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rag trade

Pray For Marc Jacobs

  • "It's out of control. There's always a different boy and everyone is worried he's going to pull a Halston." That's an anonymous friend of Marc Jacobs on the increasingly-erratic fashion designer. [Page Six]
  • Ouch: David Lauren was not invited to his girlfriend (of three years) Lauren Bush's cousin Jenna's wedding. You know, Jenna Bush: Daughter of the POTUS. Apparently the Bush clan think David is too old for Lauren. Oh, and also too Jewish? Awkward. [Rush & Molloy]
  • Kristin Davis is pissed about the injustices she faced making the Sex and the City movie: "It's in the contract that we get to keep our outfits, which is a fantastic thing, except that, for me, all of my outfits were samples. I kept my running pants, which I love and wear them a lot, but I was like, Where are my clothes?" [E!]
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11:30 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Jennifer
4,920 views, 68 comments

Latest by n/a: @Lazy Line Painter Jane: When I was in college, the QB's first and last name were the same as my first and middle name. I would've been shannon Kelly Kelly.... more »

knocked up

America's Amazing Baby Boom Has Nothing To Do With A-List Actresses

Unlike European nations, which are experiencing a population decline, the United States is virtually exploding with infants, reports the Associated Press. There were nearly 4.3 million births in 2006, and experts believe that there are several reasons for this mini-boom: "A decline in contraceptive use, a drop in access to abortion, poor education and poverty." Cultural factors are also at work, as Latinos have fertility rates that are 40% higher than the norm, and, according to Johns Hopkins Professor Nan Marie Astone, "Americans like children. We are the only people who respond to prosperity by saying, 'Let's have another kid.'" It's that approach — the interweaving of prosperity and fertility — that is troubling. It sounds like the same semi-mercenary logic behind the desire to have a second car. Which is not to say that finances aren't a huge part of the decision to have kids, but when it's the only reason to have another child, it's a little disturbing. More »

9:30 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Jessica
5,753 views, 322 comments

Latest by n/a: i'm all for birth control, safe sex and so on. 28 yrs, never pregnant nor std! but honestly, this so called baby boom is a good thing in the long run. because at the rate it is it only barely more »

the personal is political

Young Feminists Can't Decide Between Obama & Clinton

At Wellesley college, Hillary Clinton's alma mater, young women are split on the Clinton vs. Obama issue, The Washington Post reports. For instance: Katie Chanpong and Aubre Carreon Aguilar are both feminists and political activists. "If you're a woman, you vote for Hillary because of what it means to women everywhere," says Ms. Chanpong, a sophomore. Ms. Aguilar, a senior, says: "If I'm supposed to vote for Hillary just because I'm a woman, that's kind of sexist." The female-only school finds many of its students are having to decide what it means to be a feminist, writes Eli Saslow. "Do you vote for a woman to shatter the glass ceiling and further the cause? Or do you make an empowered, individual decision that is not confined by gender?" Ona Keller, the co-president of Wellesley College Democrats, is "hard-core Wellesley." She wears vintage ERA T-shirts, calls incoming students first-years instead of freshmen. "Everybody who knows me thinks of me as a feminist," Ms. Keller says. "Nobody imagined I wouldn't vote for Clinton." More »

4:00 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By dodai
11,610 views, 196 comments

Latest by n/a: I must disagree with one point in this piece. I do not believe the primary sign of womanhood nor the purest form of feminism is "individualized empowerment." Feminism is about relationships! It is about belonging to others in community and more »

blood for oil

Saudi Rape Victim Pardoned Due To "Psychological Effects"

The Saudi gang-rape survivor who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail was pardoned today by King Abdullah. (The 19-year-old victim was charged because she got into a car with a man to whom she was not related — not because she was raped — violating Saudi Arabia's strict laws concerning sexual segregation.) A Justice Minister told the Saudi Arabian newspaper al-Jazirah: ''The king always looks into alleviating the suffering of the citizens when he becomes sure that these verdicts will leave psychological effects on the convicted people, though he is convinced and sure that the verdicts were fair." More »

9:30 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Jessica
2,105 views, 98 comments

