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Mid-September was a heady time for Carly Fiorina: she did pretty great in the second GOP debate, and subsequently saw a huge surge in the polls. That’s all gone now, probably because she lied and lied and lied some more about Planned Parenthood, and everybody noticed.

In a new poll that will likely be meaningless in 414 days, GOP primary voters said Carly Fiorina won the second debate. An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll found that nearly one-third of Republicans believed Fiorina performed best in the Wednesday night debate. Her debate performance significantly changed Fiorina’s standing…

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

As we approach a weekend of bittersweet transition, I’ve only got one question for you.

A solitary, silent majority of teenage girls plays video games: often alone, rarely online. When teenage girls do venture online to play games—and a fair chunk of them do, quite regularly—they usually don’t speak.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Recently, Gawker Media has moved into a new office space, a change that was long overdue. While our update in scenery comes with a bevy of positive changes, there’s one thing that we’re all having a hard time getting used to: multi-stall bathrooms.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which Madeleine, temporarily stepping in for Ellie, shares her crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

This poll is a joke. Like we even care what anyone thinks is prettiest. Wanna know what I think is prettiest? Linda Evangelista, full stop. But let’s waste some time on the internet asking ourselves unimportant questions, shall we? Everyone loves a poll.

On Sunday Kim Kardashian revealed her pregnancy in the promo for next week’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians. But that’s not the end of the story! Rumors are currently circulating that Kardashian has not one, but two buns in the oven, and that she withheld the news out of respect for Caitlyn Jenner and her big…

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

Though their subjects are more famous, celebrity Instagrams are, for better or worse, just like ours. But which celebrity, on any given day, is using the platform better than anyone else? Who Grammed It Best? will pit two recent, unrelated celebrity Instagrams against each other in an attempt to figure that out.

Well, is it?

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