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Which Fake Word Do We Like? In Tuesday's post on the phenom of sourcing via complimenting, I asked for your help coming up with a better term than "askliment" with its vague scatological and medicinal associations. You came through. Now cast your vote!

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news roundup

Let's Be Honest Barry; He Kept On Playing Games And The Loving Was Not The Same

  • Barack Obama rejected/denounced his old friend Jeremiah Wright on television today on the advice of certain wise commenters and also prominent columnists and locking in a critical majority of my family members. Watching it was less fun than watching him shake the dirt off his shoulder but as Jigga would say "so necessary." [Wonkette]
  • So the question remains: why the fuck did Jeremiah Wright give all those damaging, yammering unyielding undermining speeches? Newt Gingrich thinks he's just jealous. [ABC News]
  • Though maybe he was just testing God? [Chicago Tribune]
  • And Barack Obama finally de-friended him...only after consulting some cynical pollsters? Take it from a Republican. [JohnLocke.org]
  • An African-American studies professor from a long line of Mormons wishes Mitt Romney was around so everyone else could be reminded how tame black liberation theology is next to some of the fun ideas Joseph Smith had. [TheRoot]
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5:30 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Moe
2,158 views, 79 comments

Latest by n/a: @Parasol at 11:27 PM on 04/29/08: just catching up on the posts from last night --and I wanted to relate about what you said: "You all are so clever and quick and witty that I can rarely keep up..." --this more »

polls

Do You Tell Sex Partners About Your STDs?

I have herpes. I've written about it on the internet before, and that fact comes back to bite me in the ass way more frequently than any blisters do. But it's somewhat of a relief that it's out there, because I feel less of a burden of having to tell new people I bang, since these days, the people I sleep with tend to have read up on my sexual history. But I never used to tell people, mainly because I only ever had that one outbreak, so it just didn't really seem like a part of my life. I was with my last boyfriend for a few years and we never wore condoms and he never broke out in blisters. (I also never told him about having herpes until like right before we broke up, after we hadn't slept together for a few months.) But I wonder if anyone tells the people they're sleeping with about their past or presently-dormant STDs. Let's figure it out by taking the poll after the jump!

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6:30 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Slut Machine
35,635 views, 606 comments

Latest by n/a: @bria: (((Tracie is forthcoming- she doesn't make excuses for herself, she just said WHAT HAPPENED. She realizes that it's best to tell every partner. The hard part is doing that.))) Again, the issue isn't so much what she did, it's the more »

polls

Which Mutt Deserves The Makeover?

To celebrate Animal Planet's new show, Groomer Has It, we asked you to send us pictures of your aesthetically-challenged canines. And while we received many pictures of adorable pups, there are five finalists — and there can only be one winner! After the jump, vote for the lucky dog you think should win a grooming session, courtesy of Animal Planet. More »

2:40 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Dodai
11,669 views, 92 comments

polls

How Long Shoud You Be Together Before You Have A "Holidate"?

According to the LA Times, Mandy Gresh, 28, and her boyfriend decided to go on a little vacation to Quebec City. She booked plane tickets and a hotel room for a four-day weekend. Sounds great, right? Well, Mandy and her boyfriend had been together for six weeks. Mandy tells the paper: "I was like, 'Oh my god, the trip is as far away as we've been dating. Hopefully nothing goes wrong in the next month because we're both going to be out a lot of money!'" Guess what? Mandy and her man had a great time, and they're not the only ones who are into the idea of the "holidate." A recent poll revealed that 50% of men and 41% of women said they would take a trip within the first two months of dating. Um, is it me or is that just not enough time? I bought a pair of shoes 2 months ago and I still don't know if I want to keep them. Lord knows I wouldn't take 'em on vacation. In Canada. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Dodai
7,827 views, 148 comments

Latest by jessicamaria: I was with a guy for FIVE years and we never, ever went on a "holidate." Not even a weekend alone in a nearby city or anything. Then last year I met my now-fiancee, and after a month and a more »

eliot mess

Is Seeing Prostitutes A Deal Breaker?

So, Eliot Spitzer, huh? As most know by now, the muckraking, ethically-superior New York Governor is said to have been "involved" in a prostitution ring. There were federal wiretaps at play, and the sexual congress took place at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on the day before Valentines'. In light of Spitzer's transgressions, today's Since You Asked advice column in Salon seems oddly prophetic! A distraught reader asks Cary Tennis, "Have I ruined my karma by sleeping with prostitutes?" The reader feels his life has been destroyed by years of whoring, and wonders if he's a horrible person for cheating on his wife with hookers. Tennis gives some drawn out, hippy-dippy response as per usual, but ultimately decides "It is not about abstract forces and balance sheets. It's about conduct and relationships." This dude should probably forgive himself, but it begs the question — if you knew your guy had frequented prostitutes, would it be a deal breaker? More »

4:30 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Jessica
9,450 views, 276 comments

Latest by n/a: I caught my man soliciting a prostitute via craigslist. while i was pregnant. i stayed with him largely because it would have been too humiliating to have other people find out, which they would have if I had more »

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Would You Ask A Man To Marry You?

