All stories published by The Hairpin on December 06, 2010

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Letters to the Editors of Women’s Magazines

Get Fit Your Way!

Stop Naming Your Babies Aiden!

For the sixth year in a row (!?), “Aiden” comes in as the most popular name for baby boys. Also in the top 20: Jayden, Caden, and Brayden. Hahaha. Someday someone named “Jayden” will run for office! Someday someone will be called “Grampa Jayden”! Someday someone [something…

Children Want “Gender-Neutral” Dolls?

“Contemporary, gender-neutral, medium skin tone Baby GoGo™ appeals to every child.” Hmm…

Too Many Women in the Kitchen

by Liz Colville

Chelsea Handler Has Some Really Good Jokes About Angelina Jolie

Are There Rat People in New York City?

Reader Hannah Caporello wonders:

This is random, and I’m not saying you’re the type of blog that would write about rats, but after two separate encounters I’m terrified there’s either some new rat-person trend in NYC or — worse — that…

The Queen’s Underwear Is for Sale

Here is a 16-photo slideshow about a single pair of stained underwear.

How to Be a Totally Crushable Celebrity Dude

by Arianna Stern

Be Prepared for Hypothetical Horrific Things by Always Thinking About Them

by Liz Colville

“Some of the Most Ridiculous Guys Get Laid All the Time”

by Liz Colville

Nerve’s second installment of “What They Wear to Get Laid,” about real people wearing real things to meet fellow real people, is all about the guys. One guy says he would definitely wear…

Katy and Nicki Saluted the Troops with the song they were born to sing. (Sorry for the ads at the beginning. And at the end. And on the weird band in the middle? Jesus, get it together, DailyMotion.) [Via]

Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj’s Awesome “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Performance

Human-Shark Relations Take a Step Backward

“The water was churning like I was in a washing machine. I was being thrown around in…

This Hand Model Seems Cool

Clarence Thomas’s Wife Will Go Away Now

by Liz Colville

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, recently announced that she’s stepping down from her position as head of Liberty Central, a conservative Tea Party-type situation that she founded, presumably…

Prop 8 Back in Court Today

by Liz Colville

Today California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will be hearing arguments re: the state’s latest ruling on gay marriage, August’s decision by a San Francisco district judge that the 2008 gay marriage ban otherwise known as Prop 8…

Places I Fell Asleep This Past Weekend Other Than a Bed

This website/book has quite a name!

Divorce and the Bride of Christ

ESPN Now Has a Website for Ladies

by Liz Colville

ESPN has launched a website called espnW for women. The ‘w’ in the website’s logo has a certain flair to it that is both feminine and athletic, as if it’s trying to say, “You won’t catch me writing in a pink marker, necessarily…

BirthOrNot Folks Are, Yes, Having That Baby

by Liz Colville

BirthOrNot.com, a couple’s blog about whether to have a baby or have an abortion, was declared the other week to be a hoax, in the sense that the couple never seemed to actually be considering having an abortion…

Seasons greetings from your friend the walk sign! [Via]

Traffic Light Delivers a Holiday Message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndwG9n1CUY

Cat Is Like, “Whyyy Can’t I Fit My Head in This Stupid Bottle?”

Videos like this always make me wonder if somewhere the aliens are making fun of us. Like, if one of them is forwarding their friends a video of us trying to cure cancer. “LOL, this.”

[Via]