The model in this ad, Stav Strashko, is not transgender. As per an interview he posted on his tumblr: "I've never thought about becoming a woman. I feel very comfortable in my own body just the way it is." It's just as well they didn't use someone trans in the ad. Being transgender should not be a punchline or a…

Theoretically, they could still give perfect 10s. Part of a modern gymnastic score is the execution score, which starts out of a 10, and then any errors, even the tiniest bit of one, incurs a deduction. There was some talk that McKayla Maroney's miraculous vault in the team competition should've earned a perfect 10.…

The suspense really didn't boil down to the final score of the final routine. Really, after Douglas wound up first after beam, the competition was hers to lose. And when she didn't make any major errors on floor, it was a done deal. By the time Komova was up on floor, we already know she'd need a 15.359 or higher to…

Saudi Arabia did allow one woman to compete in the Olympics in a transparent gesture of tokenism (for details, see this deadspin story). Unfortunately, her horse got injured and she will not be able to compete. The upside is: it topples the Saudi regime's Potemkin Olympic Village of gender equality, and makes its…