Nip/Tuck

The Daily Fail reports on an important new trend in plastic surgery: Lobe lifts. Apparently, droopy or wrinkled earlobes is one of the "telltale" signs - along with necks and hands - that a woman is aging. [DailyMail]

Police: Yale Murder Not A Random Act • Daily Mail: Big Purses Lead To Rape

• As mentioned earlier, police believe they have discovered the body of Annie Le stuffed in a wall in the medical building. "We're not believing it's a random act" said a police spokesman. More »

Writer Bravely Scorns Dangerous Fat People

"I am a fattist," writes Amanda Platell in the Daily Mail. "I find obese people unappealing in almost every regard. They are physically unattractive, they lead unhealthy lives, they take up too much space on public transport, and..." More »

Mainstream Media Addresses Plus-Size Fashion Issue

Just when we thought we'd beaten that dead horse, today there are three big stories about fashion, plus-sized women and Beth Ditto. More »

Gossip Girls

Oh, brother. (Sister?) "Women don't listen to what's being said around them - unless they're eavesdropping or gossiping, according to new research." [Daily Mail]

Conservative British MP Calls America "The Abortion Capital Of The World"

To quell the rising rate of abortion in Great Britain, Tory MP Nadine Dorries has begun a campaign to reduce the limit for late-term abortions from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. Dorries' snappy marketing campaign to push this piece of legislation is called "20 Reasons for 20 Weeks." The right-wing Daily Mail published all 20, and most of Dorries' tactics include the display of the sad-teeny-feet of babies born before 24 weeks. Zoe Williams of the Guardian pokes holes in these 20 Reasons, calling them "so flawed, often so illogical, so savagely misogynistic and so repetitive." Here's just one example of Dorries' and the DM's tenuous handle on the truth: they say that "two-thirds of GPs support a reduction in the time limit," but Williams points out that 77% of the British Medical Association voted to keep the limit as is. Dorries argues that "If we don't [lower the time limit for abortion] there is no question that we will overtake America in the next couple of years, making us the abortion capital of the world." But is America really the abortion capital of the world? More »