This is actually a thing that is happening. » 3/05/15 8:59pm 35 minutes ago

Olivia Pope is back in the Gladiator building, but something tells me she won't be the same after being kidnapped and locked in a prison for who knows how long without conditioner. LET'S TALK. » 3/05/15 8:55pm 40 minutes ago

A watershed moment in womyn's history: babyfaced Orange Is The New Black actor, Matt McGorry announces he is a feminist. We can credit this declaration to his personal edification. "I'm embarrassed to admit that I only recently discovered the ACTUAL definition of "feminism," he wrote in a Facebook post to his… » 3/05/15 8:20pm Today 8:20pm

In today's Tweet Beat, Shonda Rhimes speaks some truth about Hollywood, Taylor Swift wakes up at five o'clock in the evening and Lady Gaga does Paris. » 3/05/15 7:40pm Today 7:40pm

Last year, the U.K. redoubled their efforts to control women in the pornographic industry, banning acts such as female ejaculation (male ejaculation is fine) and face-sitting for their graphic and offensive nature. (Have lawmakers met porn?) A new video game aims to protest these restrictions. » 3/05/15 7:20pm Today 7:20pm

Sometimes you are faced with a story so breathtakingly abhorrent, your brain is biologically incapable of comprehension—but it's so insane, you can't keep it to yourself. This is one such story. » 3/05/15 7:00pm Today 7:00pm

Iggy Azalea did not win a Grammy as expected, rendering moot the irate Tumblr screed I wrote ahead of time like the Times prepares obits in advance, just in case. Iggy Azalea is now trying to convince us that she didn't even want the stupid Grammy, because "people already hate me enough." Well, true, but... we don't… » 3/05/15 6:30pm Today 6:30pm

Christopher Taft had the shittiest birthday, and it's all his dumb sister's fault. She baked him an inappropriate cake, so he did the only logical thing he could think of to get her back: He shot her straight in the ass to show her exactly how she'd hurt his feelings. (And now they're both butt hurt.) » 3/05/15 6:15pm Today 6:15pm

Here's Gloria Steinem showing off a ring cast in the form of the internal clitoris by jewelry designer Penolopijones. How orgasmic! » 3/05/15 6:00pm Today 6:00pm

I'm literally crying from literally two lines of Rihanna's new song "Higher," executive produced by Kanye. If these two perfectly iambic-tetrameter'ed lines are representative, this is going to be a tough, spacious, beautiful ballad—a navy one, you could say, dark shit with a rare and lovely touch of the blues. Can't… » 3/05/15 5:45pm Today 5:45pm

Deadspin Watch Ronda Rousey Destroy Some Jamoke's Ribcage | Gizmodo Why Hillary Clinton's Homebrew Email Is a Political Nightmare | io9 Fantastic Redesigns Of Women Characters By Women Science Fiction Artists | Kotaku Ask Dr. Nerdlove: My Ex Got Me Into Kink And I Can't Go Back | Kinja Popular Posts » 3/05/15 5:40pm Today 5:40pm

Attention, attention, this is a War on Christmas special bulletin. Though it is fucking March and we should be turning our attention to sandals and sunglasses, there's a new radio station planning to play Christmas music YEAR-ROUND. » 3/05/15 5:30pm Today 5:30pm

Good news on a grim day: The Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee is getting a solo show on TBS, thus continuing the Jon Stewart exodus. Bee's show is in addition to a scripted comedy that's already in development with the network. » 3/05/15 5:15pm Today 5:15pm

No enforcement of #sledding ban on Capitol Hill today. Thank you Capitol Police!

— Eleanor H. Norton (@EleanorNorton) March 5, 2015

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There are moments when your desire to do the dirty overtake your desire to do so in a private environment. And if you're like enviable New York hipster journalist Rachel Rabbit White, you'll do it in a cab, on a slab, in the park or in the dark. But you won't do it in an Uber. Because they suck for spur of the moment… » 3/05/15 4:00pm Today 4:00pm

Jodi Arias, who was convicted of the murder of Travis Alexander in 2013, will not be charged with the death penalty after the jury deadlocked on the decision of whether or not she should be executed. » 3/05/15 3:45pm Today 3:45pm