, vaginas

A reader pointed out that the acclaimed comic minds behind Maxim Online have named American Idol contestant Sanjaya their "Today's Girl". They even go so far as to refer to the contestant as "Sanjina", a hilarious combination of his name and "vagina" -- because it's not his singing that bothers us, it's that he's so GIRLY, right?

Classy stuff, guys. Congrats on all the rubbernecking traffic it will get you, although we're sure as hell not linking to this garbage. And give yourselves a big, drunken, self-abuse-chapped pat on the back for having the cojones to openly discuss negative stereotypes. I of course mean stereotypes about the kind of trogs that read Maxim.

Tomorrow in Maxim:

"Guys we feel comfortable making fun of because even we might be able to take them in a fight. Might."

I encourage anyone who feels like it to drop a note to the magazine's editors at editors@maximmag.com.

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    Sanjaya

    Maxim is picking on a 17 year old kid!

    How pathetic!

    Sanjaya has more balls than the editor of Maxim could ever have.

    QTC

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    Anonymous's picture

    yeah, I was also thinking of

    yeah, I was also thinking of the fact that he's just 17! I have no problem everybody talking about how much they don't like his voice or saying that he can't sing, but I don't think you should be saying things like he's a girl and so on. But you know when Sanjaya showed his crazy/cool hair style a few weeks ago it felt like he doesn't take all this talk too serious and that he doesn't care what people say. And also I think Sanjaya is smart, because he knows that it isn't his voice that is keeping him in the competition but the fact that he is interesting and fun, and he plays with that in a very smart way I think. (sorry if my english was bad)
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    Anonymous's picture

    Sanjina

    My local radio station's DJ's have been calling him "Sanjina" for weeks. I imagine that nickname has been kicking around for a while now.
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    Anonymous's picture

    Straight men are so gay

    Notice how these sleazy straight men's rags always contain pictures of women engaged in homosexual acts with each other. Talk about being screwed up. Straight guys with gay female fetishes is what they are.
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    Anonymous's picture

    I absolutely believe most of

    I absolutely believe most of the hate thrown at this kid is because he's not as masculine as people think he should be. It's the same reason people make fun of Clay Aiken. It doesn't matter if they're actually gay or not, they are seen as too "girly." And, frankly, we can't just blame homophobic straight guys here, gay men make fun of Clay, Sanjaya and other effeminate men just as much as straight men do. Perez, anyone? He's calls him Sangina as well.
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