New Report Suggests Thinking Twice Before Eating That Placenta
A new report warns new moms that pills made out of their dehydrated placenta could harbor dangerous bacteria.
A new report warns new moms that pills made out of their dehydrated placenta could harbor dangerous bacteria.
Welcome to the first installment of the Bonkbuster Summer Book Club, which is a couple of days late because we had to make a quick, dramatic trip to Gstaad for plot device reasons. Please pull out your tattered paperback copies of Shirley Conran’s Lace, a book that is not merely high camp, but rather stratospheric…
Zillow has released a statement saying they won’t take any legal action against the blog McMansion Hell, after much bad publicity and the involvement of the the Electronic Frontier Foundation on its creator’s behalf.
The Fourth of July is a time for fireworks, and also warnings about how fireworks are dangerous explosives to be handled carefully and definitely not after seven Miller Lites. But once upon a time—specifically, the dawn of the twentieth century—there was another associated worry: “Patriotic tetanus.”
A very dishy report in a British tabloid alleges that things are going poorly behind the scenes at the jam-smeared zombie that once was beloved franchise Bake Off. Tea time!
Ah, Playgirl, an idea that despite being a perfect artifact of the 1970s was nevertheless before its time. (Its time being the point at which technology had advanced sufficiently to allow slow-motion pornographic GIFs on Tumblr.) How did such a thing come to be, how did it work, and where did it go?
Whenever possible, we attempt to ignore the existence of Piers Morgan. We are temporarily suspending that rule of thumb in order to draw attention to the superhuman fortitude and trying-not-to-scream facial expressions of his Good Morning Britain co-anchor, Susanna Reid.
Real estate aggregator Zillow—where you may have searched for an apartment or snooped for how much an acquaintance paid for their house—has gotten some bad press after sending a toughly worded cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the viral blog McMansion Hell.
Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear—a hallmark of many childhoods over the course of the twentieth century—has died at 91.
Every day is a good day to thank God and the ghost of Upton Sinclair for modern consumer protection regulations, so that you can test out new types of makeup with a fair bit of confidence it won’t blind you.
GLOW, the new series from Netflix, explores in entertaining fashion a fascinating chapter in the history of women and pop culture. But while the real-life, glittery, campy Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling certainly popularized the idea of women in the ring, they weren’t the first.
Royal Ascot has just wrapped for the year, and you know what that means—it’s time for our annual celebration of attending hats beautiful and bonkers, sublime and silly.
There was a point at which Prince Harry wanted out of the royal family entirely, but chose to stick around doing charity work instead.
This is Julius. Say hello to Julius.
Here’s a good one for fans of centuries-old gossip about dead people: A museum in Rome is hosting an exhibit that questions the scandalous centuries-old notion that a 15th century Vatican painting used a Borgia pope’s mistress as a model for the Madonna. Take that, you scurrilous rumor-mongers of the late 1400s!
A growing group of legislators is backing the creation of a new Smithsonian women’s history museum.
An NBCUniversal exec has suggested that a Downton Abbey movie is still in the cards and they’ll hopefully have things rolling along by next year. This seems to be news to the cast, though, so don’t clear your calendar just yet.
The home where Harry Houdini lived when he died in 1926 is currently for sale. It could become yours, assuming you can make $4.5 million appear out of thin air. Abracadabra!
You stand at the counter of your local muffin spot. It’s the sort of day where it’s only 9 a.m. and your neck is already sweating. Though an admitted caffeine fiend, of course you don’t want hot coffee; you want iced. Or do you? No, you do not. You want iced tea, the only drink suitable for these circumstances.
Last week, Amazon casually sidled into practically every wealthy neighborhood in America with its acquisition of Whole Foods. But the company also continues to embed itself ever deeper into your home! Apparently they’ve just launched a pilot program called “Amazon Wardrobe,” which would let you try clothing before you…