Today's a Lucky Day to Get Married in China; A Crappy Day to Do It Anywhere Else
In Mandarin, the words for "January 4th, 2013" are pronounced a lot like the phrase "I will love you all my life," and so, logically, that means that January 4th is a lucky day to get married in China, kind of like how March 4th of every year is a lucky day to join the Army or leave your spouse in the middle of the…
Child Sex Trafficking Takedown Has A Problem With Ashton Kutcher
How do you write an "investigative" piece about inflated sex trafficking numbers and almost entirely undermine yourself? Village Voice Media shows us a few ways with its cover story this week.
Abortions For The Sex And The City Generation
An analysis of recent abortion statistics from the UK indicates that in the 2000s, the abortion rate among women in their forties rose by 30 percent. Cue references to the fab four! No, really.
Census: Fewer Early Marriages, More Long-Lasting Marriages
Newly-released census data show that among people in their late twenties, a higher proportion of people have never been married.
The Trouble With Child Sex Trafficking Statistics
The Village Voice Media-owned City Pages has published a 3,000-word cover story debunking recent numbers showing a rise in child sex trafficking online. While it's quite damning to the group that put together the "study," the company is hardly an impartial actor here: Its Backpage.com has long been the target of…
Kiss Her Math
Danica McKellar: "Doing math is like going to the gym for your brain. It will make you a sharper, wittier person, better able to handle any problems that come up, even social ones." [Variety]

