When America's Big Medical Worry Was 'The Busy Man'
From 1923–1949, the American Medical Association published Hygeia, an educational health magazine for the American public.
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From 1923–1949, the American Medical Association published Hygeia, an educational health magazine for the American public.
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Marvel’s live-action adaptations have a fantastic track record. Great action, a willingness to taken even some truly bizarre comic book heroes and turn them into relatable figures, and so on. But there’s one area they usually falter in: their villains. That is, until they completely nailed it with Jessica Jones.
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A suspect has been arrested in connection with a threat made to the University of Chicago, which caused the school to cancel all classes and activities at its Hyde Park campus on Monday.
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Welcome to our new world of po-mo-po-mo ouroboros, in which 2015 has warped into some kind of psychedelic sick joke: Donald Trump is dominating the headlines, Chipotle gives you e.coli, The Walking Dead still hasn’t killed off Carl (or, in Rick parlance, COORAL). Thankfully, there has been at least one constant in American popular culture since the turn of the century, and that constant is Paris Whitney Hilton.
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Ben Carson has a difficult relationship with the truth. He gets his facts a bit confused on a regular basis. At times, he misspeaks. Oh, hell, Ben Carson flat out lies all the time, and it looks like his wife Candy has adopted that same trait.
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Years ago (or perhaps just months ago) Fabletics commercials were just footage of Kate Hudson laughing about something and doing yoga outdoors. But because I’m one of the only people on the planet who would buy a piece of clothing exclusively because Kate Hudson laughed a little and told me I look great in it, they’ve decided to adjust their marketing plan.
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A Louisiana State Senator is being charged with domestic abuse battery against a woman who told police that she has been his “side friend” for a decade. In a statement, the senator acknowledged that an “altercation” took place, but said he did not recall the details due in part to brain damage from a 1991 car accident.
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Although Ben Carson might have us believe otherwise , many refugees living in camps around the world are struggling to survive.
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For a brief day and a half the world thought it had rid itself of the romance between a grown man who pronounces his name like a baby and a teen with a mansion. We were not so lucky .
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An update on the archeologist who thinks he might have found Nefertiti’s final resting place through a well-concealed door in King Tut’s tomb: The jury is very much still out on whether he’s found Nefertiti, but it’s starting to look like he could have found something.
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This is the face of Olivia Culpo, former victor of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants—the face of a woman who knows what she wants, and reportedly, as a result, tossed former beau Tim Tebow to the curb because of that whole premarital chastity thing.
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On Monday, the Associated Press announced that it has changed its official style guidelines: Hillary Rodham Clinton will now be referred to simply as Hillary Clinton.
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The notoriously nudie Pirelli Calendar—known for depicting models and their ilk in various states of pin-up-style undress and being shipped off to an exclusive list of high-end clientele who presumably smell like scotch and cigars and laugh maniacally in their top-floor corner offices—has undergone a revamp this year and, lo! It’s a revamp that respects women for their accomplishments, not their boobies.
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On Monday, after publicizing a press conference promising the endorsement of 100 black pastors who then said they never actually endorsed him, The Donald said they were pressured into saying that. Or maybe they simply realized they were being played?
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The latest Google Doodle celebrates Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 141st birthday with scenes from the life of her most famous creation, Anne of Green Gables. One shows Anne Shirley taste a cake and promptly turn green. Given the chemistry of the time, that may be more sinister than we imagine.
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Something dark happened the day after Thanksgiving, and it wasn’t the realization that Black Friday is indeed a thing that people you love and care about might love and care about. In some households, still-very full individuals awoke to find that the band of teen boys attending their Thanksgiving dinner had thrown out the gravy and the cranberry sauce. Now there was no garnish with which to garnish their post-Thanksgiving sandwiches.
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Last night’s fall finale of The Walking Dead confirmed two things: wearing clothing smattered with walker guts is a strategy that isn’t utilized nearly enough. And children ruin everything.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: just a boy standing in front of a state, pleading with that state to return his calls. The New York Times reports that in a bid to revive his struggling presidential candidacy, he’s launched a charm offensive on the state officials of New Hampshire, conducted mostly by text.
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Hey, history-of-fashion nerds: Amazon UK has just booked an eight-part period drama about French haute couture in the period immediately following World War II. Don’t get between a costume designer and any chance at working on this project, lest you be torn into a million pieces.
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In a historic ruling, a High Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland has ruled that the country’s anti-abortion laws violate human rights. The current law, which forbids abortions in the case of fatal fetal abnormalities, rape or incest, imposes, according to the judge, “an intolerable burden” on women who have to travel to England for abortion care.
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It’s being reported that Tom Cruise (or, as Suri calls him, Who?) “has not spent time with his nine-year-old daughter in over two years...due to his involvement” with Scientology.
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The University of Chicago has canceled all classes and activities at its main Hyde Park campus on Monday after being warned of threats of gun violence against the campus from the FBI.
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By now, you know the drill: Hunker down, find a dependable wi-fi connection, and call your boss and tell them you’re too damn sick to come in. It’s Cyber Monday—a.k.a. the internet’s annual discount bacchanalia. Below, we’ve amassed the cream of the crop, separated by price point and ranked by sale. From 50% off at select retailer at Nasty Gal to 85% off at Barneys Warehouse, just remember to pace yourself as you stock up on fine leather goods, vibrators, and cashmere scarfs.
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Kindle owners are in luck this Cyber Monday, as Amazon is discounting over 800 ebooks to a fraction of their original prices.
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On Saturday, porn actor and writer Stoya came forward on Twitter with claims that ex-boyfriend and fellow adult film star James Deen had raped her. By Sunday evening, Deen took to Twitter himself to publicly deny and condemn Stoya’s testimony.
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