Remember when banned books were brilliant works of literature? Tropic of Capricorn, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lolita – just a few of the many books that have been denounced for their sexual content, then read by adolescents for that very reason. Great literature is a lot more interesting to 12 year olds when sex is involved. The [...]
Did President Barack Obama blow it by saying nothing about the death last week of the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch? Yes, he did, according to one apparently heartsick Beastie Boys fan, who took to the pages of the Washington Times on Sunday to eulogize Yauch and needle the president. Yauch, 47, died Friday of complications from [...]
Republicans, Get In My Vagina! from Kate Beckinsale So, this (also above) is really hilarious. If you haven’t already seen it, Kate Beckinsale, Judy Greer, and Andrea Savage describe just how much they want Republicans in their vaginas. The video cuts between the three women as they smile brightly from wealthy suburbia and say things like, [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
