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Hillary Clinton gave a notably political speech on Tuesday at the Professional Businesswomen of California’s annual conference in San Francisco. In addition to mentioning all our Chappaqua Woods memes, she stated, “There is no place I’d rather be than here with you, other than the White House.” While Clinton never mentioned Donald Trump by name,…
Forget your plans to name your child Wind Chime Butter Sorting Hat, because most places in the world actually have pretty specific rules regarding the creation of new surnames. Elizabeth Handy and Bilal Walk are a couple in Georgia whose name for their newborn girl was rejected by the state. According to the BBC, the…
Photos: Lionsgate/Disney Here’s a tale that’s actually as old as time: Sometimes boys kiss boys and sometimes girls kiss girls. The mainstream cultural regard of same-sex love and attraction has experienced the steepest of narrative arcs in the past 100 years, from an almost total lack of acknowledgement to villainization to pity to begrudging acceptance…
James Blunt was aptly named because he’s a straight-talking man who writes soulfully about weird drug experiences. I learned this from listening to James Blunt’s songs every time Verizon puts me on hold, but apparently not everyone has been so lucky! “Everyone goes, ‘Ah he’s so romantic. I want ‘You’re Beautiful’ as my wedding song,’”…
Most hiring managers expect you to ask about salary by the second interview, but if you do, they might turn that question around and ask you about your own salary history to get an idea of what you’re willing to take. Here’s why you shouldn’t share with them what you’ve made before. Telling your potential…
Conspiracy monger Alex Jones has finally admitted that he might have fucked up when he promoted the idea of Pizzagate, some truly bizarre and ultimately destructive claptrap rooted in the idea that a D.C. pizza parlor was doubling as the site of a child sex-trafficking ring led by Hillary Clinton and campaign chairman John Podesta….
Despite recent articles indicating that Huma Abedin was finally moving on, in body as well as spirit, from her politically disgraced (but still horny) husband, Anthony Weiner, The New York Post reported on Saturday that she is, in fact, taking him back. A source close to the Abedin family told the Post, “Huma has been…
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the state of Arkansas intends to execute eight incarcerated people over a span of 10 days in April. The pace of Arkansas’ executions has been kicked into unprecedented (at least in recent U.S. history) high gear due to a looming expiration date for one of the…
Image via AP. A survey from the University of Texas at Austin found that fifteen percent of all undergraduate female students said they’ve been raped, the Dallas Morning News reports. To wit, the survey found that one in seven students said they were “raped, either through force, threat of force, incapacitation or other forms of…
Image via Albert Whitman & Company A North Carolina school district was going to use a book about a boy who wears dresses as part of its first grade curriculum on bullying. Wouldn’t that have been nice! Instead, school administrators pulled the book, called Jacob’s New Dress, following complaints from teachers and eventually, lawmakers. The…