Fred Phelps, Sr, the founding pastor of the notorious crew of hate-spewing cretins, the Westboro Baptist Church is dying in hospice care according to his estranged son Nathan Phelps, who also claims that Phelps Sr. was excommunicated from the church in August of last year. In a post on his Facebook, Nathan Phelps…
Last week, Boston Beer Company (the makers of Samuel Adams Lager) decided to pull their sponsorship from the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston, and it looks like Heineken is doing the same in New York for Monday's celebrations.
So it's come to this. Clothing stores are now picking up on the hot new trend to self-portraiture and the age-old tenets of consumerism by installing iPads into changing rooms. So that customers can take selfies while they're trying on clothes, put filters on them, and send them to their friends. And at the helm of…
Female genital mutilation (FGM)—the horrifying practice of modifying or removing various parts of female genitalia for non-medical purposes that are somewhere in the no man's land between cultural and religious reasons—has been outlawed in Egypt since 2007. Given the prevalence of the practice, however, many families…
Rihanna and the loneliest boy in Canada, Drake are officially a thing. The two mononyms have been "virtually inseparable" as Drake's been touring around in Europe. I am a fan of this news. Honestly, did anybody else get the feeling that Drake's latest album "Nothing was the Same" was basically one 15-track booty call to…
SNL is on another break (how do they take so many breaks? How can we all be hired to be on this show?) so let's dedicate tonight to Shirley Jackson, an author who was as talented as she was prolific. Her incredibly varied work, which ranged from gothic tales of the supernatural to uproarious anecdotes of her family…
If you're ready for more photoshop hijinx and hilarity ( I know I am!) check out these photos for The Limited's luxe fit scoopneck tee which costs less than $20, comes in a variety of colors, and can be worn anywhere. Well, as long as that anywhere includes an emergency room because HOLY DISLOCATION BATMAN, look at…
What happens after plastic surgery? How do people recover? What do they look like before they become the "after" photo that we often see? Artist Ji Yeo set out to document the recovery process for women who underwent surgical procedures to change their appearance. She collected the photos she took for an art project she…
The president has been doing a lot to make Obamacare appeal to the younger generation (Is that us? I think that's us!) . Earlier this week he appeared on Between Two Ferns to awkwardly talk with Zach Galifinakis and now a new video's been released that features a heap-load of celebrity moms talking about their famous…
We know, we know. There've been enough covers of Frozen's "Let it Go" by this point to play out from now until eternity. But voice-impersonator Brian Hull's may just be the most impressive of them all. Watch him sing Frozen's theme song in the voices of 21 Disney and Pixar characters. He totally nails it.
What a beautiful parrot, no? Look at all those colors, those beautiful feathers, that elegant tail (bear with me, I am no a parrot aficionado, I am just trying to get you into the mood. Here have some birdseed). And then, after you have admired it, look closer, closer (not that close!—Aladdin joke!), stare at the…
I first discovered death when I was four years old. My mother was going through my clothes, deciding what could be passed down to my brother and what could be given away. She did the same with my brother's clothes and when she went to put the items she'd decided to get rid of in a bag, my brother told her to keep them…
When Betty Simpson was diagnosed with cancer, her great-grandson set up an Instagram for her to celebrate her life and keep a record of her battle with the disease. What neither suspected is that Betty would become a bona-fide internet icon, amassing thousands of followers on her account and even attracting the…
Buzzfeed has just released this video recreating commercials you may have seen on your TV (or before YouTube videos; always before YouTube videos) in the past year. There's one twist, though. All of the commercials have had the gender roles switched. And they play side-by-side with the originals, offering a stark…
Well, this reads just like something out of Saw or Sliver or any other horror movie that involves innocent people being watched without their knowledge. Except it's real and it is horrifying.
Many of my friends use Tinder and the levels of excitement they achieve just from swiping left (Tinder's proprietary way to reject matches) often borders on glee. What is it about being able to reject a person online, an anonymous person that can bring one so much joy? Is it control? Is it the sneaky sensation of…
I want to believe that the idea to run a slideshow of cats wearing, sitting on, or otherwise being around shoes was Grace Coddington's idea because it is both awesome and fairly incomprehensible at the same time. Why cats? Why shoes? How much photoshop went into making these cats look this amazing in print? How can I…
I've been thinking a lot about Sheryl Sandberg's new #BanBossy campaign over the last week or so since it debuted. I've read the thinkpieces both for and against, and even the ones that fell in the middle of the road. And after considering all of the very valid critiques, I've realized why this campaign bugs me so…
Most people consider a satisfying sex life to be one of life's key pleasures and often an indicator of a good relationship. Yet defining sexual satisfaction is no easy task. To better understand this elusive concept, scientists have devoted numerous studies to gauge the factors that play a role in how gratified we are…
Last month, in Buffalo, New York, the country's first abortion clinic/natural birth center opened under the leadership of Dr. Katharine Morrison, who has been providing abortion care services in the city for more than 25 years.
