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13 Throw Pillows That Are Total Animals In Bed

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Pug, $85.99, ModCloth

Stuck with a roommate who’s got sucky animal allergies? I feel for you—and so do all the designers who make trés adorable throw pillows shaped like the cutest critters in the animal kingdom. Besides, how else could you get the chance to cuddle up with a lobster?

Girl Talk: Is It Evil To Talk A Friend Out Of Getting Married?

If you thought your friend was about to make a mistake—say, buy a computer that gets a ton of viruses or stay in a really dodgy hostel in Rome—you’d try to convince them to do something different, right? Well, I feel a little guilty because I have a friend who might be making a mistake by getting married this summer and I tried to talk him out of it. Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Roman Polanski Isn’t So Into This “Jail” Thing

  • Filmmaker Roman Polanski has been denied a request to be released from jail after Swiss officials busted him in Zurich over a week ago for a 1977 incident in which he gave a 13-year-old girl drugs and alcohol and then raped her. Polanski served 42 days in jail for the rape, but had been living abroad since 1978, when he fled the country on the day he was scheduled to be sentenced for additional time. [Fox News]
  • The mother of a convicted rapist might be headed to jail after she used her position as a social service worker to find damaging info about her son’s victim. Victoria Munson of Johnstown, NY allegedly performed dozens of illegal computer searches on social service and motor vehicle databases looking for dirt on the woman her 25-year-old son raped. [NY Daily News]—Because having sped through a red light once means you had it coming when you were raped.
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    Quick Pic: Robert Pattinson Rebels Without A Cause

    Robert Pattinson does his best James Dean impression on the cover of AnOther Man magazine.
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    Crave: Polka Dot Bra Cami (With Garters)

    Any lingerie with garter straps becomes sexier in multiples. Luckily, a sex kitten like you doesn’t need to curl up to sleep in the poorhouse! Make your man’s tongue hit the floor with this Forever 21 polka dot onesie with satin-y bows and ruffles that you’ve snapped to your foxiest thigh-highs. It’s sweet and sexy, which is hard to pull off! And hey, no one has to know you’re wearing cheap lingerie … unless you want them to. [$17.80, Forever 21] Keep reading »

    (Another) Quote Of The Day: “Precious” Star Gabby Sidibe Has Always Been Awesome

    “[The media] try to paint the picture that I was this downtrodden, ugly girl who was unpopular in school and in life, and then I got this role and now I’m awesome. But the truth is that I’ve been awesome, and then I got this role.”

    —”Precious” star Gabby Sidibe in New York magazine [via Feministing] Keep reading »

    The Halloween Inspiration Board: Coco Chanel

    Itching to dress up like a style dah-ling this Halloween? Dear old kooky Karl Lagerfeld is the obvious choice, but who wants to be obvious on arguably the most important fashion day of the year? Trust me: heads will turn if you arrive at your Halloween fete dressed as classic Coco herself. We prefer the older, established Coco Chanel, whom we imagine left a trail of heaven-sent No. 5 perfume in her wake, so we looked to Shirley MacLaine, star of Lifetime’s “Coco Chanel,” for inspiration. Keep reading »

    Girl Talk: When In A Relationship Do You “Let Yourself Go”?

    My plane landed after midnight last night. I could use about six more hours of sleep, and I’m not sure where, exactly, I stashed my hairbrush or my deodorant. Maybe I took a bath two days ago, but I honestly don’t remember. In any case, I haven’t shaved my legs and armpits for a week and my werewolf-ian brows need a good, thorough tweezing. But no matter! I’ve got on my leopard-print leggings and a hot pink t-shirt to, uh, deflect attention from all that.

    I wouldn’t go into the office looking like this. Hell, I wouldn’t leave my apartment looking like this. So why is my boyfriend—the person I regularly depend on for oral sex and foot rubs—sitting just 10 feet away from me? Because I have gotten comfortable in our relationship. Perhaps too comfortable. Keep reading »

    Today’s Lady News: Egypt Wants To Ban A $30 Fake Virginity Kit

    • Egyptian lawmakers have called for a ban on importing the Artificial Virginity Hymen kit from China, a $30 kit that leaks a blood-like substance when inserted and broken, allowing women to fool men into thinking that they’re virgins. [Fox News]—Hmm, how about a ban on the degrading notion that a woman is only valuable if she hasn’t had sex before? Just a thought!
    • President Obama included “same sex couples” in a speech last week when he declared Sept. 28 “Family Day,” but some gay activists say they’re not impressed and want him to be a stronger advocate for LGBT families. [L.A. Times]

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    Maya Angelou Would Like To Remind You She’s Not Dead


    You’d best believe I’d be pissy if I’d wasted my weekend fielding phone calls from frantic friends and family who thought I was dead! But leave it to Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, to be as polite as can be responding to rumors that she’s kicked the bucket. The very-much-alive 81-year-old poet says the rumors “based on an erroneous account” that she’s been hospitalized and headed to the Pearly Gates are a “burden,” especially after her young grandson called her in hysterics. Miss Class Act, though, looks genuinely concerned for the mortal soul of whoever’s spreading this nasty gossip. “I feel sorry for a person who only has that much of life,” she said. “You should be living your own life, not talking about someone else’s death!”

    Methinks Ms. Angelou hasn’t taken her head out of a poetry book in the past 10 years long enough to notice rumor-mongering about celeb deaths is a far more popular pastime than, saying, reading poetry. But really, people, she’s lived a hard life. Let the lady grow old in peace! Keep reading »