THE BIG PICTURE | Arizona, August 20: Becky Hammon, #25 of the San Antonio Silver Stars, lays up a shot against the Phoenix Mercury during a WNBA game at US Airways Center in Phoenix. The Mercury defeated the Silver Stars 87-81. [Getty]
Italian Vogue Features Unbelievably Racist “Slave Earrings”
The Vogue brand is no stranger to offensive missteps. In the past we’ve seen French Vogue do blackface, American Vogue portray LeBron James as King Kong, and Indian Vogue put a Fendi bib on an impoverished child. However, Vogue Italia always seemed a bit more enlightened than its sister publications. More »
Women Threatening To Ruin All College Fun
Stop the presses! A man is upset! In an epic mansplanation worthy of nothing short of the Wall Street Journal‘s opinion pages, Peter Berkowitz explains that a terrible menace threatens to derail the educational experience of college men across the country- new protocols of sexual assault investigation that will subject all men to horrible, evil false accusations from life-ruining women. More »
Why Don’t Asian Women Want To Get Married?
Long have advocates of the traditional family unit bemoaned the death of marriage and long have internet smart alecks made fun of their ridiculous claims that it’s being destroyed by gays, divorce, or the Kardashians. While the institution of marriage is changing in America, in Asia, it’s sharply growing more and more unpopular, and much of that is due to the choices of women. This has some experts alarmed. More »
Where Are They Now: A Love Letter To The UK Skins
Granted, it wasn’t all that long ago that the UK series Skins was on the air, but given the fact that the series cast people who were roughly the same age as their characters -this wasn’t your American casting of a 27-year-old playing a 15-year-old- a lot of them had little prior acting experience and many of them drifted off to university or other pursuits (as outlined here) after their series ended. More »
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
In this week’s compilation of pop culture crap, Anderson Cooper gets the giggles, Gloria Steinem shares her abortion story, and evangelicals who believe in the preaching powers of a toddler who can’t count. More »
A Gentle Reminder That Being Single Will Kill You
Teams of scientists around the world are all hard at work on a single subject. While we wish they were singularly focused on curing fatal diseases or giving the world the hovercraft that we so desperately need, they just can’t stop studying whether it’s healthier to be single or married. More »
Teen Model’s Parents Sue Photographer For Taking Sexy Pics
16-year-old fashion model Hailey Clauson’s parents are suing photographer Jason Lee Parry and chain retailer Urban Outfitters. Clauson’s parents are unhappy with how Clauson, who turned 15 the month the pictures were taken, is depicted — and they’re unhappy that photos taken for a magazine editorial have turned up on t-shirts for sale at Urban Outfitters. More »
Why One Day Is The Most Toxic Romance Of The Year
With the recent smashing success of Bridesmaids, much has been made about women in film. Supposedly, this one comedy proved once and for all that 1) People with uteruses can be funny 2) Female-fronted films need not be pandering 3) Men will actually pay to see movies with female leads, and 4) Carrots can be sexy. Now as much as I love Bridemaids and have steadily reveled in its worldwide success, I’m more realistic about its impact on the standing of women in Hollywood and as moviegoers. More »
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