Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and right smack in the middle of National Offend a Feminist Week. I'm both offended and not teen pregnant. Coincidence?
I've always said that the best way to prevent teen pregnancy is to turn 20, am I right? But for those still stuck in their 13-to-19s, the [...]
* New Columbia Heights reports on a rash of violence that hit an underground Petworth brothel this month. According to an Examiner piece on one incident, wherein a robber lost his thumb to a machete-wielding victim after trying to lift cash from the bordello and gambling house. Earlier, two men were shot inside the brothel, [...]
* Best Week Ever has the silliest of silly pet costumes (Cheerleader Dog, pictured). Personal favorite: Redneck Dog with fake foam beer belly.
* Julia Lapidos for Slate informs readers of how to follow Joe Biden's advice to "gird your loins." (Hint: This plan does not incorporate your genitals). Learn more in "Loin-Girding 101."
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Don't enough beautiful young people support Barack Obama? That's like his thing, right? I do not know because I am too old to play a young person on national television. So don't take my word for it—take it from real-life fake young people Blake Lively (20) and Penn Badgley (22), whom you I may recognize [...]
* Juicy Campus has hit George Washington University. How do G.W. gossips compare to Georgetown's finest? So far, Juciy Campus' G.W. page seems to have a lot more nonsense on it. That's a good thing, writes Travis of G.W. student blog The Colonialist: "I spent the weekend surfing the site a lot, putting up things [...]
Great jokers or greatest jokers?: Georgetown University students Sean Baumann and Tom Hutton play with Juicy Campus' conventions.
Last week, Georgetown University student newspaper The Hoya slammed a new arrival on campus. “[A] dangerous and undesired element,” sniffed the editorial; “a cancer to our community.”
What was the offending newcomer? A discriminatory professor? A crackdown on [...]
I'm torn.
The press release, which made its way into my inbox earlier today, began on a high note. "Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence With Marshall's," read the e-mail, before taking a quick turn for the worse: ". . . IN THE SEASON’S HOTTEST SHOES."
I want nothing more than to take a stand against domestic [...]
