The questions that ran through my mind while watching this sexist and insulting JCPenney viral ad (h/t: Feministing):
Are there men who are actually stupid…
What’s Michelle wearing to the Inaugural Ball? No idea, but over at Women’s Wear Daily, a bunch of designers have a few suggestions (and some…
For once, a religious figure isn’t telling its congregation to abstain from sex.
According to The New York Times, the Reverend Ed Young, a pastor…
The “impossibly hot girl” ideal promoted by the popular culture and advertising has a surprising effect on men, according to a recent study conducted by…
According to Vulture, a lucky test audience in Portland, Oregon got a chance to see Watchmen, the highly anticipated film adaption of the Alan Moore…
By now, we all know that “Joe the Plumber” is actually Samuel Wurzelbacher, and that he’s not actually a plumber. Also, Joe Six-Pack isn’t a…
Over at ERE , a site for recruitment and HR types, Brazen Careerist author Penelope Trunk attempts to shed some light on those mysterious young…
Hillary Duff has a new PSA out, released by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and the Advertising Council, as part of campaign…
In general, I’d rather not be called “sweetie” or “dear.” I get that it’s meant as a term of endearment, and for some people it’s…
First, MTV announced that she was opening this year’s VMAs, where she appeared happy and healthy, more like the Britney we all grew to love…
Gizmodo reports on a newly-patented eyewear design that uses a “headband-like contraption” to hang the lenses over the user’s eyes, preventing the nose-pinching and added…
Ars Technica reports on the music industry’s latest venture. SanDisk (the guys who the make the SD memory cards for your digital camera) and the…
Over at Politico, Zac Garripoli, who writes for the Hofstra Chronicle, examines the influence of the current crisis on Wall Street on college students.
Among…
With the economy failing and such, it’s been a pretty rough week, so lets forget our problems for a bit and have some fun (or…
Inside Higher Ed reports that North Idaho College has a neat new trick to figure out if kids on campus have been drinking or not:…
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