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When Joking About Body Image, Where Do We Draw the Line?
Three “Fat Girls” get unfairly labelled at a California restaurant, while Caroline Wozniacki good-heartedly pokes fun at Serena Williams’ wild curves. So where do we draw the line between bullying and humor?
Ice Y U No Love Coco? [The Apocalypse]
Ice and Coco are fighting on Twitter – the gods must be meddling. I don’t if you’ve ever seen Ice Loves Coco, but you need to. There is only one conclusion to draw after watching 5 minutes of the hit reality TV series and that is: Ice, in fact, does love Coco.

This Video May Ruin All Your Memories of Grease [Current Events Cheat Sheet]
Happy Hannukah to those who observe the holiday! Does it look like winter where you are? Because it sure does NOT in New York City. I never thought I’d be wishing for colder weather, but it’s totally happening. It’s December. There is supposed to be snow on the ground! Where is my winter wonderland?! Anyway, here are the week’s top stories.
Miley Cyrus Has Shorter Hair World Poops Pants Again [Candy Dish]
Miley Cyrus revealed a shorter haircut and the world is throwing Molotov cocktails around because this is big news. How can someone so sweet and so brunette become so blond and fierce-haired, dios mio muchachas, think of the children!
Justin Bieber Is Releasing An Acoustic Album, World Shudders To Think [Sugar Binge]
I guess we’re going to find out if Justin Bieber can actually sing? The bite-sized singer Tweeted out, “”Been writing a lot… new stuff… The acoustic album, new arrangements, is happening… #withdankanter.” I don’t know why anyone needs to hear Bieber unplugged but it’d be interesting to hear how boring it is going to be. I mean the only reason to hear the Biebs is for it’s groovability, right? What do you think?
15 Things I Learned From Lena Dunhams $3.7 Mil Book Proposal
So Lena Dunham’s $3.7 million book proposal has been released and it is very Lena Dunham-y. Let’s just say the proposal which consists of several personal essays that explain, well . . . a lot. Gawker managed to snag it so we went through its pages and picked some of the most educational highlights. Here are 15 things (quotes) we learned about Lena Dunham from her upcoming book of essays “Not That Kind Of Girl.”
Eight-Year-Old Plans to Donate 100 Dolls to Hospital
If you think you are generous, you have got to see this girl. Kailey Ray is an eight-year-old who is committed to charity work. Although she is very young, she is able to understand that there are children who aren’t as fortunate as her. The precocious girl has come up with a plan to donate 100 American Girl dolls to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in order to help lift their spirits.

Anti-Gay Group “One Million Moms” Attack Ellen DeGeneres Ad
America’s Sweetheart, Ellen DeGeneres, was featured in a JC Penney Christmas ad and the anti-LGBT group One Million Moms has once again criticized the retailer for being ‘pro-gay’ and tarnishing traditional values. Last April, when Ellen was featured in another ad, OMM started their boycott against JC Penney, determined that their choice to hire the comedian was against OMM values.
WTF Friday: A Website in Japan Lets You Rent a Boyfriend
Apparently, you can rent a “boyfriend” in Japan for $364 US dollars. You can also rent girlfriends. The premise? Sometimes people just want warm bodies to sleep next to. So you call up this company and a member of their “cast” can perform certain duties, but they can’t sleep with you or kiss you.
Megan Fox Is Now A Never-Nude
After having her son, Noah, Megan has rethought her past roles which (ahem – Transformers) highlighted her body instead of her acting chops. She has resigned to covering up so that when her son gets older he doesn’t have to deal with the “humiliation.” She said, “I’m going to be more cautious about choosing films because I’m already thinking about when he’s in school and his friends are going to be showing him my photo shoots with me in a bikini and he’s going to be horrified. So that will deter me from making some of the choices I made before.”
H&M Clothing Exchange? Yes, Please [Candy Dish]
Starting in February of next year, when you bring in a bag of old clothes to H&M, the company will recycle them for you and you’ll be rewarded with a discount voucher to buy some new ones.
85% Of Producers At Dreamworks Are Women [Sugar Binge]
It’s a huge deal that women are holding positions of power and authority in typically male-dominated fields. It’s nice to know that at a major studio women are leading the way, but most of all earning their way producers and executive producers. Notice this happened quietly, organically and without grand gestures because giving women the jobs they have earned isn’t such a big deal.
Same-Sex Marriage Legalized In Washington, Also Weed
Washington is like so fun, it’s practically the Canada of America now with same-sex marriage legal and weed decriminalized. The best weddings are yet to come. Not that I am excited about the weed thing, mom. 100s of couples lined up to get married in Washington, including one couple who had been together for 35 years. One bride sported the whitest sweater I have ever seen. How does she get it so clean?
Lena Dunham Doesn’t Write For Money
In her essay for Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 screenplay, Lena Dunham says it’s “weird that people write for money and not to figure things out.” It’s a bit strange because Lena Dunham has a $3.5 million deal for her first memoir and of course stars in, produces and writes the hit series Girls – probs not for free.
Rihanna Preggers With Chris B.’s BB? [The Apocalypse]
There are rumors floating around the Multiverse that Rihanna has asked for time off to have Chris Brown’s baby. The couple are also rumored to be planning a secret New Years Eve wedding. Will their offspring be a devil spawn genetically designed to make Chart Topping Hits? Was it hand crafted by Beelzebub to become the antithesis of Our Lord & Savior Blue Ivy Carter? Will there be an epic battle between Good and Evil that can only be resolved by dancing baby knife fights? We’ll find out on December 21st. How will Rihanna give birth so soon? According to Television (which means it’s true) devil babies always get born only a few days after conception.
Equal Gender Representation In Vanity Fair [The Apocalypse]
Vanity Fair has featured 6 men and 6 of a lesser-known species called “women” on the 3 covers of its January 2013 “Comedy’s New Legends” issue. This will be their first comedy issue, guest edited by Judd Apatow and featuring: Paul Rudd, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jim Carey, Will Ferrell, Leslie Mann, Melissa McCarthy, Megan Fox, Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph. Equal representation of women and men in such a butch, flannel, pickle-jar opening field of work such as “making people catch a case of the giggles,” has been empirically denied.