In the UK, today (Leap Day) is the day that women are "allowed" to propose marriage to men. "I expect that more women than ever will be proposing in 2008," Dr. Sheri Jacobson, a relationship counselor, tells the Times of London. "I think that attitudes are shifting and there's more room for women to assert themselves." Why is it, after all these years, still the man's job to propose? Writes Joanna Moorhead in the Guardian: "Most of us aren't going to wait for our men to move on all future decisions, so why leave it to them to start the ball rolling on this one? The best contribution we could make to the future of marriage this leap year would be to chuck sexist convention out of the window forever, and make any engagement that involves a man going down on one knee a thing of the past." More »

1:00 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Dodai
6,754 views, 248 comments

Latest by noseriously: @TruculentandUnreliable: My dad didn't give me away either. My fam thinks it is because he is crap as a dad, but it was more like, "Well, where's my dowry?" 'Cause you know, if we're going with tradition, let's do the more »

polls

What Shoes Should Be Robbed Of Their Right To Vote?

A craaaazyass irate Clinton supporting union chief just went on an epic rant about how Obama supporters are all "Birkenstock wearing trust fund babies." It's hard to say whether it's more hilarious that he likened Obama to a Roman god and a "thespian" or that his name is Buffenbarger. But wait...Birkenstocks? We sorta get it. I mean, you can't wear Birkenstocks to your backbreaking job at the machine tool factory that is about to close anyway in which case you are stuck at Payless. Fuck, you can't really wear Birkenstocks anywhere anymore, can you? The last time Birkenstocks were remotely common enough to be annoying was the first Clinton Administration! (Full disclosure: I wore them to school! And Doc Martens!) But what Buffenbarger's statement truly belies is a tone-deafness to the nuances of nation's footwear consumption fads, which are, like the issues before us, more complicated than German hippie sandals. There is much to hate, and for so many good reasons! But Birkenstocks are no longer the enemy. Which bring me to this wacky poll: which offensive shoes most remind you of Barack Obama? More »

12:30 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Moe
5,265 views, 106 comments

Latest by n/a: Birkenstocks are fairly common at my high school. The clogs, not the sandals. They're mostly worn by preppy girls and have absolutely no hippie connotations. more »

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Lindsay Lohan: Real Or Manmade?

Here at Jezebel Virtual HQ, we like to debate the real issues affecting women today. This morning, after perusing Lilo's topless photoshoot, we began discussing a very important topic: are Lindsay's considerable assets her own, or surgically-enhanced? I think real! From the side, they look like real breasts — you know, not like helium-inflated balloons strapped to her ribs. Tracie argues that if they are old implants, they can appear more natural, because they've had "4 years to settle". Then there's this denial from Lindsay, circa 2004. She says of the boob job rumors, "It's so retarded...I'm 17 years old. My mother would never let me. I'd be deathly afraid, and it's unnecessary... but I'm glad people think I have a nice chest." So what is it, bitches? Real or Fake? The one thing I think we can all agree on is that they are awesome. Voting is after the jump. More »

4:00 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Jessica
38,149 views, 180 comments

Latest by diptutod: i have to take it back - slide 12 in the new york magazine slide show gives it away. they're fakes. amazing delicious fakes i'd love to get a handful of, but fakes. more »

polls

Rachael Ray On Dunkin Donuts Coffee: "What Is This Shit??"

This just in from the set of Rachael Ray's latest Dunkin Donuts commercial, according to a New York Magazine tipster: "She took one sip of her Dunkin' Donuts coffee, yelled "What is this shit? Get me MY coffee," and would not continue until she was given "her" coffee — i.e., Starbucks." Fascinating. On one hand, I always love it when celebrities shill products they hate. A few years back when Reebok was inking endorsement contracts with pretty much every vaguely hip-hop centric artist on the Hot 100, Jay-Z and Fabulous were always fucking with them, showing up to gigs in Nikes. (Jay-Z pulled the same shit on HP last week — he's a Mac user; aren't we fucking all?) But yeah, on the other hand, slavish devotion to brands, especially brands like Starbucks and Nike but really, any of those stupid little "culty" laptop bag brands or organic shampoo brands you hear people raving about at marketing conferences and in airports in Portland. But then, on the other other hand, coffee is seriously important, maybe more important than politics or philosophy, and with all the discussion of drinking habits on this site I can't believe I'd never posed the question: how do you take your coffee? It's a poll! More »

1:00 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Moe
15,115 views, 314 comments

Latest by n/a: I get off the train and figure, sure I will have a DD coffee today, cream and one sugar please. I get to my desk 10 min later and whoa, the thing was cream, coffee, and 2 cups of more »

fun quiz!

