Here is what the author of the "Hottest Female Sex Offenders" listicle has to say for himself: You didn't get the joke. He was trying to be offensive! Or something. » 5/13/11 5:45pm 5/13/11 5:45pm

"You probably would not be too surprised to learn that the vast majority of people in the Texas Department of Public Safety's sex offender list are male. And most are not good-looking. But there are females on there, too." [Via] » 5/12/11 12:50pm 5/12/11 12:50pm

The other day, CNN astutely asked its Rhodes Scholar readers whether or not white Americans are racially oppressed. And they were serious! » 3/06/11 3:42pm 3/06/11 3:42pm

Scientists are discovering new species at an estimated rate of about two per hour. Keeping this in mind, check out the annual list of the top 10 new species, which includes the delightfully-named Phallus drewesii, pictured here. [Observer] » 5/28/10 11:20am 5/28/10 11:20am

This origin of this handwritten list is still unknown, but we'd like to meet the child that mocks "geekin' bitches" and "uncreative bitches" in one epic document. If for no other reason than to knock some sense into her. [BuzzFeed] » 3/05/10 9:20am 3/05/10 9:20am

Stuart Cobb, a student at the University of Denver, has made sure he'll never get a date again by writing a tragically unfunny piece titled "Seven women you'll meet at DU." Stuart is practically fishing for scorn. I'll bite! » 1/14/10 12:30pm 1/14/10 12:30pm

Want to track the nation's reading list? Check out Books of the Century, a website created by a Berkeley history Ph.D. candidate that chronicles "a century's worth of best-sellers, itemized year by year." [New Yorker] » 1/08/10 3:40pm 1/08/10 3:40pm

Warning: Scrooge-y thoughts ahead. » 12/24/09 12:00pm 12/24/09 12:00pm

Michelle Obama's royal cardigan incident, Sarah Palin's glasses, Aretha Franklin's hat, and Sonia Sotomayor's judicial collar — "Oliver Cromwell meets Whistler's Mother," in the New Yorker's inimitable parlance — all make this list of 2009's memorable fashion statements. [New Yorker] » 12/09/09 1:30pm 12/09/09 1:30pm

In our experience? Not too many. But we've compiled the definitive "safe word" list, cause we're servicey like that! (Note: never, ever look up "NSFW." They take it very literally.) » 6/05/09 4:00pm 6/05/09 4:00pm

What do you think of this list of Top 10 Feminist Icons...From A Male? And can we get rid of the arbitrary "top ten" designation? How about just "10...amongst many." [Nerve] » 4/09/09 4:30pm 4/09/09 4:30pm

Beware, you guys, for the Ides of March has come. And while the soothsayer's warning failed to save Caesar from his fate, perhaps we can save each other from lesser dangers on this treacherous day. » 3/15/09 1:30pm 3/15/09 1:30pm

About.com just posted a list of the "Top 100 Women in History." Jill Zimon Miller thinks women deserve better; what say you? More to the point, how to limit a list to 100 icons? [Feministe] » 3/05/09 6:20pm 3/05/09 6:20pm

According to a recent survey, Obama has beaten out Jesus as America's most admired person. Sadly, but unsurprisingly, the top ten heroes were nearly all men, with Mother Theresa coming in at #10. » 2/23/09 3:00pm 2/23/09 3:00pm

Someone wrote into the Wall Street Journal to ask if Cynthia Grossen could recommend another fictional hero as swoony as Twilight's pallid Edward Cullen. Grossen gives some picks, but we think we can add to it. » 1/30/09 3:30pm 1/30/09 3:30pm

This story from the folks at The Knot story is so incredibly dumb. » 12/11/08 4:30pm 12/11/08 4:30pm

Keeping with its sometimes tiring tradition of putting 20th/21st century musicians into predictable categories, Rolling Stone » 11/12/08 4:40pm 11/12/08 4:40pm