Britain’s Daily Mail has become internationally notorious, largely because of the pink “sidebar of shame” down the right-hand side of the increasingly apoplectic website — a one-stop shop for celebrity body snarking and general judgement of famous women for being too fat, being too thin, wearing slutty clothes, wearing frumpy clothes, giving birth by elective ...
To keep, or not to keep, that is the question. In movies, it seems like the answer is almost always the former. While our leading ladies may consider abortion, it’s just for a fleeting moment. The audience is left thinking that “to keep” is the only real choice. As a result, abortion barely gets its ...
If you have a problem with MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, it might be even harder to accept the reverse: 61 and pregnant. Although she’s old enough to be a granny, an unnamed 61-year-old Brazilian woman is due with her first child this November. After having “undergone a very thorough medical clearance,” her and her 38-year-old ...
Cosmetics brand teams up with funeral directors to beautify the afterlife. With the way our beauty obsessed world is, this was only a matter of time. Relatively new beauty brand Illamasqua is working with funeral directors Leverton & Sons to provide makeovers for the recently deceased. Promoting the slogan, “The final act of self expression,” ...
Two women from Modesto, California are being arrested after collecting money from good Samaritans for a supposed infant’s funeral. Picture this: You are driving down a busy road on your way to the supermarket. Your eyes catch two women with a sign containing a picture of a small baby and his birth and death dates. Your ...
A group of three men are being charged with the murder of Katya Koren in Ukraine, after allegedly stoning her to death for apparently violating Islam as a beauty pageant contestant. The men in question believe that Katya was betraying Sharia Law by not dressing modestly and participating in the competition, in which she placed ...
Who wants an educated doctor, anyway? The American Congress is considering removing funding for education about abortion procedures for medical students. It is no secret that our country has been struggling with the idea of abortion and its legalization. Now instead of taking abortions away, Congress wants to eliminate the doctors who perform them. For ...
Would you show teens something that could kill them? Would you make it appear sexy and fun? Alcohol companies do it every day. We all know the Four Loko insanity story: the lethal combination of alcohol and stimulants that allowed teens to keep drinking for longer. The company was forced to remove the caffeine from ...
Christopher Wallace, known to rap fans as the Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was at the height of his career when he was killed in a drive-by shooting outside of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. Although the case remains open, the LAPD are now saying that they have exhausted ...
This novel was definitely a page turner and the creepy twins, ghosts, and graveyards will keep you interested all the way through. Her Fearful Symmetry was written by Audrey Niffenegger, the same author who also wrote the popular The Time Traveler’s Wife. It is a story about twin sisters, Julia and Valentina, 21-years-old, who inherit ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