Are You An Alcoholic? Or Do You Just Have A Better Tolerance Than 93.5% Of Americans?

Today the Wall Street Journal asked its readers the question, "Are you an alcoholic?" The author takes a bunch of screening tests like this one (Fun fact! "More than 93.5% of the general adult American population and 98% of women consume fewer drinks per week than [I] reported consuming." Liars.) and gets some conflicting answers. There's also a confusing quote:
Charlie says many heavy drinkers, especially those who grew up around alcoholics, set a private benchmark in their denial. "They say to themselves, 'As long as I'm not making a fool of myself in a bar, or drinking in the morning, or as long as I'm still showing up for work, then I'm not an alcoholic.'" You know you've hit bottom, he adds, "when your behavior spirals downward faster than you can lower your standards."
But isn't that just the problem with being an alcoholic? The longer you stay with it, the better your behavior actually becomes — at least while drunk, and you're always drunk? With that in mind I wrote my own "Are You An Alcoholic" quiz after the jump. Compare your score on the Alcoholscreening test and your evaluation of your own drinking problem! Fun stuff! More »

2:40 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Moe
9,290 views, 141 comments

Latest by Instigator: I was waiting for someone to make a reference to the Lucky Louie episode in which Louie and his friend/boss Mike are busted for DUI and court-ordered to attend AA meetings. When Mike is called upon to share with the more »

polls

What's The Worst Girly Man Trend?

A long story in the Wall Street Journal got us thinking about masculine jewelry today. A middle-aged guy is quoted on his recent purchase of a necklace, the first necklace he'd bought since the Larry-from-Three's Company open-shirt/medallion era.

"This time around, 'I just had to feel it on my skin,' he said, sounding primal.

His wife rolled her eyes.

But apparently manjewelry is a new trend, and in my limited contact with the male species I can attest that this is definitely true; my old manager at American Apparel was like totally obsessed with eBaying "masculine" turquoise pieces and the like. Everyone from Paul Wall to Pierce Brosnan to Charles Darwin are being blamed. ("Men are beginning to adorn themselves more because women are so much more self-sufficient and successful and far more picky, and now men need to compete in a more Darwinian fashion," says someone named Milton Pedrazza. "Just a theory.") But here's the thing, and I can't believe I am saying this: I sort of like most man jewelry. And even if it's hideous, I definitely don't mind it. Why? I think it just comes down to the fact that of all the numerous ways the celebrity-sartorial complex has sissified our dudes in recent years, it's really the least offensive. And then I thought: poll!

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2:30 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Moe
5,415 views, 125 comments

the crimson tide

Is Anyone Still Scared Of Toxic Shock Syndrome?

Helena Holmes, a 17-year old girl from Hull, England, came down with a devastating case of Toxic Shock Syndrome and subsequently went bald. But while bald, Helena was spotted by a modeling agent, who then signed her to a 3-year contract. (Thanks, Tampax!) Here's a question: Although most of us born before 1985 were duly warned about the dangers of TSS with regards to tampon-use, we haven't heard about it in years, nor known a woman who has suffered from it. (Apparently there was an outbreak of cases in the 80's, but things cooled down after that.) Anyway, in the interest of public service — and because, well, today is a reeaalllly slow news day — we've decided to ask the question: Does the fear of Toxic Shock Syndrome send you running to the Always aisle? (Side note: Maybe the easiest way to avoid TSS is to acquire a fashion-industry-mandated eating disorder and stop menstruating altogether!) Let us know after the jump. More »

4:30 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Jennifer
8,028 views, 176 comments

Latest by n/a: I got TSS in 10th grade. I'd only had my tampon in six hours, too. Anyway, I ended up in the hospital for four days, had a gnarly rash, vomited until I was dry-heaving, and couldn't move due to back more »

polls

Does Your Man Pee Sitting Down?

