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Mexico Provides Female-Only Taxi Service

Picture the following scenario: it’s past midnight, and you’re ready to call it a night. Your options for getting home: take public transportation and put yourself at risk in the deserted subway, or hail a cab. So you wait for a taxi while avoiding eye contact and cat calls from sketchy dudes. When one comes, you finally relax in a safe zone. Until the cab driver starts heckling you as well. C’mon, people! Can’t a girl get a break?! Keep reading »

“Magic Mint” The New New Drug Of Choice

Oh, oh it’s magic. Salvia divinorum or “Magic Mint” is the newest fad to hit the drug market. “Magic Mint” is a powerful hallucinogen used in Mexican Indian villages by Mazatec medicine men, but over the past few years, the plant has gone from holistic healthcare to high time for over 1.8 million Americans.
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Cinco de Mayo Shout Out: Five Things We Love About Mexico

Mexico isn’t doing so hot these days. Not only does the country have an out of control drug cartel problem, now there’s this whole swine flu thing, which many people in the world are calling “Mexican flu.” Tourism to Mexico has all but shut down in the past week, and their economy is reeling. But it’s Cinco de Mayo. Holler! In honor of the holiday, after the jump, we countdown the top five things we love about Mexico. Keep reading »

Playboy Finds Religion, Apologizes

Holy Mother of God! The December issue of Playboy Mexico features what appears to be a sexy homage to the Virgin Mary, created to coincide with the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. In spite of the controversy the cover has caused, Playboy Mexico publisher Raul Sayrols refuses to apologize, asserting, “The image is not and never was intended to portray the Virgin of Guadalupe or any other religious figure. The intent was to reflect a Renaissance-like mood on the cover.” In that case, maybe the title shouldn’t have read: “We adore you, Mary!” In America, Playboy Inc. suggests a line may have been crossed, designating the shot the act of a vigilante licensee in Mexico, and offering an apology for the sins of their franchise. [Reuters] Keep reading »

Quick Pic: Lindsay Lohan & Sam Ronson Take Their Love South Of The Border

The rumored-to-be-engaged pair had fun splashing around the ocean in Mexico — is it strange that we always pegged Sam to be a tankini kind of girl? [Los Cabos, Mexico, 10/1/08] Keep reading »

Mexico’s Sex Fair

Mexico City just held its 2008 Sex & Entertainment Fair, which isn’t all that exciting in itself– we have sex-industry trade shows galore in the U.S. — however, three out of every four Mexican citizens are also Roman Catholic. Not sure how religious figures feel about dildos and such. The fair debuted in 2004, and the number of attendees has more than doubled since then. Of the 117,000 people at this year’s show, which features 300,000 feet of lubricants, sex toys, and lingerie, 45 percent were women. Of course, there are detractors who believe the fair promotes promiscuity, but not that many people can be against it, as the fair pulled in almost $1 million in profits for the company which owns it. [Portfolio] Keep reading »

Star Couplings: Clooney And His Geef Win Us Over

  • Sigh. We gotta admit, George Clooney and his 28-year old girlfriend, Sarah Larson, are kind of cute. [Us Weekly]
  • In Touch claims that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s fights on The Hills are totally fake. Does that mean she’s not a feminist hero anymore? [Perez Hilton
  • Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are on vacay with her kids in Cabo San Lucas. Mmm, Mexico. Jealous. [Pop Sugar]
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