Culture
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Parents Continue to Fight Sexting, Avoid Real Issue
By: Jessica Pauline Ogilvie | Comment | Jul 29, 9:27pm ETJust like any other kind of sexually explicit behavior involving teens, sexting has parents and other kinds of adults in a total uproar. It’s an uproar that I’d say has been pretty steady since the trend was first discovered several years ago. Now, in what seems like it could be … More
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Ellen DeGeneres Calls Scene on American Idol
By: Jessica Pauline Ogilvie | Comment | Jul 29, 8:44pm ETEllen DeGeneres, she of the “I loved it. You’re great.” pointers throughout last season’s American Idol, is peacing out after her brief stint as a judge of the show. And frankly, it’s not a moment too soon.
Listen, I like Ellen. What’s not to like? She’s funny, she dances, she asks … More -

Random Photo: Even the Virgin Mary Wears Louis Vuitton Logos
By: Lilit Marcus | Comment | Jul 29, 1:36pm ETItalian artist Francesco De Molfetta has created this installation of a Virgin Mary bedecked in LV logos. The piece, currently on display at the Isola del Gran Sasso in Abruzzo, is supposed to represent “a society based on the cult of appearance through the use of a brand that represents … More
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There Is A Great Gatsby Video Game (But It's Not That Good)
By: Jennifer Wright | Comment | Jul 29, 1:00pm ETWhen I heard there was a Great Gatsby video game, I couldn’t wait to try it out. Super exciting, right!? I wondered if they would have choices like “Play Nick Carraway with homoerotic subtext” or “play Nick Carraway without homoerotic subtext.” Obviously, at some point I would get to run … More
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Random Photo: Miss Australia Embraces Her Tacky Side
By: Lilit Marcus | Comment | Jul 29, 10:40am ETMy favorite part of the Miss Universe pageant is when each beauty queen comes out in some outfit that is supposed to be reflective of their country’s history. Invariably, Miss America has to wear some kind of skankified Revolutionary War-era thing with giant stars and stripes and a hoopskirt, and … More
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Is it Humanly Possible to Feel Bad For Teresa Giudice?
By: Jessica Pauline Ogilvie | 1 Comment | Jul 28, 9:12pm ETBy now, we all know that the Giudices (as in, Teresa and Joe of “Real Housewives of New Jersey”) are fucked. Foreclosure, bankruptcy, auctioned off possessions. Major bummer. She even makes the heartstrings-pulling statement on her blog that, “We worked so hard for so many years and it was heartbreaking … More
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Video: No One Asks to Be Raped.
By: Jessica Pauline Ogilvie | 3 Comments | Jul 28, 8:34pm ETThis PSA out of Scotland is something we don’t see every day — nay, it’s something we hardly see at all. Taking on the notion that women “ask” to be raped by the way they dress, it aims slightly above the lowest common denominator and refreshingly assumes that people will … More
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'The Real Housewives of New Jersey': You Got Served
By: Jessica Pauline Ogilvie | 1 Comment | Jul 28, 8:16pm ETAnd so it goes in Franklin Lakes, that when one woman pulls out another woman’s hair extensions, she will be smacked upside the head by the long arm of the law. Ashley, welcome to womanhood.
Last week, we found out that Danielle was pressing charges against Ashley following the throwdown at … More -
Gallery: Crazy Liberals Launch Smear Campaign Against The Pope
By: Julia Friedman | 2 Comments | Jul 28, 4:14pm ET