Now this is surprising: In a poll taken of 518 married couples, 49% of the guys said they pee sitting down, because their wives had asked them to. By the by, this poll was conducted in Japan, where "toilet etiquette is a serious topic," explains Guardian. Around here, we pee standing up. So somehow it makes perfect sense that some sort of role-reversal would happen! None of us are married (yet), but a couple of us know dudes who totally pop a squat to urinate. Do you? More »

4:40 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By dodai
7,775 views, 128 comments

Latest by arirang: I asked my huz, he said something along the lines of "sometimes I just feel like sitting down" Note: he has perfect aim. more »

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Do Antidepressants Really Ruin Your Love Life?

Psychology Today has a trio of articles about antidepressants and love/sex that I feel uniquely qualified to comment on since I am both on antidepressants and in love (and having sex). [Braggart! -Ed.] The main article, "Sex, Love, and SSRIs" wonders whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (the class of drugs that includes Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil and others ) "compromise the ability to feel love," because SSRIs inhibit dopamine, which is also responsible for the feelings of elation and ecstasy that accompany falling in love. The author uses the anecdotal evidence of "Megan," whose sexual side effects ruined her relationship with high school sweetheart "Neil." The anecdote felt so weak (a high school love affair dissipating when the pair goes to separate colleges? You don't say!) that I wasn't surprised when she also used a seemingly dubious statistic to back it up: "Approximately 70 percent of people taking SSRIs suffer from sexual side effects." More »

1:00 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Jessica
5,605 views, 234 comments

Latest by n/a: So I agree with this article, I used to be more involved and my love life was a lot more intense and sense I have been taking my medication I no longer really care if I even look attractive and more »

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Do Bitty Babies End Up More Depressed Than Their Brawnier Brethren?

So it's not even 5 pm yet and it's almost completely dark outside and apparently ass-chappingly cold (so I hear! Not that I've been outside today), and it makes me want to crawl under the covers and hibernate until conditions are less soul sucking. Oh, can you tell I have a history of depression? Smart girl! But according to a new study I should be a reasonably happy adult because I was such a sizable baby. "We found that even people who had just mild or moderate symptoms of depression or anxiety over their life course were smaller babies than those who had better mental health," says Ian Colman of the University of Alberta. A completely unscientific poll of three people (myself included) with a history of depression shows that we were ALL big infants, each of us weighing in at over 8lbs. After the jump, an even less scientific poll, just 'cause I'm curious. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Jessica
2,897 views, 109 comments

Latest by n/a: I can see how that can make a difference, I have 3 children and 1 of them pre-mature and the other one was only 6lbs. and they seem to be more likely to be upset and when they are sad more »

the new black friday

Poll: How Are You Celebrating Black Friday?

It's almost Black Friday! And thanks to Wal-Mart, you may have two Black Fridays this season — the company petitioned some royal astrologer to officially declare Black Saturday a "Friday" as well. Clever, right? Anyway, we don't usually shop, but we love trying to interpret retail sales forecasts from the country's big chain stores: let's see, high-end stores like Saks are rolling in dough, while middlebrow type establishments like Target, Macy's and Kohl's et al are sorta "meh," and then back down on the low-end zone Wal-Mart is pretty optimistic. (Almost like there's "two Americas," right?) Meanwhile in the high school market, beacon of original consumption patterns as ever, Abercrombie & Fitch and its sister store Hollister — remember Hollister, of the backroom underage orgies? — is predicting a great shopping season. And say what you will about it all being a media-perpetuated scam to keep the shaky economy afloat until the falling dollar pushes interest rates so high the credit card companies will actually be forced to stop lending people money with which to buy stupid shit, Black Friday is awesome. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Moe
5,439 views, 110 comments

Latest by bantamweight: ' I am staying home, we start our christmas shopping in june and usually done before thanksgiving. I hardly ever see the inside of a store after thanksgiving. ` ` - bweight ` ` _________________________________________________________ Cadillac Cimarron brake master cylinder more »

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How Young Is Too Young For Plucking?

The celebrity blogosphere has itself in a tizzy over little Lourdes Ciccone Leon's eyebrows, photographed in closeup at an event last night in London. DListed applauds Lourdes's Mama Madonna for "not allowing Lourdes to cover herself up in makeup and look like a cheap hooker like other girls her age," while the Evil Beet thinks that Lourdes really needs to tweeze, and, as expected, Perez is a dick about it, asking "What's worse? For a woman to have a unibrow or hair on her lip?" But seeing Lourdes's big, beautiful brows made us wonder — what's the appropriate age for a girl to begin grooming her body hair? More »

3:20 PM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Jessica
14,619 views, 193 comments

Latest by HowDareThey: What the hell is in food these days that gives 11 year-old girls dirtlip? Whatever, the girl is gorgeous, like a demonic excess, and she'll be such a good looking adult that she'll be he first to laugh it off. more »

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