Out of 1,645 billionaires that made the list, 172 of them are women, up from last year's 138. » 3/03/14 6:15pm 3/03/14 6:15pm

There's nothing like a list to get people angry. That much was clear last week, when Time Magazine put together their Gods of Food issue and featured almost no women, inflaming food lovers the world over, as these inadequate breakdowns of "The Best" tend to do. So why do them at all? » 11/12/13 11:00am 11/12/13 11:00am

Of unknown provenance, this breakup list has been going viral, though the sheer quantity and absurdity of the listed offenses draws its legitimacy into question. That said, if this Dear John list is real, we're not quite sure how the now-defunct relationship ever got past the first sign of a non-ironic airbrushed… » 6/24/13 1:40pm 6/24/13 1:40pm

The past few years have been good to a cappella. Or maybe a cappella has been good to the past few years. With the release of Pitch Perfect and its super fun soundtrack, the success of Glee's Warblers album and the viral hits of college a cappella groups like On the Rocks, a cappella has gone from Preferred Activity of … » 5/31/13 7:00pm 5/31/13 7:00pm

Fuck, you forgot that it’s Mother’s Day, didn’t you? And now you’re thinking of trying to play it off with a quick phone call and an impromptu recitation of a found poem you’ve cobbled together from an old modernism anthology that you only half-read. Your mom will see right through that, of course, and she’ll be pissed … » 5/12/13 5:00pm 5/12/13 5:00pm

A Missouri mother is calling for an end to a really shitty tradition at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, whereby junior boys make a list crudely detailing the sexual proclivities, general hygiene and physical appearances of senior girls. School officials have insisted that they will try really super hard to get to do… » 9/12/12 2:30pm 9/12/12 2:30pm

Forbes has released its list of world's 100 most powerful women, and, despite having a strong hand in what many Americans read over the summer, Oprah couldn't break into the top ten (she's glaring at those rarified ten from her perch at 11). Speaking of pop culture giants, J.K. Rowling is waaaay down the list at 78,… » 8/22/12 9:15pm 8/22/12 9:15pm

It's surprisingly tough to keep track of all the stuff that can offend people. But we learn as we go — every day is a teachable moment. As such, we've been keeping a running list of all of the -snarking and -shaming we've been accused of over the past year; it is our hope that in sharing it, we can help make the world… » 6/26/12 7:00pm 6/26/12 7:00pm