​Mississippi Continues to Be a Pretty Terrible State for Women

It's been a strange time for women. Maternal mortality in the US has actually increased. There are people in our government who refuse to enact a law for equal pay. Personhood is still a Thing. But where in the US do women face the most hardship? It looks like Mississippi and Utah are duking it out for the top spot. » 10/19/14 12:40pm 17 minutes ago

Shia LaBeouf Has Been Method Acting This Whole Time

Earlier this week, Shia LaBeouf explained the story of him chasing down a homeless man and getting arrested at the performance of Cabaret. (He was drunk and insufferable. Surprise.) In Interview Magazine's November issue he explains the rest of his odd behavior. Method acting. Well, duh. » 10/19/14 11:40am Today 11:40am

America Ferrera has been…

​2500 Year-Old Tattooed Siberian Mummy Had Breast Cancer, Used Marijuana

In 1993, Russian scientist Natalia Polosmak discovered the remains of a 25-year-old woman covered in tattoos who came to be known as the Ukok Princess. Now, an MRI has revealed that the young woman was suffering from breast cancer as well as a bone marrow infection at the time of her death, and scientists have stated… » 10/18/14 5:59pm Yesterday 5:59pm

​Goddammit I Hate Myself For Laughing at This "Dancing" Turtle

This video will not Shock You. It is not the Greatest Most Epic Thing Ever. It's a video of a turtle supposedly twerking to Jason Derulo's "Wiggle" (of course). And it's vertical. Still, I laughed at it (out loud) even though I know I shouldn't have, and now I'm sharing it with you because I am the worst sort of… » 10/18/14 4:18pm Yesterday 4:18pm

A Bogus Test Has Landed Women In Prison For Infanticide in El Salvador

In El Salvador, where termination of pregnancy whether abortion, miscarriage, or stillborn, is illegal, 17 women are currently sitting in prison, convicted of assassinating their children, that is, convicted of not giving birth to healthy, live babies. They are known as Las 17, and eight of these women were convicted… » 10/18/14 3:45pm Yesterday 3:45pm

Nobody Has Wedding Night Sex Anymore

Wedding night sex is officially as passé as using Febreze or talking on the phone. Rather than get it on, newlyweds are wont to do any number of things post-nuptch that do not involve consummating the marriage. Consider this historical trajectory though: Medieval couples had to do it. Modern couples simply ain't care. » 10/18/14 3:00pm Yesterday 3:00pm

Revisiting Cutthroat Island, the Feminist Pirate Movie That Failed

The 1995 movie Cutthroat Island has the dubious honor of at one point holding the title of biggest Hollywood flop. As the Guinness Book of World Records explained in honoring the film, it cost roughly $100 million to make but earned back only $11 million worldwide. Green lit during the girl power boom of the '90s and… » 10/18/14 1:15pm Yesterday 1:15pm

Here's a Cat Just Losing His Shit Over a Pile of Leaves

Autumn leaves, man. Already they are raining down upon America's yards and driveways and streets and porches. Don't worry, though—our pets are making sure those crumpled veggie solar panels don't mount some sort of uprising. For instance this cat, via Tastefully Offensive, who is waging a singlehanded war on this… » 10/17/14 8:00pm Friday 8:00pm

Watch Dina Retire Her 'Vagina' Insult in RHONJ Reunion Teaser

The trailer for the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion special, which E! describes as "insanely dramatic," seems noticeably less batshit than reunions of yesteryear. Still, there are enough offensive epithets, shrill screams and leading Andy Cohen questions to leave you intrigued. » 10/17/14 7:45pm Friday 7:45pm