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- Yesterday - November 13, 2009
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#potpsychology
"Boxers Or Briefs?"
It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. More » -
#higoodbye
Stick A Fork In It
November 13 is National Indian Pudding Day, called the nation's "ugliest, yet great tasting, bi-cultural culinary treat." John Adams liked it; but it apparently it's not Indian, it's British; Native Americans didn't have molasses. Oy. Happy Friday. [The Nibble, Slashfood] -
#dirtbagafterdark
Contents Of Prejean Sex Tape Revealed; Jon Reportedly Made Sex Tape, Used Coke
- Carrie Prejean admitted to making a sex tape, but there are actually eight tapes and 30 photos. Radar Online reports: "On one tape Carrie is wearing just a flowing white blouse as she touches her body in an alluring manner."
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#tweetbeat
Solange Knowles Endorses Piracy Of Her Dirty Projectors Cover
Today in Tweet Beat, Solange Knowles defies her label in support of her indie band cover, Lindsay Lohan wakes up and smells the tanning lotion, and Friday the 13th is Kelly Cutrone's birthday! More » -
#snapjudgment
"Who You Trying To Get Crazy With, Ese? Don't You Know I'm Loco?"
[Pasadena, November 13. Image via x17.]
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#lovepotionno9
"Desire Drug" Approaching Market: Because Desire Is "In Your Head"
A new drug for women's low libido is on its way. Says one neurologist, "decreased desire can be something that involves a dysfunctional way the brain works, and not only a bad partner. Of course it's in your head." [Bloomberg] -
#criticalmass
Critics Are Wild About Fantastic Mr. Fox
Critics have been increasingly disenchanted with Wes Anderson's films, but in Fantastic Mr. Fox, painstakingly slow stop-motion animation allowed him to create his signature storybook feel, while also allowing George Clooney and Meryl Streep to turn in lively performances. More » -
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#booklearnin
What's On Your Feminist Reading List?
Ariel Levy recommends Andrea Dworkin's Heartbreak and Janet Malcolm's Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice. We'd like to add Hélène Cixous's "The Laugh of the Medusa" and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. You? [The New Yorker] -
#maghag
Once Upon A Time Lady Gaga Was In Vogue
Oh my God. Did American Vogue just publish something good? More »
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#maghag
Candy's "Transversal Style" Looks Pretty Sweet
Presenting "the first fashion magazine ever completely dedicated to celebrating transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations." That's Kelly Osbourne's boyfriend Luke Worrall on the cover. [Towleroad] -
#leftovers
Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
• The consequences of unprotected sex are pretty obvious nine months later, but this ad from Trojan shows there can also be unforeseen consequences 32 years later when your "mistake" is annoying other people in a movie theater. • More » -
#recessionomics
During Recession, Legal Assistants Must Also Change Diapers
Like legal work? Like kids? Then you could apply for this legal assistant/nanny gig originally posted by UT Law's career service. Responsibilities include "filing and other general office assistance" and "helping to care for a four-month-old infant." [Above the Law] -
#mixedbag
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Chris Brown sits down for his first interview since his last interview, Oprah interviews the Connecticut woman attacked by a chimp, and Carrie Prejean calls for women to "stick together." More » -
#snapjudgment
'Was There A Plane? Or An Island? I'm Confused. Benson?"
[New York, November 13. Image via Splash.]
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#artsandcrafts
Etsy Offices Kind Of Look Like A Craftsy Wonderland
We're big Etsy fans here (even if it is an anti-woman, exploitative conspiracy) and so were psyched when TBI ran pictures of their offices! And (while IRL it's probably got its dull RL ups and downs) it looks so...happy! More » -
#maghag
Spot The Plus-Size Model In Glamour
How's that "body image revolution" going for Glamour? Baby steps, but moving forward.
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#comicrelief
Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
We covered the shrill, fear-based badvertising commercials for home security systems in December 2008, in August 2009 and October 2009. Today, Sarah Haskins tackles the same damsel-in-distress ads. More » -
#exclusive
Levi Johnston Turns Down Sarah Palin's Thanksgiving Dinner Invitation
Sarah Palin may have invited her daughter's babydaddy to Thanksgiving dinner, but the future Playgirl centerfold will not be passing the yams with the Palins. He turned down her offer, saying she's "full of it." [Gawker] -
#gameswomanship
Anything You Can Do: Women Can Be Just As Competitive As Men
New studies by economists show that across cultures, men aren't necessarily more competitive than women. Maybe it's time to lay this particular gender stereotype to rest. More » -
#booknotes
Gothic Archness
Amazing, Friday-the-13th-apropos news: Edward Gorey's "lost" book, The Recently Deflowered Girl: The Right Thing to Say on Every Dubious Occasion, has been reissued - and released - by Bloomsbury. And Emily Post just rolled in her grave. [NYT] -
#popquiz
Are Gay Stereotypes Are Keeping Us From Making Progress?
Is there a "right" way to be gay? In a story for Newsweek, Ramin Setoodeh writes: "…If you want to be invited to someone else's party, sometimes you have to dress the part… even Rachel Maddow wears lipstick on TV." More » -
#thenamegame
L Is For Lisa, Whose Looks Are Deceiving
The name Lisa conjures up visions of lip gloss and My Little Ponies, but Lisas aren't necessarily ditsy — even if they sometimes seem that way.
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#clips
GMA Goes "Inside The Secret World Of Cat Ladies"
Today GMA previewed tonight's 20/20 on the documentary Cat Ladies. Elizabeth Vargas notes that one woman's "16 feline friends aren't making it easier for her to find a man," and claims, "99% of cat hoarders are women." Clip at left. More »
