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Hadiya Pendleton, 15, Performed At Obama’s Inauguration And Was Killed By Gun Violence Yesterday

Jessica WakemanJanuary 30, 2013 //
hadiya pendleton

This is disgraceful: a 15-year-old Chicago high school sophomore named Hadiya Pendleton died yesterday in a park where she was murdered as a bystander to gang violence. Less than two weeks prior, Hadiya and her classmates performed in Washington, D.C., for President Obama’s Inauguration ceremony. The Chicago Tribune reports that Hadiya and other students from King College Prep School (one of the top prep schools in the city), were dismissed from class early on Tuesday and so they went to hang out in a park. A gang war broke out and Hadiya, a majorette and volleyball player, was caught in the fray. In addition to her death, a 16-year-old male classmate was also injured and is in serious condition. [Think Progress]

One Damn Good Reason To Plan An Impromptu Trip To Chicago…

Rachel KrauseApril 8, 2012 //
Missoni Condos
For just $82,000, you can live in a condo designed by Missoni. Read More »
Stay in a chocolate hotel!
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Yep, you can eat the furniture. Read More »
IKEA House
Now you can live in a scene from 500 Days of Summer. Read More »

Okay, so it may not be an entire Missoni-designed condominium tower, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t impressive: renowned Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta was given carte blanche to design a 1,400-square-foot suite in Chicago’s Park Hyatt Hotel. The Lake Suite by Bottega Veneta boasts a master bedroom, separate living and dining areas, a kitchen, an office, and two bathrooms, all decorated in their trademark understated, unfussy luxury. Of course, the room wouldn’t be complete without touches of the brand’s signature woven leather, which embellishes the furniture drawn from their home collection. The press release states that the “warm and light” palette is composed of signature Bottega Veneta neutrals, “like pergamena and noce.” Pergamena and noce! Imagine that. [Refinery29, Park Hyatt Chicago]

Update: Jason Segel Fan Gets Her Dream Date

Julie GersteinJanuary 10, 2012 //
Jason Segel Karaokes
Along with his buddy, Jim Krasinski. Read More »
Jason Segel's Proposal?
Chelsea Gill asks Jason Segel out on a date -- via YouTube. Watch »
Guys To Date
Here are 18 guys you should give a shot in 2012. Read More »

Last week we told you about Chelsea Gill, the perky girl who wrote her main celeb crush Jason Segel an adorable ditty and posted it on YouTube. Gill asked Segel out on a date — just a drink or coffee, she suggested. And amazingly, her online plea worked! Segel invited the Chicago-based Gill to attend the Chicago Film Critic Awards with him — and she could bring her best friend and identical twin sister along, too.

So what was Segel really like?

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18-Year-Old Woman Raped & Beaten By As Many As 6 Men In Chicago

Jessica WakemanJanuary 3, 2012 //

An 18-year-old woman was raped and beaten by as many as six men on New Year’s Eve in Chicago. The young woman, described by the Chicago Sun-Times as a Highland Park High School senior from the suburbs, went to a concert by British DJ “Rusko” at the Congress Theater and was turned away because she had no ID. Security cameras caught the woman inside a Mexican restaurant walking away with six young men. The woman was found naked, beaten and bleeding at 9:30 p.m. that night. On Sunday morning, she was listed in critical condition and in a coma. Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Chicago-Area Campus Sex Assaults Rarely Prosecuted

Jessica WakemanDecember 6, 2011 //
Today's Lady News
  • Campus sexual assaults are rarely prosecuted as felonies at Chicago schools, according to a depressing piece in the Chicago Tribune. Many sexual assaults that police agree are rapes are prosecuted as misdemeanor battery charges, allegedly because they are easier to prosecute. [Chicago Tribune]
  • Texas Governor Rick Perry is decrying President Obama’s international promotion of gay butt sex. What, you didn’t know that the president promotes gay butt sex in other countries? WELL HE DOES. [Think Progress]
  • Blogger Sady Doyle on the new feminist genre the “lady loser comedy,” where ladies like Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids” and Charlize Theron in “Young Adult” are allowed to be not perfect. [In These Times]
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Ladies, You Could Be Aborting The Next First Black President

Jessica WakemanMarch 28, 2011 //
Women Misled About Abortion
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San Fransisco smacked CPCs for misleading women about abortion. Read More »

Guilt-inducing anti-abortion tactics know no bounds. A Life Always billboard in Chicago being unveiled tomorrow will depict Barack Obama‘s face and the warning, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.” Ladies, carry to term the pregnancy you don’t want/can’t afford/will be irreparably harmed by because your future child might be the next president! (No doubt this ad is trying to appeal to black women, whom are relentlessly targeted with billboards claiming abortion is some kind of black genocide perpetuated by pro-choice racists, or something.) Alas, by that rock solid logic, you could also be aborting the next Adolf Hitler. Or Josef Stalin. Or Pol Pot. Or Trujillo. Or … well, you get the idea. [Huffington Post] Keep reading »

Attn, Chicago: Topshop Moves To Chi-Town!

Leonora EpsteinSeptember 28, 2010 //

There’s good news for Chicagoans today! Word has it that Topshop will move into a Michigan Avenue location this spring. Americans have gone crazy for the fashionable British import ever since it set up shop in New York City’s Soho neighborhood in ’09. With its second U.S. location in Chicago, we wonder if we can expect to see a Topshop takeover in all our major capitals? If that’s the case, we’d definitely be down with a British invasion. [Daily Mail] Keep reading »

Chicago Loses The Olympics

Wendy AtterberryOctober 2, 2009 //

Not even President and Michelle Obama, nor Oprah herself, could seal the Olympic deal for Chicago. Chitown’s biggest powerhouses flew to Copenhagen this week to lobby for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Games, but the second city lost the bid today in the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee. Tokyo lost in the next round, and in the final round the IOC selected Rio de Janeiro over Madrid to host the games. This will be the first time a South American city will host the Olympics. Brazil was a favorite to win the games — mostly because every other country has hosted before — but there was an audible gasp in the voting room when it was announced that Chicago lost in the first round. Still, I know many Chicagoans will be relieved by the results — there was a big fear of increased taxes if their city won the bid — and I for one can’t wait to watch all those hot Brazilian boys in the stands when the Olympics take over their country. [via WashingtonPost.com] Keep reading »

The Daily Squeeze: Adoption, Melons, Beer, And Bike Seats

Catherine StrawnAugust 8, 2008 //
  • Men 18 to 44 are more than twice as likely than women in that age group to have adopted a child. [LiveScience]

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    Frisky Chatter: Dish From The Frisky Forums

    The FriskyMay 30, 2008 //

    If you don’t have tickets to see THAT MOVIE this weekend (either because you don’t care or because it’s sold out, like, everywhere) take the time to do something far more worthwhile with your weekend — chit-chat on our forums!

  • Oh just get it out of your system, already — what are the most memorable SATC scenes?
  • Manfunk1 wants to know how to get revenge on a total d-bag — hook her up with some cruel and unusual suggestions!
  • Got any great date restaurant suggestions in the Windy City?
  • Charlie Sheen isn’t available — whose sperm would you like to keep on ice?
  • Don’t forget, Astrosexologist Extraordinaire Kiki T is always waiting to take your sex and love questions — she’ll answer them through the magical connective power she has with the celestial gods, or something.

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