May 2011

There’s Nothing Natural About Mini Beauty Queens

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Last night, I saw the most disturbing commercial I’ve seen in quite a while. It was for a television program called “Toddlers and Tiaras,” and it featured Lady Gaga’s anthem to being yourself, “Born This Way,” while showing footage of a bunch of little girls—toddlers, obviously, under age five—primped up in makeup, showy dresses, much too-old for them hair styles, and worse.

Um, no.

The douche bag obsession

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As a product of the reality television, internet, and information generation, I am no stranger to new trends. For me, up until recently, this was completely ok—after all, I am usually open-minded and intrigued by new ideas. However, this new trend I simply cannot accept.

This new trend is the source of much confusion, and many people absolutely hate them. They are extremely irritating and prevent others from penetrating the very spotlight they selfishly are taking advantage of. They make sure that in the end, no one has fun. In addition to condoms, the widespread acceptance of the douche-bag is becoming far too prevalent.

Naked Man Gets Tased in Marathon

Does Naked Marathoning Deserve the Pain of a Taser?

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Don’t run naked in marathons.

Brett Henderson was Tased and arrested for running naked in The Flying Pig Marathon. Mr. Henderson was first Tased when he refused to stop for his crime of indecent exposure.

Mr. Henderson defended his actions in the race, claiming that naked running was encouraged in San Francisco and that other runners in other races had similar offenses, but weren’t arrested.

His words: