Erykah Badu Doubles Down on Her Curious Opinions About How Young Women Dress
After sparking a Twitter debate in which it sure sounded like she was telling young women it was their responsibility to stave off grown men’s advances via their clothing choices, Erykah Badu is back to explain herself—and what she has to say now isn’t much better. Lawd help us.
Today's Best Deals: Boxer Briefs, Watches, Dash Cam, and More
Popular boxer briefs, Stuhrling watches, and your favorite dash cam lead off Wednesday’s best deals.
Put Ben Carson on the Penny and Call it the Benny
Former presidential candidate Ben Carson, who’s still 100-percent worthy of my love, doesn’t understand why we have to boot Andrew Jackson from the front of the $20 bill in favor of Harriet Tubman. Why not put her on a lesser bill to match her subservient position? Perhaps a bill that’s barely in circulation?
Topless Students Protest Campus Security Treatment of Androgynous Sunbather
Students at Russell Sage College, a women’s college located in Troy, New York, have launched a topless protest in reaction to a Sunday incident involving a police officer who students believe acted discriminatorily towards a student who identifies as androgynous.
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The First Time We Got High: A Deadspin Confessional
The Deadspin staff has a few self-described stoners and a few notable herbs. And because the latter are equal to the former, we will now anonymously share our stories of the first time we got high. (It might be pretty obvious who’s who.) Please feel free to share your first memory of being stoned below.
Eligible, a Modern Pride and Prejudice Where Your Ideal Suitor Is a Lead on a Dating Show
At a certain point, you’d think there was enough Jane Austen out there, what with the books she wrote, the many movie adaptations of said books, the museum exhibitions, the clothing lines, the festivals, the souvenirs, and the quasi-spinoff novels like Austenland and The Jane Austen Book Club (which were speedily…
'Died Is Died Is Died': Talking with Vanessa Gould and Margalit Fox of Obit
Despite our fascination with the lives of people who have been deemed societally “important” because of accomplishments, fame and riches, the nitty-gritty of how and why we know what we know about them often gets swept under the rug. Vanessa Gould’s documentary Obit, which just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival,…
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House Republicans Pretend Like They've Found Evidence That 'Baby Parts' Are Being Sold For Profit
At a hearing Wednesday morning, House Republicans busily “investigating” abortion clinics claimed to have a smoking gun—finally—at last, indisputable proof that fetal tissue is being sold for profit in these here United States. House Democrats, meanwhile, said that “evidence” was absolute bullshit, with one Democratic…
This Week In Tabloids: Jennifer Aniston Is More Beautiful and More Powerful Than El Niño
Welcome to Midweek Madness, where we go to the magazine store and notice that the classy magazines are more interesting than the trashy ones, swap out In Touch and Life & Style for People and Us, walk to the counter, notice the man behind it can tell something’s off, and feel sort of thrilled about breaking a routine.
Sansa Stark Would Make a Much Better Queen of Westeros Than Daenerys
Whenever Game of Thrones ends, it’s safe to say that poor Tommen Baratheon won’t be sitting on the Iron Throne. The entire series (minus a few evil magical ice zombies) is about people jockeying to become the ruler of Westeros, with most signs pointing to the exiled Daenerys finally returning home and reclaiming the…