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The Fountain Of Youth Is Bacon, Says 105-Year-Old Woman

Ami AngelowiczMay 12, 2013 //

Get greased up like a carnival pig. Read More »

Oldest Virgins

These are the oldest virgins in the world. 9 Photos »

Be My BF: Bacon Guy

This dude ate a burger with 1,050 pieces of bacon. Watch »

Bacon Miracles

"I love bacon, I eat it every day."

According to 105-year-old Texas grandmother Pearl Cantrell, the thing we should all be doing to stay alive forever is eating bacon. That’s what’s kept Pearl going strong. She loves bacon so much that she eats it every day. Because of her dedication to cured meat, the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile showed up on Pearl’s doorstep with a crap ton of bacon and a ticket to ride. I don’t know what more there is for a bacon enthusiast to experience in life once they’ve taken a ride in the Weinermobile.

Sadly, I suspect that bacon may not be as beneficial to the rest of us as it has been for Pearl. Rumor is that it clogs your arteries and stuff. [Huffington Post]

Minnesota’s Rep. Peggy Scott Says “My Heart Breaks” Over Marriage Equality Win

Jessica WakemanMay 10, 2013 //

Minnesota’s state House has advanced a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage … [Feminist.org]
… which has one Minnesota Republican named Rep. Peggy Scott very upset. “My heart breaks for Minnesota,” she said. Deal with it. [Raw Story]
Microsoft has named Amy Hood as its first-ever female CFO. [The Daily Beast]
Here’s how to participate in a national call-in for Kiera Wilmot, the teen girl in Florida who was expelled, arrested and charged with a felony all for a science project gone wrong. [Crunk Feminist Collective]
ABC News producer Dawn Ennis has come out to her colleagues as transgender, asking now to be referred to as “Dawn” instead of “Don,” and henceforth dressing in her gender at the office. [Cosmopolitan] Keep reading »

Fat Fetish Model Consumes 5,000 Calories A Day To Achieve Her Dream

Jessica WakemanMay 10, 2013 //

Men Who Like Fat Women

On men who are fat enthusiasts. Read More »

He Told Me To Lose Weight

When he told me to lose weight, I got rid of him. Read More »

Plus-Size Models

Vogue Italia features three plus-size cover models. Read More »

Everyone has a dream. Snoop Lion wanted to be a pimp when he grew up. And 23-year-old Tammy Jung wants to hit 420 lbs. so she can be a high-roller fat fetish model.

Jung has been eating 5,000 calories a day in the hopes she’ll pack on the roughly 40 extra pounds she needs. How much is 5,000 calories? Well, a woman of her size should be eating about 1,800 to maintain an average weight; Olympic athletes burn roughly 5,000 calories in a five-hour long workout. And like Olympic athletes, she’s consuming amounts of food it gives other people a stomach ache just to think about — like, say, funneling milk shakes down her throat. She can eat whole boxes of donuts, buckets of fried chicken, or “a few burgers” in one sitting. Her boyfriend Johan is called a “feeder,” meaning that he gets off on feeding Jung so she grows in size. And so do the people online — fat enthusiasts — who watch her gorging herself online and make requests for what she should eat in videos. Doing this, she earns roughly $1,500 a month. The larger she is, apparently, the more she can earn. Keep reading »

Can You Really Reverse Gender Stereotypes In Media?

Julie GersteinMay 10, 2013 //

Pretty ridiculous, hey?

A women’s studies class at the University of Saskatchewan made this provocative video which questions commonly perpetuated stereotypes about gender in media. Pointing out that women are often in a subjugated position — turned into objects themselves, along with whatever object they’re supposedly selling, placed in prone, sexually provocative poses — the video connects violent images in the media with their real-life consequences. From the beginning of advertising, there have been ads that have capitalized on female sexuality, gender stereotypes and violence against women. (Seriously, some of these ads would make even Pete Campbell blush.) While it’s tough to say just how much advertising is responsible, it’s pretty clear that violence against women is rampant and more women than ever are going to extreme lengths to pursue a “perfect” body. And even men are not immune — as the video notes, media images have been linked to a recent increase in depression among men, too. Keep reading »

Chicago Airport Hires Herd Of Goats To Mow The Lawn

Winona Dimeo-EdigerMay 10, 2013 //

Goat Thief

Letter to whoever stole a goat from a petting zoo and took it to the bar. Read More »

Lambs In Sweaters

Oh. My. God. Read More »

Goat Pushes Goat

A goat pushes another goat in a wagon. Watch »

Following in the steps of Paris’ lawn-mowing sheep, Chicago O’Hare recently announced a two-year plan to hire a herd of goats to keep grass trimmed on airport grounds. The adorable (and eco-friendly!) goat grounds crew will be able to access areas that are hard for landscaping machinery to get to, and happily chow down on invasive plants and weeds. Other airports have successfully used goats and sheep to maintain their green spaces, and O’Hare spokesperson Karen Pride says the new goat employees align with Chicago’s greater goal to be the most sustainable airport in the country. The bad news? Passengers probably won’t get to admire the goats. “It might be possible upon approach or take off to see the goats, but unlikely,” says Pride. Well, I think it’s still worth a trip to Chicago to find out for sure. [NBC]

Today In Florida: Beaver Tacos Are OK, Lion Tacos Are Not

Ami AngelowiczMay 10, 2013 //

Taco Hell

Man handcuffed himself to a woman at Taco Bell. Read More »

White Lion Cubs

OMG. That's cute. Watch »

Be My BF: Taco Cop

This guy got arrested for giving a cop tacos instead of his ID. Read More »

Lion Taco, Anyone?

