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Sunday Scraps 30
1. MINDY: I knew Mindy Kaling was cool, but I didn’t know she was this cool. She wrote a play about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck writing Good Will Hunting, and she played Ben! 2. CEREAL: As a formerly...
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Sunday Scraps 40
1. NPR: The voices of NPR as artist Gaelen Kelly assumes they look. Not too far off, eh? 2. PHOTO: Buzzfeed has a collection of the most powerful photos from the year. 3. BELLY: From xojane comes the...
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Sunday Scraps 50
1. LAW: The New Yorker has a fascinating piece on the true story behind the Lawrence vs. Texas case. Who was Lawrence, and who was the other guy, and what was actually going on? Hint: It’s not what you...
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Sunday Scraps 57
1. GEOGRAPHY: Lovely essay by Ciara Flynn at Thought Catalog about the lure of a geographic change when you’re looking to jumpstart your life. 2. CULTURE: Should you check your email? Here’s a...
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Sunday Scraps 64
1. WEIGHT: Super stellar essay from my recent Jezebel favorite, Lindy West, on the intricacies of talking to pre-teens about fitness, nutrition, weight, and body image. 2. ART: Ahhh, this short comic...
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Monday Scraps 83
1. GIFTS: After Romney’s post-election definition-of-a-sore-loser quotes about the “gifts” the President gave young people and minorities (Did you know you can buy a 24-year-old’s vote for a couple of...
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Sunday Scraps 93
1. BOOKS: The always excellent, sharp-as-a-muhfucking-tack Margaret Atwood is interviewed for The Rumpus about Oryx and Crake, the state o’ the ladies, and how to write dystopia. 2. CHICAGO: Because I...
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Why is it okay to put 16-year-olds in lingerie ads?
This is Gisele Bundchen at age 16 in a Macy’s catalogue: (Via Buzzfeed) This makes me extremely uncomfortable. I think it’s a pretty twisted world we live in when a fashion director dresses a teenager...
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S(Monday) Scraps 108
1. THIRD COAST: Tom Dyja, author of The Third Coast, is interviewed about the Midwest, Chicago, hot dogs, etc on the Freakonomics podcast. 2. COMICS: Bill Watterson, genius behind Calvin and Hobbes,...
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The 17 Hottest World Cup Players with Freckles*
*This is not a list of sexy soccer players. Half of you are very disappointed that there is not actually a gallery of freckled soccer stars, and the other half of you read the title and were like… is...
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