Reddit In Chaos After Allegedly Firing AMA Coordinator Victoria Taylor

If you tried to visit r/IAmA (one of Reddit’s biggest subs) recently, you were probably greeted by the image above. And if you’ve been absolutely anywhere else on the site at all in the past few hours, you probably noticed that everyone is flipping their collective shit over speculation that Victoria Taylor, the…
The Disappearing Ama: Japan's Tough, Topless, Free-Diving Mermaids

In the 1920s, a young law school graduate named Yoshiyuki Iwase left Tokyo and returned to his hometown of Onjuku, a fishing village in eastern Japan. With an early Kodak camera, he began documenting the traditions of the ama, women who dove for seaweed, shellfish, and most famously, pearls. What remains of Iwase's…
Margaret Atwood Ruins a Marriage, Talks Memes, Politics in Reddit AMA
Margaret Atwood, high priestess of an oracular temple deep in the digital Canadian woods, did a Reddit AMA Monday. It's great: she was asked all of the questions you might expect (Where do you see political dystopia today? What's your ~process~?) and some you might not (Who is your fictional boyfriend?). Read on…
The Best Questions and Answers From Amy Poehler's Delightful AMAA
If you have two ears, a heart and a penchant for smart, funny women who kick ass, take names and mix a whole lot of metaphors, you've probably already heard that Amy Poehler did a Reddit AMAA (YOLO, but with limits, you know?) and rocked that town like she was the 1989 earthquake. (I can say that because I lived…
Man Gets Dick Chopped Off, Still Has More Sex Than Any Of Us
What's better than a guy with two dicks answering all the questions you might have about his endowment? Not much, but a contender has appeared. Meet Penisindoor, a man who is dickless due to a bloody accident and who's currently awaiting an experimental penile transplant. Close your eyes if you're squeamish.
A Field Guide To Dying
Last night, I had another dream about death. That's not unusual; they usually come to me at least once or twice a week, but this one had the pleasure of being even more terrifying than usual. I was living in a house that was a strange mashup of both my apartment and my parents' house. My husband had divorced me, so I…
American Medical Association Officially Declares Cheerleading a Sport
Well it's about damn time. At their annual meeting in Chicago this weekend, the American Medical Association joined the American Academy of Pediatrics in deciding that cheerleading should be considered a sport due to it's "rigors and risks." According to research published in the Journal of Pediatrics, cheerleading…
Catching Fire Director Says J. Law Would Suck in Actual Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence just became even more of your BFF because even though she is beautiful like a goddammed golden gazelle, she's apparently as klutzy as an elephant in a tutu on roller skates in an ice rink. Or something along those lines.
Read The Highlights From Retta's AMA On Reddit, Which Are All Awesome
Retta, everyone's favorite social media diva and television recapper joined Reddit for a predictably awesome AMA on Friday. In a time when some celebrity AMAs have been a little disappointing, Retta delivered on everything you could possibly ever wonder about America's Goddamn Sweetheart.
American Medical Association Adopts Policy Against Photoshop In Advertising
The American Medical Association has come forth with a policy against advertisers altering images of bodies, "especially among impressionable children and adolescents." Great, but we'd add magazines to that policy.