Latest by n/a: Here's the BBC link... [news.bbc.co.uk] It also gives the background on the guy who was also attacked as that wasn't originally mentioned in a lot of reports. I'm sticking my neck out here and saying rape of anyone male or female is a more »

ms president

Maybe Cathie Black Should Have Her Own Magazine

Cathie Black, the president of Hearst Magazines, has written a book called Basic Black, which is "about having a 360-degree life," according to the woman many call "one of the leading figures in American publishing over the past two decades." Hearst publishes newsstand faves Cosmopolitan, CosmoGirl, Marie Claire, O, The Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, and Esquire — and well as titles like House Beautiful, Travel, Town & Country and Quick & Simple. And, based on an interview in WWD, it seems as though Ms. Black embodies the magazines she represents. She wore a pair of BCBG grape-colored quilted shoes with a gold trim for her appearance on Oprah. "They're fun and flashy," she explains. "Shoes are going to be my thing for all of this." How Marie Claire! Once she accidentally took a sleeping pill instead of aspirin during a board meeting for Coca-Cola. ("So much for getting caught up in the idea of power! The only thing I caught up on that night was my sleep!") How Cosmo! More »

5:00 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Dodai
1,037 views, 5 comments

Latest by Xylo: @Skinny Bone Jones: Haha, stick to succulent plants like hoya. Stick them on the windowsill in a pot big enough to allow growth, they love being left alone. You can forget to water them, they shrivel, then water more »

end of days

Fergie's Bodily Functions Strike Again

  • Poor Fergie reportedly barfed all over herself while at the Minnesota State Fair. Maybe it was all the fried food on a stick? [Dlisted]
  • Speaking of Minnesota: Republican Senator Larry Craig got busted by the police for "lewd behavior" in the gentleman's room of a Minnesota airport. Hasn't the Land Of 10,000 Lakes been through enough?! [Crooks and Liars]
  • Michael Vick is going to jail and rightly so. But lets also remember that we live in a country where the man behind the Katrina debacle, Michael Chertoff, may be getting a promotion. [BBC]
  • President Bush says that poor little Alberto Gonzalez endured "unfair treatment" during his tenure as Attorney General. [CNN]
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7:00 PM on Mon Aug 27 2007
By Jennifer
3,002 views, 49 comments

Latest by lulunewyork: @ANDALUCIA: She's hot if you back up a little and squint. more »

end of days

Christina Aguilera To Bring "Dirrty", "Beautiful" Babe Into The World

  • Christina Aguilera is in the family way! Just like with a genie in a bottle, her husband rubbed her the right way. The baby-making way. [E!]
  • Isaiah Washington's verbal diarrhea of the day: He now says Patrick Dempsey is to blame for his spewing of hate speech. [ABC News]
  • R.I.P Beverly Sills. And big thanks to our Intro to Opera prof from college, without whom we would not care about Sills' passing. [CNN]
  • Violent crime in South Africa is at an "unacceptable" level. Do we hear the sweet sound of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee: The Revival? [BBC]
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7:15 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Jennifer
2,197 views, Comment

Prince William Looks Past Kanye West; Obviously Doesn't Care About Black People

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end of days

No Jail For Libby, No Hot Wife For Salman, and Pam Anderson Lived To See 40: What Kind Of A World Do We Live In?

  • There is no justice in the world: President Bush has commuted Scooter Libby's jail sentence. [MSNBC]
  • Pam Anderson is 40. And we are speechless. [People]
  • Looking for a little real estate to invest in? How about Dracula's castle in Transylvania? It's the summer home that comes with vampires! (Garlic bulbs not included). [ABC News]
  • A border collie named Smooch saved two drowning kayakers. And up in heaven, Lassie smiles. [USA Today]
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6:59 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Jennifer
1,165 views, 4 comments

broadsides

President Bush Still Controls Our Ovaries

  • Just a few hours after President Bush vetoed another bill in favor of stem-cell research, ABC News is reporting that women undergoing fertility treatments would be willing to donate their unused embryos to research if given the opportunity. [ABCNews]
  • In the shithole that is Iraq,
    there's been a significant rise of displaced women undergoing illegal abortions. [Salon]
  • Speaking of the Middle East, the public stoning of an Iranian woman accused of adultery has been delayed, perhaps (and hopefully) indefinitely. [Salon]
  • Proof that the rest of the Western world is often a lot more reasonable than the U.S.: In the U.K., government experts are recommending that all young girls be vaccinated against HPV... and there's nary a conservative uproar about it! [Guardian]
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5:15 PM on Wed Jun 20 2007
By Anna
156 views, 4 comments

asswipe of the day

Yesterday In Bush...

[Washington D.C., May 31; Image via AP]
Interview of the President by Andi Bejtja, Vision Plus TV, Albania 
The Map Room
May 31, 2007 More »

2:49 PM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By Anna
1,249 views, 5 comments