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American Apparel wants transgender models…but only if they’re hot
Dov Charney, American Apparel’s slimy Lycra-clad chief officer, is back. This time, he’s “legalizing” the transgender and transsexual community. Charney and his L.A.-based chain, known for its racy...
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After Trayvon: The wild world of George Zimmerman as a free man
George Zimmerman isn’t exactly keeping his head down. After a jury found him not guilty of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman has spent the past month as a free man doing exactly what he...
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“Sexism,”“sluts” and Sacramento: Free-STD tests for women-only trigger firestorm
Sacramento is burning. Reported cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the sunny California county are the highest in the state, third highest in the nation, and officials are flailing about awkwardly,...
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Cold war of words erupts between Moscow’s top LGBT activist and NYC’s gay...
It’s not quite Nikita Khrushchev versus Dwight Eisenhower. It’s not quite Rocky Balboa versus Ivan Drago. It’s not even Michelle Kwan versus Irina Slutskaya. But an online spat between Russia’s leading...
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Femen battles controversy over man’s claim that he founded the topless...
Was Femen, the vociferous, bare-chested Ukrainian feminist protest group that stands as a middle finger in the face of patriarchy, founded by a man? A man who just wanted to meet women, and who...
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How Ted Cruz savages Obamacare with tangled tweets, mixed metaphors and no...
Life is a search for salvation. Some find it through feeding the hungry or healing the sick. Others run marathons, hug trees or attend raves. Ted Cruz tweets thundering denunciations of President...
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Mike Tyson is a gaffe-prone social media champion…in China
In Chinese social media circles, at least, Mike Tyson is a real heavyweight. The retired boxing legend, whose fight for sobriety has made him a talk-show fixture in the U.S., joined Chinese social...
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From Kanye West to Bashar al-Assad, a brief history of Hitler name-calling
The H word. Hitler! It’s the ultimate insult, synonymous with evil—an exaggerated obloquy hurled at a variety of people, sometimes semi-deservedly (perhaps), but sometimes somewhat hyperbolically....
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China’s prisoners for hire: Is that you, Bo Xilai?
It’s pretty clear that Bo Xilai, a former rising star of China’s Communist Party, will receive a hefty prison term when he is sentenced next week. After all, he was convicted of taking bribes worth...
View ArticleThe oil game: How e-cigarettes have become stoners’ new best friend
The media won’t shut up about e-cigarettes. Tobacco companies have giddily returned to the ways of the Mad Men era. Usage is up among teens, and the health effects, especially in the long term, are...
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Photos: How the civil war has pounded Syria’s glittering treasures into rubble
Let’s take a tour of Syria—in ruins. For more than two years, a civil war has rocked the country with missiles, cluster bombs and now reportedly chemical weapons, killing more than 110,000 people and...
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Pole vaulting in hazmat suits and other potential glitches with the Tokyo...
As a famous Japanese manga weirdly predicted about 30 years ago, Tokyo won the honor of hosting the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on Saturday, beating out Madrid and Istanbul. It was...
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“Only the Syrian people will lose.” Refugees see grim aftermath of possible...
As Congress decides whether or not to bomb Syria, the voices of those who will be most affected by an American airstrike have received little attention. They’ve been lost amid the Sunday network hubbub...
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Who’s afraid of the National Security Agency?
Everyone thinks they know by now what the National Security Agency has been doing. Unfortunately, not many folks care enough to learn about the facts, particularly those that contradict their fully...
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Photos: The ancient art of pigeon breeding—a great way to relieve stress in...
Perched high above the streets of Cairo, burdened by economic, political and social struggle, some men and boys rely on an ancient hobby as their escape. References to pigeon husbandry, both for sport...
View ArticleTwo dogs, a smashed iPad and millions of dollars: Inside the Zimmerman...
George Zimmerman seemed high on freedom after his not guilty verdict in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, touring the gun factory where his weapon was made and posing for pictures. But then his...
View ArticleFrom Russia with love: In plea “directly to the American people,” Putin pokes...
Dear inglorious country, you are not so special. That was the essence of Vladimir Putin’s letter “directly to the American people,” published on the website of The New York Times on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleVideo: On behalf of Dante de Blasio’s afro, the don’t touch my hair campaign
Affordable housing, stop and frisk, job growth. These issues sure were touted to death during the New York City mayoral primary races. But one important topic was swept under the rug: The unwarranted...
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Choose your poison: Why the United States hasn’t destroyed all of its...
John Clifton Spendlove had a passion for poison gas. He’s dead now, but about 10 years ago I had the chance to talk to him for a couple of hours on the phone. He loved his work, and waxed on...
View Article#RIPpatriarchy: The hashtag that buries men coming under fire from feminists?
A beloved businessman, boss and breadwinner—the patriarchy entered into eternal rest Wednesday morning around 11:35 a.m. He will be buried in his favorite Hugo Boss suit in a cherrywood coffin lined...
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