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Snakes Are Opening Doors Now

New thing to be afraid of: SNAKES KNOW HOW TO OPEN DOORS NOW. We’re not sure if this is a python or a boa constrictor, but we all agree we are having nightmares tonight. And going to the bathroom in pairs all afternoon. Carrying axes. After the jump, watch Amelia’s not-at-all-over-the-top reaction on Vine to [...]

Kim And Kanye Kreated A Kid And Kalled Her…

Alert! Is this the name of Kimye’s baby? Word from reputable news source Media Takeout (home of Kanye’s dick pics) is that the Kvelling Kouple named their baby girl Kaidence Donda West.  I am currently processing this information and need alone time to figure out my feelings, and I imagine all of you are feeling the [...]

True Story: My Ex-Boyfriend Announced That He’s HIV-Positive On Facebook

This piece originally appeared on Role/Reboot. Republished here with permission. An email arrives from an old friend with the name of your ex-boyfriend in the subject line. In the body of the email, just this: “I’m totally shocked. When was the last time you talked to him?” You sigh, what now? Is he getting married? [...]

VICE Makes Light Of The Suicides Of Female Writers With A Fashion Editorial

Fashion thrives on controversy in all of its many manifestations, but how far is too far? VICE, which has been distributing its fair share of maybe-too-much content since 1994, wants to test your limits. The free monthly magazine’s largely self-explanatory Women in Fiction issue brings us “Lost Words,” a fashion spread featuring models styled and [...]

Daily Video Picks: Scott Disick Stars In American Psycho Parody To Promo Kanye West’s Yeezus

You read that correctly. Kardashian family member Scott Disick steps into Patrick Bateman's expensive clothes (check out the book if you need an exact price) and gleefully chats about Kanye West's new album. In keeping with the original...Show More Summary

Victoria’s Secret Protesters Strip Down For Body Diversity

This weekend in San Francisco, the organization About-Face hosted a protest where participants shed their clothing in front of Victoria’s Secret as a statement against the company’s exclusive use of unrealistic body images. In just bras and underwear, the protesters bared their real human bodies proudly to the world while holding signs with phrases like [...]

Girl Talk: It Says A Lot About A Man If He Can’t Handle Rejection

The older I get, the better I become at listening to what my intuition is telling me. I haven’t always been able to read when something is “off” with a guy, but I’m figuring it out. And thank God. Take this weekend. I’d been messaging for a couple days with a guy from an online [...]

Scott Disick Officially Tries His Hand At Patrick Bateman, Officially Has Zero Talent

All Kardashian-West hell broke loose this past weekend, what with Yeezus leaking on Friday and baby Kimye joining the klub the next morning. Not to be overshadowed by something so silly as his own child (come on, we know Kanye better than that), Ye’s “American Psycho”-inspired (heavily inspired) promotional clip, starring Scott Disick, hit the [...]

So WTF Is Love Rehab, Anyway?

This morning, we told you about how Rihanna is reportedly headed to Recovery Ranch, a love and relationship rehab located in Tennessee. The reason? Rihanna is supposedly still not over her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. The couple split up in 2009 after he beat her, and then got back together this past year, but broke up [...]

Rihanna Allegedly Checking Into Sex And Love Addiction Rehab

Um, WHUT. Rihanna is allegedly checking into the Centers for Relationship and Sexual Recovery on Recovery Ranch in Tennessee for their women’s sex and addiction love program. “Love rehab” is supposedly run like a 12-step clinic for women in relationships with abusive partners. I hope this is true! RiRi could use a lil’ rehab. (Don’t [...]

Feminist Taylor Swift Twitter Account Boasts 76,000 Followers In 6 Days

It all began with Amelia’s future husband, the sizzling Ryan Gosling, after he expressed his disappointment with the NC-17 rating his movie, “Blue Valentine,” received because it featured him giving oral sex to costar Michelle Williams. The strict rating discouraged Gosling because, if the genders were reversed, and a scene where a woman performs oral [...]

Dating Don’ts: 13 Types Of Texters To Weary Of

As if dating wasn’t hard enough – you throw in a portable, typed-word machine and suddenly it’s pandemonium. Tones, intentions, invitations all get jumbled in this lawless land of shorthand communication. Suddenly the guy you’re dating’s “C u later” message means he’s dumping you when he really just wanted to let you know he’d see [...]

10 Wedding Trends That Came From The Internet

You said “yes” to the dress, you confirmed the final guest count with the caterer, you’re all packed for the honeymoon — so now what? Deciding on your wedding’s hashtag of course. How else would everyone follow along? Sure, technology has greatly affected the dating game, but let’s not forget it’s huge impact on saying “I do.” [...]

Women In Nepal Are Exiled During Their Periods

And you thought your period was rough: in the district of Achham, Nepal, women are ostracized each month while they are menstruating. During what is called “chaupadi,” a menstruating woman must stay in a small hut called a “goth” away from the village and her family. She’s also not allowed to use the same water [...]

Check Out “There She Is,” A Documentary About Plus-Size Beauty Queens

What better way to celebrate the beginning of Full Figured Fashion Week (and cleanse your palette after Sunday night’s Miss USA pageant ridiculousness) than with a documentary about plus-size beauty queens? “There She Is” stars two friends, Allison and Jenny, who love everything about beauty pageants: the makeup, the hair, the costumes, the glitter. But [...]

6 Fast Food Employees Caught Doing Disgusting Things To Our Food

I was already grossed out enough by fast food without having to see evidence of employees tainting the food I never wanted to eat anyway. I try to consume fast food as little as possible. I usually will only eat it on road trips if there’s nothing else. Reason being: I grew up in Phoenix [...]

Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin’s Son A “Retard” And “The View” Hosts Have Something To Say About It

Today “The View” hosts debated whether or not it was appropriate for Bill Maher to call Trig Palin, Sarah Palin’s son who has Down Syndrome, a “retard” during his stand-up set. [Mediaite] Jay-Z announced this weekend that he is putting out a new solo record in July called Magna Carta And Holy Grail — and find [...]

High School Principal Suggest Porn Stars Teach Sex Ed

Principal Mark Slater of The Leys in Cambridge, a prestigious boarding school in the UK, has an idea popular with 14-year-old boys the world over: students should be taught sex education by porn stars. Wait, what? Oh, he has his reasons! ”I wouldn’t rule it out — simply because of what they’ve done in their life [...]

A Monetary Dilemma: Detroit’s Fiscal Crisis and the Detroit Institute of Arts

The fiscal crisis in Detroit has garnered much national attention, particularly in the last few weeks with the discussion of the possibility that the Detroit Institute of Arts would have to liquidate its collection to generate enough revenue to satisfy Detroit’s creditors. Show More Summary

Is The Zesty Italian Dressing Guy Going To Play Christian Grey In The “50 Shades” Movie?

Because that is the current rumor making the rounds on the interwebs! I could get down with that. But can I just say that I am starting to doubt that this movie is even going to happen? Why is casting taking so long? [The Stir] Did Paris Jackson attempt to take her own life because [...]

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