Teenage Leukemia Survivor Grows Hair Long For Locks of Love, Gets Suspended


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When it comes to rules there are two schools of thought. One says that “rules are rules,”  while the other rolls its eyes and says, “rules were made to be broken.”  Like, say the dress code at Madison Academy. The policy has led to the suspension of a 17-year-old senior and leukemia survivor, J.T. Gaskins, [...]

The Bachelor Recap: Season 16, Episode 5 – Puerto Rico, The Shining Skeeze


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Okay, we’ve all seen the commercials and the naked and the rose in the water. Are we ready for this? I mean, does everyone have their beverages and their Xanax at the ready? Because I have a feeling this is going to be quite the episode. And I mean “episode” in the “psychotic episode” kind [...]

Crime Against Fashion: Heather Morris’s SAG Dress


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Dear Heather Morris: I get it.  Fashion is a cruel and crazy world that changes on a dime.  Just when you embrace a trend–hello, ombre hair–it is already out. Why not throw a bunch of shit against the wall and see what sticks?  I understand this impulse. Truly. But honey child, this is ten kinds [...]

Friday Night’s Alright For Chick Flicks: An Ad Hoc Demographic Study Of Cable TV Programming


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When you’re watching TV, do you ever start to see the demographics research folding out in front of you? A show on Lifetime will have commercials about tampons and yogurt that makes you poop, while a show on Spike will have commercials for Axe and trucks. Advertisers want to be extremely efficient with their media [...]

Ritalin Is Easy, Ritalin Is Bad


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Once again I have been lured in by the siren song that is medical research and, once again, I’m scratching my head as to why I even bother. This time, the topic is ADD/ADHD and the drugs traditionally used to treat them. Or, in layman’s terms, UR DOING IT WRONG. There is some disappointing news circulating [...]