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While You Were Sleeping: Nudist Hotel

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:19:00 GMT

A new series on Hollywood film directors appears tonight and it looks pretty good, if you're into that sort of thing.

Donald Trump says a decision on Miss California will come today-- as The Dirty prepares to followup with a second topless photo.

The X-Men movies are being spun off into a new series of stories starring, ugh, Ryan Reynolds.

Ladies, where were you? Nate Silver went to a party and had to stand there... all alone.

A forty-five-year-old woman may become the oldest person to have a boxing championship title.

Germany is planning its first nudist hotel.

Feministing discussed the attacks on Carrie Prejean and whether they are justified or just mean ol' "slut shaming."

Kiefer Sutherland will be charged with misdemeanor assault for head-butting a designer who decked Brooke Shields.

And Katy Perry once got (fake) married in Vegas.

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Behold: the Feminist Bridezilla?

Colleen Kane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:01:00 GMT

When Jessica Valenti of the Feministing blog announced her engagement earlier this year, it touched off a firestorm of comments about such an outspoken feminist entering the instution of marriage: patriarchy, wearing of white, changing of the name, hyphenating kids' names, father giving her away, marriage as slavery, heteros marrying when homos aren't allowed, and so on and so forth.

She responded to those concerns and announced further wedding plans on Wednesday, which predictably sparked plenty of scuttlebutt in response in the comments, on Salon's Broadsheet and elsewhere, where the National Review online broke out the dreaded term "bridezilla."

I think that giving consideration to the many different angles of your wedding hardly constitutes being a bridezilla. But does everything really need so much analysis? When I got engaged last year and found myself showing off my bling while visiting the offices of BUST, I felt the need to joke, "I'm still feminist, right?" But when you break it down, I don't care. I doubt many facets of my life would hold up to the scrutiny some commenters can do online from the comfort of anonymity.

I think of my upcoming wedding as a short ceremony followed by a longer party. To me, getting married as a feminist is a case of, if you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody. Also, any talk of a feminist getting married is bound to bring the misogynists out of the woodwork (oh and it has, in the comments on the above-linked posts) and reinforce the stereotype that "feminism" and "fun" are mutually exclusive terms. Case in point on the latter is this comment: "Not to be a wet blanket, but lame is a really awful ablist term. :o( " (Cue the sad horns/ Debbie Downer sound effect.) But whatevs. That's how the internet goes.

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Happy Abstinence-Only Education Day!

Colleen Kane — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:25:00 GMT

The National Abstinence Education Association is lobbying on Capitol Hill all day today, seeking continued funding for their ineffective, inaccurate, and downright dangerous agenda.

You know what we say here at Scanner, as does Sarah Palin's daughter Trapper Keeper (or whatever her name is): Abstinence -only education makes the belly grow rounder. If you agree, here's what you can do today to fight the power.

Send a letter to your representatives in seconds using this form on Amplify Your Voice.

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Arby's is Not Even Trying

Colleen Kane — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:15:00 GMT

This ad ran in the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Ish.

Do you get it? Those burgers are not just burgers! They are also supposed to be breasts!

Isn't this a great idea? After all, anyone looking at the swimsuit issue is already interested in breasts. If they can make customers associate burgers with breats, bingo!

Here are some similar tactics they might try.

* Another ad where the buns are "buns"!

* Paris Hilton suggestively eating a hamburger, only her boobs are also hamburgers

* French fry piles that are somehow also shaped like boobs

* Changing name of chain to Booby's

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Sloppy Seconds: Phillies Fan Gives Her Team A Big Boost

Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Vietnam believes small chests are unhealthy and that thin people shouldn't operate motor vehicles. Believe it or not, this is a health initiative.

T.I. voted in Georgia, despite being a convicted felon and a guy we didn't think would ever show up to vote.

This top 10 list of "Things I Hate Absolutely Hate About Heteronormative Dating" doesn't always hit the nail on the head, but these entries we can agree with:

3. If you show emotion too early on or too much of it, you are needy.

8. If you have sex too early you ruined it.

9. If you don't have sex early on you are a prude.

The rest can be found here.

A man stole a male "enhancement" cream (in quotes because it doesn't do anything-- or so we've heard, we swear), tried it out in the store's bathroom, failed to satisfy himself, checked out the Barbie dolls, exposed himself in the aisle, and returned to the bathroom to try again. Yep, that's pretty much all there is to that story.

This guy is either drunk or a McCain campaign worker trying to muck things up.

That naughty Shakira... she made everything think she was pregnant, but it turned out it was just a publicity stunt for her new album. Blah.

And today's Miss CoEd at CoEd magazine is Erika Nicole, who really wants the Phillies to win tonight, so much show that she's willing to leak dozens of photos of herself in very little clothing to give the team a morale, um, boost.

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News Flash: Date Rape Still Isn't Funny, And Neither is Your T-Shirt

Emily Farris — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:37:00 GMT

We're not sure which is more infuriating: this t-shirt or the fact that there's a smiling girl wearing it.

The "NO MEANS NO...well maybe if I'm drunk" t-shirt from the David and Goliath t-shirt company was pulled from their website after a bunch of people, including the bloggers over at Feministing, rightfully threw a fit about it. But if you visit the link where the shirt was originally for sale, you now get this.

Haha. Funny.

UPDATE: We're not sure how we missed this the first time, but David and Goliath is offering a special discount for their "friends" at Feministing.

[Shakesville: Stay Classy]