As you may recall from last week’s article on 5 questionable quotes from Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, there has been considerable controversy surrounding this company. From the graphic advertisements, to child thongs, to shirtless in-store models, A&F seems to have a penchant for the extreme. Recent backlash has targeted Abercrombie’s discriminatory sizing policy: [...]
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5 Questionable Quotes on Sex, Weight and Beauty from Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries
Ask your grandparents if they’ve heard of a company called “Abercrombie & Fitch” and they are bound to say something about a hunting and fishing retailer. Pull away the current steamy, semi-pornographic ads and teeny bopper vibe, and you’ll find that A&F was actually once the “Greatest Sporting Store in the World,” according to the [...]
Rescuing Amanda Berry: 3 Versions of Charles Ramsey’s Amazing Interview
Every now and then, miracles happen. People recover from debilitating illnesses; communities rebuild after disasters; relationships repair after huge rifts. This week, the country witnessed another kind of miracle, one few would dare to dream of. Amanda Berry and two other women who went missing almost a decade ago were rescued and safely returned to [...]
6 Hilarious Reactions to Westboro Baptist Church’s Protest Against Jason Collins
NBA star Jason Collins rocked the sports world this week when he publicly announced his homosexuality, making him the first active athlete in the four US professional sports to “come out.” Many have voiced support for Collins on Twitter and other social media sites, including Kobe Bryant: Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don’t suffocate who u r [...]
Deepak Chopra Eats a Mouse! (And Discusses Space Time)
Okay, so Deepak isn’t actually going to eat a mouse, but his owl avatar is! Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new, slightly smaller, much more feathery Deepak Chopra and his friend, physicist Menas Kafatos! Perched atop a telephone wire overlooking the city below, Deepak and Menas tackle some of the biggest questions in modern science: [...]
How Many Insects Do We Eat Everyday Without Knowing It?
It’s kind of hard to practice mindful living and healthy eating when you discover that even seemingly benign products like canned mushrooms and chocolate contain…wait for it…certain accepted levels of insects! Gross, right? BuzzFeedFood released this video which gives us some perspective on just how many creepy crawlies we may be ingesting everyday without even [...]
Happy May Day! 10 Funny Ways to Celebrate the First of May
Ah, the first of May. Late spring, maypoles, dancing, and merriment. A remnant, perhaps, of ancient pagan summer festivities, still observed by many around the world as the holiday Beltane, May Day gives us a chance to rekindle that childhood fervor for sunshine and play. As was immortalized in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “The Maypole of [...]
Sex, Cosmo, and Karl Marx (5 Hilarious Mash-ups)
You may know the magazine Cosmopolitan as a titillating and dare-we-say trashy indulgence – a women’s magazine dedicating to sex, beauty, and celebrity fashion. Because that’s all women care about, right? Regardless of how enthusiastic or critical you may feel for the publication, there are some aspects of its history that might surprise you: 1. [...]
20 Photos of Iranian Men Dressed in Drag to Support Gender Equality (Slideshow!)
Earlier in April, police in the Kurdish province of Marivan, Iran paraded a convicted criminal around the streets dressed in women’s clothing as a form of public humiliation. The episode outraged men and women throughout the area – not over the gender reversal in itself, but rather because femininity was being equated to shame and [...]
Bodybuild Like an Ancient Warrior – 5 Hilarious Exercises from the Latest Fitness Fad
Diet and fitness fads over the last few decades have run the gamut from the glamorous to the science-hyped to the new age. We seem to love whatever is fresh, hip, and destined to change our lives and bodies – and you have to hand it to fitness gurus for never lacking in ingenuity. The [...]
