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Bad news for those who wear man buns and the people who love them: the hairstyle may actually be causing hair loss. Before any man bun defenders chalk this up to fear mongering, it’s true. Pulling tightly on the hairline can cause traction alopecia, or gradual hair loss. A man’s Jared Leto-inspired ‘do just might turn into one resembling Vin Diesel’s.

In a recent opinion piece for the New York Times, adapted from her forthcoming book, Anne-Marie Slaughter paints a portrait of a toxic work world that persists in making upward mobility difficult for women in spite of historically unprecedented education levels. Slaughter writes:

John Boehner, officially in the IDGAF phase of his career, said this morning that there will be no government shutdown at the end of the month. “I expect my Democratic colleagues want to keep the government open as much as I do,” Boehner said during an appearance on Face the Nation. “The Senate is expected to pass a continuing resolution next week,” he added.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson can’t and won’t stop saying incredibly dumb things about Muslims. Carson decided to revisit his comments about whether or not a Muslim should be president of the United States.

ABC’s diversity train is not slowing down with the debut of Quantico, an FBI crime drama starring Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra as a steely female agent. It’s a feminist series led by an Indian actress, which is groundbreaking in itself. Let’s see whether the thriller does, or does not, make viewers tune in.

Over the course of my three days at the Values Voter Summit, I encountered nearly-constant implicit racism and homophobia, from jokes to asides to the agendas attendees were promoting. But I never encountered any overt hatred. That is, until I attended the session “How to Argue the Social Issues with Liberals and Libertarians.”

During last night’s 2015 Global Citizen Festival, First Lady Michelle Obama introduced a new campaign focused on girls’ education, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafazi gave a rousing speech, and Beyoncé dueted with Ed Sheeran and Eddie Vedder.

Here we are in the pits of hell, a place where producers gift Sarah Jessica Parker a treadmill because they’re worried about her being fit. “I was about to do Honeymoon In Vegas and before that I was off to do another movie in Iowa and the producer...was very concerned about me being fit for Honeymoon In Vegas so they sent a treadmill to Iowa,” Parker said in an interview with SiriusXM radio.

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Just in time for Halloween, Burger King is bringing over its infamous black burger to the United States. Get ready for your Instagram feed to be flooded with photos of these gothic buns.

In today’s dumb criminal news, a Florida woman who rode a sea turtle like a pony was arrested on an active felony warrant. Snapchat images showing 20-year-old Stephanie Moore and another woman sitting on a sea turtle back in July were spread throughout social media. Following the incident, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission asked for help in identifying the turtle-riding culprits. Authorities finally caught up with Moore during a response to a domestic disturbance call on Saturday morning. Читать дальше...

The fate of Planned Parenthood has been in the hands of irritable men and a few irritable women as congressional Republicans continue to push for its defunding, most recently threatening a government shutdown. However, the gang here at the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. is not stressed about it — the question for them is not whether PPFA will be defunded or not; it’s when.

While addressing Congress on Thursday, Pope Francis took a sip of water from a glass at his side. Afterwards, Congressman Bob Brady stole the glass, brought it back to his office, and drank from it.