There are a lot of amazing mothers out there, but Detroit mother-of-five Erica Maison gives them all a run for their money (sorry, Mom!). When even well intended parents still project their own baggage about gender identity on their kids, Maison has been the biggest supporter of her daughter Corey’s transition. Corey, now 14-years-old, first realized […]
If you were really a fan of the Serial podcast, then your obsession with the Adnan Syed case didn’t end when Sarah Koenig signed off the air still unclear herself on Syed’s guilt or innocence. No, if you were truly gripped by the case of a high school senior who was convicted of killing his ex girlfriend in […]
No matter how much you ate over the holiday weekend, we’re betting it was not even close to the amount of food that Donna Simpson devoured. The New Jersey woman is angling to be the fattest woman in the world, and is on a quest to weigh a thousand pounds, so she had a lot […]
Some people will go to extreme lengths to get the perfect lighting, angle, and pose for a selfie, but none of that comes close to this Instagram photographer who scales buildings for her photos. Angela Nikolau, 23, travels the world taking terrifying photos on ledges of skyscrapers, sometimes in cute, model-esque poses and sometimes in skilled […]
I didn’t even know Michelle Pfeiffer had a daughter. But apparently she does. [Too Fab] On the other hand, we totally knew Jessica Simpson has a daughter. The mere sight of baby Maxwell inspires tears. At least that’s what Jessica says on Twitter. [Celebrity Baby Scoop] Happy Birthday, kid! Um, so, yeah, you can hire […]
Fun Reddit threat alert! Redditor Bhighkin put a call out to the former groupies of Reddit to share their NSFW sexcapdes with rock stars. What ensued were a bunch of unreliable, friend-of-a-friend, hookup stories-turned total Reddit fuckery featuring Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish, Chad Kroeger, John Mayer, Eddie Vedder, Harry Styles, DMX’s mom […]
Is Hollywood enabling the sexual abuse of child stars? According to at least one former child star, the answer is yes. In a (paywalled) interview with the Sunday Times, Elijah Wood claims that organized child abuse is common practice in the film industry, and that it is covered up by powerful industry figures. Best known for playing Frodo in Peter Jackson’s Lord […]
The most compelling part of celebrity culture is when these people decide that the best way to share their dubious “gift” of existing and being alive is to branch out into lifestyle brands. Why limit yourself to starring in movies and being photographed in yoga pants walking your dog when you can throw everything you […]
As I am generally quite sheltered from what my esteemed Editrix Amelia just called “the dark underbelly of racist country music,” I am just now finding out about the viral sensation that is Jamie Jones’ “Pissed Off Rednecks Like Me”–entirely because Amanda Marcotte just wrote a thing about it yesterday over on Raw Story. Apparently, it […]
