Breast Cancer Charity Says 'Thanks But No Thanks' to Motorboating Bros
Remember these dudes who guilt-tripped dozens of women into letting themselves be motorboated For Breast Cancer? Their charitable giving... hasn't gone as planned.
The NFL's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Is Still a Sham
With all this shutdown hulabaloo, I almost forgot that October marks the annual pink barf tornado otherwise known as Breast Cancer Awareness month, a special time when corporations exploit our feelings of helplessness in the face of life's senseless brutality by directing people to Fight Cancer through the purchase of…
Save the Women, Not the Boobies
Men notice boobs no matter where they are — under your shirt, in the written word, and, apparently, on my Facebook wall. All I had to do was post link with the headline-"No More ‘Save the Ta-Tas,' Please"-and before long, a couple of put-upon guys from my Midwestern roots swooped onto my Facebook page to tell me to…
The Anti-Abortion Movie That Looks Suspiciously Mainstream
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Were you to click on this trailer for October Baby and watch it for the first 50 seconds or so, you might think it looked like a movie about a sick girl, something like Black Swan meets Sweet November. But then you get to the quote from an "abortion survivor/speaker," and your brain is like, wait, whaaa?
Start Saving For Your Halloween Costume Now
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If October's imminent arrival has you thinking about all the money you're going to shell out to have the most awesome Halloween costume on the block, you are not alone. It turns out we are all planning to go a little nuts this year:
Head Of The Class: Help Gawker Help Young Girls
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This October, Gawker Media is participating in a charitable challenge with the amazing website Donors Choose.org. And we are asking you, our readers, to help us out.