All stories published by The Hairpin on November 17, 2010

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All Stories published by The Hairpin on November 17, 2010

Nov 17, 2010

Ask a Dude

by A Dude

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

Freaky Horse Bike Released Decades Too Late

Where was this crazy bicycle with a horse head impaled on it when I needed it…

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

Folgers Ad Surprisingly Incest-y

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Nov 17, 2010

Playboy TV Wants to Change, Not Really

by Liz Colville

When deciding to reinvent itself last year, Playboy TV had all the promise of a young child: at a meeting a senior vice president said, “If this channel could be anything, what should it be?”

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Nov 17, 2010

Concert Reviews Not Dead

by Liz Colville

“Launching into the bawdy, pleasingly graceless roadhouse stomp of ‘Mary,’ they are bathed in the light of a disco ball and projected on three video screens in Classic Americana black and white, as though trying to embody as many parts of U2’s…

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Nov 17, 2010

Boutiques.com Makes Not Buying Things So Easy

by Liz Colville

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

“Preschool Girls Are … Doing Things to Stay Thin”

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Nov 17, 2010

The Boys of Beauty Pageantry

by Liz Colville

This is more about the general, gender-blind horror of pageantry, but anyway, kryptonite-colored nail polish and makeup to “cover my rashes and boo-boos” are just two of the perks enjoyed by a boy beauty pageant contestant interviewed…

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Nov 17, 2010

The Unintentionally Hilarious Red Riding Hood Trailer

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Nov 17, 2010

Someone Gave Karl Lagerfeld a Facebook ‘in White Gold’

by Liz Colville

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

Exercise Useless After All

Good news for the sedentary: A new study shows that

… some people’s bodies do not…

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

Sperm-and-Egg Watch a Good New Accessory to Wear on Dates

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Nov 17, 2010

Indeed, This Beautiful Young Man Will “Not Be Cast to Sell Jackhammers”

This male model looks like a very, very beautiful woman, and here’s what some people are saying about him. [Via]

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

Dolls on German eBay Tell Sad Story

A doll salesman has photographed his items in a way that is alarming. [Via]

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Nov 17, 2010

Choo Choo! Bedbugs Caught on Tape, on the Train

Bedbugs ride the subway to work. But what will we now ride to work?

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Nov 17, 2010

Christopher Columbus Slow

by Liz Colville

Native Americans may have been brought over to Iceland by Vikings as many as 500 years before Christopher Columbus came over here and ruined everything, according to new research. There is a Viking settlement in Canada that science persons believe dates to the 11th century! Since when!

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Nov 17, 2010

There Is an Essay by Tiger Woods in Newsweek

by Liz Colville

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Nov 17, 2010

Man Slays Television

by Liz Colville

A man “killed” his television with his shotgun last night after becoming enraged at Bristol Palin’s routine on Dancing With the Stars. The tantrum caused “an all-night standoff with a SWAT team.” He also briefly pointed the gun at his wife. It takes…