Really now, what would you do with yourself if I wasn’t around to tell you about the goings on in my favorite state, Florida? You’d be lost, I know. Yesterday, I told you about a woman who cut her boyfriend for cutting the cheese. Today, the big Florida news involves exotic meat tacos.

At Tampa’s Taco Fusion restaurant, you can enjoy a beaver, camel, otter or even lion taco for $35 a piece — the price of 11 regular tacos.

I’m sure you’re wondering what the issue is. That you spend an entire paycheck trying to get full? Yes, that’s a problem. But an even bigger problem is that lions are being reviewed for the endangered species list, which has some customers concerned that it’s unethical and possibly illegal to serve the lion tacos. Keep reading »

Filomena “Phyllis” Tobias: What You Need To Know About The Crazy Miami Heat Fan Who Flipped Off Joakim Noah

Julie GersteinMay 10, 2013 //

7 Thwarted Murders

7 thwarted celebrity murder plots! 7 Photos »

Premeditated Murder

Olympian Oscar Pistorius accused of murdering model girlfriend. Read More »

Kasandra Perkins Murder

NFL player Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself. Read More »

Did you guys see this crazy picture of rabid Miami Heat fan Filomena “Phyllis” Tobias flipping off Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah? It’s pretty crazy, right? Well not nearly as crazy as Phyllis’s back story. See, in 2008, she was accused of murdering her husband.

Keep reading »

Poster Calls For Schools To Stop Shaming Girls For Wearing Shorts And Skirts

Julie GersteinMay 10, 2013 //

On Slutshaming

It's about controlling women through guilt and shame. Read More »

Slutshaming McCain

Don't call Meghan McCain a "slut." Read More »

Jenna Marbles Slut Shames

On Jenna Marbles' "Things I Don't Understand About Sluts" video. Read More »

Frisky Rant: Slut-Shaming

Frisky Rant: slut shaming doesn't have a silver lining. Read More »

Every spring at my high school, as girls would start showing up to school dressed in shorts and skirts, the school administration would busy itself trying to regulate and police what female students were wearing. Shorts and skirts had to be of a certain length or you’d be sent to the nurse’s office and told to wear a pair of school-issued sweatpants. Boys’ clothing offenses typically had to do with T-shirt ,logans which they were forced to wear inside out. But girls’ clothing — the length, the cut and even the fabric — was regulated under the guise of female bodies being “distracting.” The above poster was put up in a high school recently (we’re trying to figure out which one), featuring a saying that’s been floating around Tumblr lately: Keep reading »

Woman Found Alive In Bangladesh Factory Collapse After 17 Days In Rubble

Julie GersteinMay 10, 2013 //

Forever 21 & Sweatshops

Forever 21 is in hot water over using sweatshops. Read More »

Compassionate Fashion

Sustainable fashion from Karen Kane. Read More »

Fast Fashion

What's wrong with Forever 21. Read More »

On April 24, a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. On Thursday, 17 days after the five-story building fell to the ground, a final survivor was discovered. Reshma Begum, a seamstress at Rana Plaza, was pulled from the rubble, after rescue crews heard her banging on a pipe. “I heard the sound and rushed towards the spot. I knelt down and heard a faint voice. Sir, please help me, she cried,” said Abdur Razzaq, an army sergeant who was involved in the rescue.

Workers furiously worked to remove debris from the area, and 40 minutes after Razza first heard Begum’s voice, she’d been freed. Dehydrated and missing clumps of hair, but otherwise in good health, Begum said she’d survived by scavenging for food in the rucksacks of dead colleagues. What were the conditions like for Begum? On a typical April day in Bangladesh the weather is around 95 degrees, with 80 percent humidity. Keep reading »

Today In Things That Actually Exist: The Steering Wheel Desk

Winona Dimeo-EdigerMay 10, 2013 //

Be My BF: Mobile Office

He built the most epic mobile office. Read More »

Topless Driver

You see, officer, I could not pull over because I was topless. Read More »

Dumb Beauty Products

These beauty products are weird and dumb. 10 Photos »

This won't end well.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Wheelmate steering wheel desk. According to the product description, the Wheelmate is “light enough to carry, but sturdy enough to support a notepad, lunch, or even a laptop.” In the very last sentence, the company cautions against using the product while driving (apparently it’s made for parking lot lunch enthusiasts), but it’s hard to imagine that every tech-addicted workaholic will heed that suggestion. Luckily the product has already been skewered by Amazon reviewers with their trademark brand of sarcasm and satire. “Now I can drive my children to soccer practice without having to choose between their safety and my coke habit,” says one. Another appreciates the Wheelmate’s efficiency: “All the things I can get done while driving – a perfect way to use otherwise wasted time!” There are over 900 more (mostly bogus) reviews where that came from. If you have some free time today, I highly recommend scrolling through. But please pull over first. [Amazon]