Since we're sure as hell not going to be dieting anytime soon, we thought we would just casually mention a new study that shows women on a low-fat diet manage to reduce their risk of ovarian cancer. Fuck. Oh wait, post-menopausal women? Phew. [NYT]

• Apparently, many men are still following that archaic, women-as-property tradition of asking their future-father-in-laws for "permission' to marry their girlfriends. Something tells us Amy Winehouse's partner-in-crack-addiction, Blake Fielder-Civil, did not. [Salon]
  
• Researchers have discovered that a low-fat diet cuts…

• The women at Feministing wonder if Andy Samberg was being an "ironic hipster douche" when he wore a "National Organization For Women—Berkeley" tee to a Spike TV awards-show. Our verdict: Samberg may be a hipster but he's probably not being ironic; he grew up in Berkeley. [Feministing]
  
• The British women who think we're…

Apparently the folks over at WebMD didn't get the memo today about new recommendations for women at risk of one of the deadliest types of cancer. We know this because we went to WebMD to type in some of the newly-identified symptoms — "bloating", "fullness" "pelvic pain" and "tenderness to touch" — and instead of…

• Golf? Snooze. A 12 year old girl becoming the youngest female to ever qualify for United States Women's Open? Pretty awesome. [USAToday]
  
• Another reason to tell you boyfriend to stop singing the same damn song in the shower every morning: Scientists say the number of different songs a male bird can sing is a signal of…