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Five Successful Public Backlashes Against Homophobic Corporations

Why it matters whether you give your money to Chik-Fil-A. Jeremy Popkin   |   07.26.2012   |  
Dharun Ravi receives 30 day sentence in Tyler Clementi case
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Dharun Ravi receives 30 day sentence in Tyler Clementi case

Well, here we are: Dharun Ravi has received thirty days in jail, three years probation, and 300 hours of community service from presiding Judge… James Brady Ryan   |   05.21.2012   |   Comments (19)
It is officially as bad to be a recent college grad as your barista has been telling you
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It is officially as bad to be a recent college grad as your barista has been telling you

For the past few years, recent and soon-to-be college graduates have been forced to listen to a lot of bitching and moaning about how tough it is… EJ Dickson   |   05.10.2012   |   Comments (28)
Rupert Murdoch deemed "not a fit person" to run Newscorp
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Rupert Murdoch deemed "not a fit person" to run Newscorp

Feigning total ignorance may have seemed like a reasonable tactic for Rupert Murdoch to take in the ongoing hearings about widespread phone… Virginia Smith   |   05.1.2012   |   Comments (8)
Misguided billionaire has plans to build the Titanic II
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Misguided billionaire has plans to build the Titanic II

Apparently unfamiliar with the concept of "hubris" or "women and children into the lifeboats first," Australian billionaire… Virginia Smith   |   04.30.2012   |   Comments (5)
Eighteen-year-old waitress named "Britain's Most Beautiful Face"
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Eighteen-year-old waitress named "Britain's Most Beautiful Face"

People recently named Beyonce their 2012 "Most Beautiful Woman" (burnishing their multicultural credentials following J. Lo last… Jeff Mills   |   04.25.2012   |   Comments (15)
Apparently, teens love getting drunk on hand sanitizer now
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Apparently, teens love getting drunk on hand sanitizer now

Here are three things the media thinks it knows about teenagers: 1), they like to give and receive blowjobs. 2), They like to text people films… EJ Dickson   |   04.24.2012   |   Comments (3)
The Vatican is angry with U.S. nuns for support of "radical feminist themes"
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The Vatican is angry with U.S. nuns for support of "radical feminist themes"

It was bound to happen eventually: the Vatican is taking major steps to discipline saucy, out-of-control American nuns for focusing their… Virginia Smith   |   04.19.2012   |   Comments (7)
Drinking at work is still popular, and nearing <em>Mad Men</em> levels
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Drinking at work is still popular, and nearing Mad Men levels

Getting blackout drunk at the office might sound like an old-timey work activity of a bygone era, but according to a new study, it's… Virginia Smith   |   04.18.2012   |   Comments (3)
Prom spending is now up to an average of $1,078, because people are crazy
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Prom spending is now up to an average of $1,078, because people are crazy

Kids these days. They may be getting less pregnant, but they're also dropping outrageous sums on their magical evenings of cardboard… Kristin Hunt   |   04.16.2012   |   Comments (11)
24-year old wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing Penn State scandal
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24-year old wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing Penn State scandal

Now that everyone's in recovery from last night's premiere of the much-heralded HBO series Girls, directed and co-created by and starring… EJ Dickson   |   04.16.2012   |   Comments (2)
Tennessee OKs law protecting creationism in public schools
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Tennessee OKs law protecting creationism in public schools

Tennessee has become the second state (after Louisiana) to pass a law protecting teachers who explore the "scientific strengths and and… Alex Heigl   |   04.13.2012   |   Comments (3)
Texas hospital refuses to hire fat people, cites elderly people's hatred of fatties
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Texas hospital refuses to hire fat people, cites elderly people's hatred of fatties

A Texas hospital is under fire for a new policy which requires potential employees to have a body mass index of under thirty-five. The hospital… Sean Morrow   |   04.5.2012   |   Comments (11)
Belvedere being sued by woman in controversial "Goes Down Smoothly" ad
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Belvedere being sued by woman in controversial "Goes Down Smoothly" ad

Apparently, even the people who are actually featured in Belvedere's rapey new ad think it's terrible. Alicyn Packard, the woman who… Virginia Smith   |   04.3.2012   |   Comments (1)
Students sell their faces as ad space to cover loan debt
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Students sell their faces as ad space to cover loan debt

Hey there, former student! Are you struggling under a tremendous amount of student-loan debt? Did you major in something that will never get you… James Brady Ryan   |   03.30.2012   |   Comments (1)
Woman suing McDonald's for turning her into a prostitute
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Woman suing McDonald's for turning her into a prostitute

We may have a winner in the frivolous-lawsuit game: Shelley Lynn (possibly her real name), a former-McDonald's-employee-turned-prostitute at… Jeff Mills   |   03.30.2012   |   Comments (1)
Lucky lady finds bread mold on her tampon, scares the living daylights out of every woman alive
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Lucky lady finds bread mold on her tampon, scares the living daylights out of every woman alive

There's a long list of things that totally suck about being a woman, including childbirth, menstruation, sexual double standards, and the… EJ Dickson   |   03.28.2012   |   Comments (10)
Starbucks uses crushed-up insects to color its drinks
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Starbucks uses crushed-up insects to color its drinks

There's nothing like a strawberry Frappuccino from Starbucks on a hot day! Unless you're a vegetarian. Or don't like drinking bugs… Stefan Sirucek   |   03.28.2012   |   Comments (12)
Pennsylvania church in trouble for mock-kidnapping youth group
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Pennsylvania church in trouble for mock-kidnapping youth group

A Pennsylvania church has found itself in a bit of hot water after staging a mock-kidnapping designed to prepare their young missionaries for… Jeff Mills   |   03.27.2012   |   Comments (1)
83-year-old woman suing Apple after smashing face on glass door
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83-year-old woman suing Apple after smashing face on glass door

Eighty-three-year-old Queens resident Evelyn Paswall, a former Manhattan fur-company VP, clearly wasn't familiar with the sleek design of… Jeff Mills   |   03.26.2012   |   Comments (20)