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Relationship expert Jenni Trent Hughes: "We may no longer be knights in shining armour or damsels in distress, but we still want and need romance - it is part of our emotional DNA." [Independent]
The words of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and New York magazine may seem unlikely authorities on abortion's moral dubiousness, but then, this is a writer explaining to Awl readers why his comic features an undead fetus. Gotta speak their language.
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So what if Mr. Rogers hides behind furniture, sings about marrying his mom, and declares "I'm a man who likes to talk and sing with children," in this montage? He's probably still a better neighbor than DJ Lance. [N.Y. Magazine]
Today Jersey Shore's The Situation, Pauly D, and Snooki appeared on Ellen, where the host asked them trivia questions based on New Jersey. What was learned: Snooki thinks Canada was one of the original 13 colonies.
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Hamilton's kindest words for Cameron: "He used to say to me: 'Anybody can be a father or a husband. There are only five people in the world who can do what I do, and I'm going for that.'" [Daily Mail]
Sources at Yahoo! Shine tellThe Times's David Carr that "an arrest has been made" in connection with racist threats against Joanna Douglas, among several to critique the cover. [NYT, Earlier]
Gaining a reputation for producing silly and misguided student videos, Yale has released another smash hit! This one is for the sorority Pi Phi, which attracts potential rushers with promises of fun activities, intellectual rigor, and people thinking you're pretty.
[Gawker]
"According to an amusing little study, by paralyzing the frown muscles that ordinarily are engaged when we feel angry, Botox short-circuits the emotion itself." So WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HOLLYWOOD?
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Dodge's Super Bowl ad was all about women making it hard for men to be themselves. A companion ad involves dumping a slightly butch woman and their Facebook campaign's a search for "super" beards. Something you wanna tell us Dodge?
[Jalopnik]
That's because the producers of The View have recently discovered that the ladies watching daytime TV are also interested in politics. (!) Barbara Walters also manages to get in a dig at Rosie O'Donnell and her "rage." [LAT]
People's Revolution boss and reality TV star Kelly Cutrone appeared on The Bonnie Hunt Show today, where she addressed the double standard that people prefer that she—and women in general—always be well-behaved More »
While Vogue may have a history of passing over models of color, little sis Teen Vogue has a much better scorecard. And the March issue keeps the diversity alive. More »
"Diva [Europe's only mainstream lesbian magazine]'s trajectory has mirrored the growth of Britain's lesbian scene. In 1994 it was sold bimonthly in independent bookshops; now every four weeks a new issue hits the shelves at newsagents and supermarkets." [Independent]
Need proof? "Six months later, we had a storybook wedding in the south of France. It's a numbers game - it's as simple as that. I'm no beauty, but there's someone out there for everyone." Well, then:
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Many a conservative tear has already been shed for the poor women deflowered and devalued by so-called hookup culture, but The Weekly Standard's Charlotte Allen explains how all this affects the ones who really matter: dudes. More »
Who would commission the murders of dozens of pregnant women, to mutilate their corpses for science? 250 years ago, Britain's original obstetricians - William Hunter and William Smellie - may have given Jack The Ripper some stiff competition.
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I thought Lady Gaga should have won album of the year at the Grammys. I wrote about it. I received a few responses via email. One read "quit whining," and another was 8 paragraphs In Defense Of Taylor Swift. More »
Temple Grandin, which aired this weekend on HBO, explored not only its subject's navigation through a neurotypical-dominated world, but also her somewhat surprising decision to help slaughterhouses better kill cattle. More »
Last night's episode—titled "Sins of the Father"—should've been called "Not Now," because that seems to be the Henricksons' mantra. For a family perpetually caught up in moments of self-imposed crises, they never have time for urgency.
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Alice Waters: "I usually always eat breakfast, a brunch. I make myself a salad and have an egg and toast. I go out and pick whatever is in the garden." [NYT]