http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/omfg http://jezebel.com/tag/omfg I don't know if you heard, but a royal wedding happened. People got really into it. More »
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Have a case of the Mondays? We have the antidote: An adorable gallery from the Telegraph of babies learning how to swim. It gives a new meaning to the term "water wings." [Telegraph] More »
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Ooh, looky here: A preview clip from the episode of 30 Rock in which Liz Lemon meets her new neighbor, played by Jon Hamm! It's embedded behind the jump. [Videogum] More »
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Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester comes off as more than a little dull and publicist-controlled in her interview in Teen Vogue's February 2009 issue. But is she more annoying than Blake Lively? More »
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Teens who watch the frisky Gossip Girl are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than adolescents who do not watch shows about kids getting down in limousines. According to a study by the non-partisan RAND research organization, "Teenagers who watch a lot of television featuring flirting, necking, discussion of sex and sex scenes are much more likely than their peers to get pregnant or get a partner pregnant," the Washington Post reports. More »
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Sure, we all love Gossip Girl but most of us are (semi-)reasonable adults who can separate the show's risque antics from reality. But what about the children? Carol Platt Liebau, author of Prude, says that the show "glamorizes and normalizes" a sexy lifestyle which can result in emotional and psychological distress in young girls. She also thinks that "depicting high school girls as little more than gossipy sex objects is simply a tired cliche that does all females a disservice." But Carol, they aren't just gossipy sex objects! They are ASB presidents who out their ex-BFF as a recovering drug addict, they steal Valentino couture, they kill people. OMG, the drama! No wonder 14-year-olds love this show. [Reuters] More »
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