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New Fiction (and Film and Music): “Lola, California”

The amazing writer Edie Meidav (who also happens to be our friend and neighbor) is out today with a new novel: “Lola, California”, called “brilliant” and “awesome” by Publisher’s Weekly. Meidav is such a force of inspiration that art practically gets spontaneously generated in her wake: above is a beautifully haunting short film created by Snapdragon […]

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Blog Snog: Top 9 Celebrities Who Over-Share

photo via CollegeCandy CollegeCandy: Top 9 celebrities who over-share. YourTango: In praise of morning sex. MyDaily: Men with Hondas are husband material. TresSugar: Best homecoming kisses for U.S. soldiers. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Merging Madonna and whore. TheFrisky: Everything you need to know before getting inked.

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Love Letters to VS Naipal

A few weeks ago we apprised you of the ridiculous and offensive comments made by Nobel laureate and jackass VS Naipaul — basically that all women writers are ‘sentimental’ and ‘unequal to me’. There have been some great reactions to that old-fashioned fart’s blatant sexism. The latest is writer Joanne Elizabeth Valin’s new blog, Love Letters to VS Naipal: […]

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Blog Snog: A History of Mermaids in Pop Culture

CollegeCandy: How to make friends with benefits work. YourTango: Is low self-esteem hurting your relationship? MyDaily: Sexually insecure people are more likely to cheat. TresSugar: A history of mermaids in pop culture. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Cosmetic vagina surgery — what the fuck, y’all? TheFrisky: Being a lesbian isn’t “easier.”

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People of Walmart Song

It surpassed 2.5 million views on YouTube last week. Jessica Frech‘s original song and video set to images from PeopleOfWalmart.com is a prime lesson in successful self-promotion: take an Internet site that thrives on our love of laughing at people and pair it with a seriously catchy tune (seriously, don’t listen to it more than […]

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Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Now evil has a name: Manic pixie dream girl. Actually, the name was coined back in 2007 by the AV Club’s Nathan Rabin, but somehow we only just learned about it the other day. Back then, Rabin was panning Elizabethtown and used the term to describe Kirsten Dunst’s character, second in annoyingness only to Natalie […]

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Weiner Doll Is a Whole Lot More Fun Than Ken

It was only a matter of time before the Anthony Weiner dolls went on sale — his weirdly hair-free chest is practically begging for a Ken doll version. Enter HeroBuilders.com, home of the Obama Rambama doll and the Sarah Palin action figure, amongst others. They are currently selling two Weiner dolls, both clad in white gym […]

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Blog Snog: Cashing In Your V-Card

CollegeCandy: Cashing in your v-card. YourTango: How to find something special in adult toys. MyDaily: How lack of sleep can kill a man’s libido. TresSugar: 15 most memorable movie wedding scenes. EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Not all sex tapes are created equal. TheFrisky: When do you tell a guy sex is off the table?

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My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

Last week it was Awesome People Hanging Out Together; this week it’s My Daguerreotype Boyfriend (“Where Early Photography Meets Extreme Hotness”), which, officially or not, seems to be a subset of Fuck Yeah Victorians. So if your “type” existed in the wrong century or you had a really hot great grandpa, then this site is […]

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Blog Snog: Favorite On-Screen Bromances

CollegeCandy: 12 reasons men wish they were women YourTango: What happy couples have in common MyDaily: Why one woman is swearing off primping TresSugar: 5 romantic dates beyond dinner EdenFantasys’ Sexis: Favorite on-screen bromances TheFrisky: Worst Father’s Day Gift ever!

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Beyonce, Who Run the World? Not Girls.

Beyonce’s latest hit “Run the World” is a girl-power anthem, sort of: “Who run the world? Girls” over and over. Maybe it’s aspirational. Eh, probably not. We think this smart and harsh take by Vlogger “Nineteen Percent” is a better breakdown of the song: we don’t run the world, we do get disrespected, gypped at […]

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Blocking a Sex Tape Is Like Getting Toothpaste Back in the Tube

J.Lo in wax via Flickr We never thought we’d say this, but we feel kind of bad for Jennifer Lopez. Apparently she made a sex tape of sorts — there was no actual sex in it — with her ex-hubby on their honeymoon back in 1997, and now he’s shopping it around. J.Lo fought to […]

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New Word: Chweeting!

We’re very proud of ourselves for coming up with this one. With the whole Weiner scandal going on, we were discussing how there’s got to be something in between flirting and actual physical cheating. What Weiner did goes beyond mere flirting — even though it didn’t involve physical contact with anyone other than his wife, […]

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Can You Tell the Sex of an Author from a Paragraph, Like VS Naipaul?

In an interview at the Royal Geographic Society last week, during which Nobel laureate and jackass VS Naipaul idiotically suggested that women writers are ‘sentimental’ and ‘unequal to me’, he also claimed that ‘I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.’ […]

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Blog Snog: How Much Is Too Much PDA?

photo via CollegeCandy CollegeCandy: Dry humping in the ocean? How much is too much PDA this summer? YourTango: 50 best summer date ideas. MyDaily: So-called alpha women enjoy adultery as much as men do. TresSugar: When you catch your married boss sexting… EdenFantasys’ Sexis: The art of perineal massage…for women. TheFrisky: How not to respond when […]

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3D Porn? Yeah, We’ll Get Back to You On That

Last year Em found herself — don’t ask why — agreeing to see Jackass 3D on opening night in L.A. (On a date night, no less.) In what was either a moment of pure genius commentary on sex and technology — or else just plain jackassery — the movie featured a 3D dildo bazooka fight, […]