Good news, everybody.  If you’ve ever found yourself sexually attracted to your brother/dad/uncle/cousin, the University of Illinois just released a study that says you’re not completely wacko.

Pause.  Now recollect yourself.  No vomit noises, please.  This is science.

Apparently it was proven that humans are more attracted to those who look like themselves.  And who looks like you more than your own darn family?  One group of the study participants were subliminally shown pictures of their opposite sex parent as they rated the attractiveness of strangers’ pictures.  The other group were simply shown the strangers’ pictures without the subliminal image before.  Guess which group was more attracted to those strangers? Yup, forget the guy on the soccer team you’ve been seeing, seems pretty obvious that you should lust after your older bro instead.

Okay, go back to your dry heaving.

At first I was like, Alright, Beyonce! Love yourself! Sing about how you’re independent and don’t need a man and pay all your own bills. Work those gold sparkly outfits! Give those interviewers a piece of your mind! Be strong! Yeah!

But now, I’m not so sure.

Like this blog on EW.com, I’m strangely over Beyonce, and I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s because she seems to have everything, and it’s hard for me—a poor grad student with no boyfriend and no movie offers and definitely no gold sequined dresses—to completely connect with her.

So maybe it’s jealousy.

Or it could be the fact that her last hit “Irreplaceable” had such potential to be a strong woman song, but only succeeded in being an anthem for chicks who like to jump from one relationship to another: “You must not know about me / I could have another you in a minute / matter fact he’ll be here in a minute – baby”.

So maybe I’m just sick of the lyrics she sings (but doesn’t write). Read More »

Father’s Day isn’t just about appreciating your dad for who he is—but also, for who he is not.

Entertainment Weekly has provided you with a list of twelve TV dads who you should thank your amazing father for being nothing like.

I know, I know, you’re dad isn’t perfect. But has he ever dragged you into his dangerous, clandestine mob life? Stolen money from all of your friends’ parents? Hired a man to seduce you and sweep you away to a foreign country just to get you out of his life? Yea, didn’t think so.

Some of EW’s choices are kind of random. Mike Brady? J.R. Ewing? (I don’t know who he is either. Apparently some bad-ass cowboy dad from Dallas.) I would’ve replaced them with Thatcher Grey and Charles Bing (Chandler’s dad from Friends).

Thatcher blaming Meredith for his late wife’s death, banning her from the funeral and smacking her in front of her colleagues definitely trumps Mike Brady’s absence at Greg’s graduation. And Charles Bing vs. J.R. Ewing? I’d take a cowboy over an estranged drag queen any day.

So, this Father’s Day, praise your dad for all the times he’s resisted talking to a puppet, putting you in a mental institution and mistaking you for a boy. And realize that even if your dad isn’t the best, he sure as hell isn’t the worst. See who made the list after the jump. Read More »