A girl who is estimated to be between 8 and 12 years old was found by police with a group of monkeys in a forest in Uttar Pradesh, part of the Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary, which is situated on the Indian border to Nepal. When the police grabbed her, the monkeys attacked.
Well, WTF is true, then?
An eight-year-old girl's grandparents removed her from her Christian elementary school in Virginia after administrators said her hair was too short and her clothes too boyish, explaining that her overall appearance was not in keeping with the school's "biblical standards."
You might not think that a mother's breastmilk would vary much based on the sex of her offspring, but you would be wrong. It turns out a new study has found that when mothers in Kenya were poor, they produced fattier breast milk for their girls than they did for their boys. The roots of this research can be traced…
Everything was going along so well until the ref made a bad call. "A twwavel? Oh no. Oh nooo! ... A fwarkin' twwavel!" If only all pissed off sports fans could be this adorable.
You want the best for your daughter, don't you? And the best obviously means finding her a nice, rich husband—because what else would a girl ever want from life? Well, this ridiculous 1950s ad for Bigelow Carpet shows that having a thick, plush carpet can do wonders for a girl's dating life.
This girl's mother was kind enough to film her in her looped out state after she got surgery on her wisdom teeth, and the girl was brave enough to share her crazed ravings on YouTube. Thank goodness she did because it's quite a long, strange trip she takes us on, including this bit of insight: "I'm a wizard! I…
What would you say is the very worst part about this mousepad? The fact that the mouse blocks her lovely animated face? That she's wearing such a flimsy, low-cut tank top in an office? That her "boobs" are actually filled with gel to support your wrist in an ergonomic position while you work, er, surf porn at work?…
Many families have oft-told stories of the time they drove off and accidentally left little Jimmy at the gas station or dashed out of the house with baby Sarah still in her crib, but those tales usually end with an almost immediate discovery of the forgotten child and a quick return to fetch him or her. Not so with…
"Excuse me, is this Goats 'R Us? ... OK, great. Yes, I'd like to order some baby goats. Do you have the ones in sweaters? The little leaping ones?... Perfect. I'll take every last one of them that you have in stock, and I'm going to need them delivered ASAP."
A young girl listens as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Royal Oak, Mich., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
So many of us have become completely dependent on our phones and GPS systems for guidance, that we'd be hard pressed to give someone directions to the nearest corner if asked. Well, not this little genius. She's got the route to her house down pat—and it's not an easy path to travel. I wish there was a way to have…
In a truly awful act of violence, an Afghan man strangled his wife to death after she gave birth to a second daughter instead of the son he had wanted. The 22-year-old woman, whose name was Estorai, had previously told her family members that her husband was unhappy with the birth of their first daughter and had…
Cairo, Jan 30: An Egyptian soldier gestures as a child walks on top of an army tank in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
Are these the same words Courtney Love would say to Taylor herself?
A meditation on becoming a man got us thinking about the girl/woman divide — and how we know when we've crossed it.
Amazing, Friday-the-13th-apropos news: Edward Gorey's "lost" book, The Recently Deflowered Girl: The Right Thing to Say on Every Dubious Occasion, has been reissued - and released - by Bloomsbury. And Emily Post just rolled in her grave. [NYT]
A collection of ridiculous boyband photos recently swept the internet, bringing great joy to everyone who gets a kick out of seeing men dressed in shiny pants and patterned vests. But let's face it, girl groups were just as bad.
Next spring, a 16-year-old schoolgirl will become the first female to play professional baseball in Japan. Eri Yoshida was drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise, a team in a new independent Japanese league. The 5-foot, 114 pound pitcher successfully held male batters hitless for one inning in her tryout earlier this month.…
