U.S. first lady Michelle Obama dances with pre-kindergarten students while she visits the Savoy School May 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Savoy School, once one of the lowest performing schools in the District of Columbia, has shown significant signs of improvement since being designated as one of eight schools…
Harper Re-Releasing 1956 Coming-Of-Age Novel Chocolates For Breakfast
I don't make a habit of reviewing galleys of books that get sent to me, because — unlike panning The Hangover 3 or something, after which Doug Ellin will probably not show up at my house with tear-stained sleeves — there is the distinct possibility that the author will read my review, and I don't like to hurt people's …
Let's be clear. This article — "Dear Girls, Please Shave Your Pubic Hair" — written by "Bernie B" for Thought Catalog is clickbait that's meant to make you angry. And it works! I clicked, I got mad and now I'm responding to it. It's the ciiiiiiiiiircle of internet life and it moves us all, especially if you, like me, don't like it when some faceless dickwad tells you what to do.
What it's like to believe that you're dead
The New Scientist's Mindscapes column has a brief but fascinating profile of man identified only as "Graham" who suffers from a rare delusion known as Cotard's syndrome. Despite walking and talking and eating every day, Graham is convinced that he's dead.
Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old Florida high schooler charged with two felony counts
More Indian Yuppies Eschewing Arranged Marriage For Online Dating
In an attempt to explain the shifting romantic climate for women in India, Mumbai businesswoman Shyra Mogul — who escaped an abusive arranged marriage in her 20s and is now single again — tells NPR that her generation grew up on Bollywood rom-coms which, generally, feature a rich girl feuding with her parents over…
U.N. Stands Behind Woman Suing Prada Japan For Sexist Discrimination
Provoked by the four-year-long lawsuit
Until Tomorrow (!) Four New Clips From Arrested Development
It's the final countdown to the new Netflix-streamed episodes of Arrested Development (HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? HOW MANY INTERNET PEOPLE HAVE MADE THAT FINAL COUNTDOWN JOKE? HALP) and Mitch Hurwitz and co. have done a cracking job of making us all feel like we're in Memento.
Chris Christie, who has gone on record multiple times as a World Class H8er of the Maysles brothers-directed cinéma vérité series Jersey Shore, met the cast of Jersey Shore when both Christie's team and Snooki's team were filming segments for the Today Show in Seaside Heights. And it wasn't even entertaining in a car-crash way.
