shoppables

Still Hate Sandals? OK FINE, WEAR BOOTS ALL SUMMER LONG! Here's How To Do It

This marks the merciful end of the poorly planned Shoe Week. If it makes you feel any better, I'm not so sure I enjoyed it all that much either.
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Fashion, shoppables, boots, summer, style, hot, internet creeps

Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00pm | 132 comments

beauty

HEY, COOL: We Caused Facebook to Shut Down Resurfacing of Creepy "Most Beautiful Teen" Site

Holy shit, right?
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Issues, beauty, facebook, internet commenters, internet creeps, self esteem, sexuality, teenagers

Aug 16, 2012 at 4:00pm | 96 comments

reddit

Reddit, Free Speech, the Internet and Misogyny -- The Unmasking of Reddit's Michael Brutsch

“Free speech” arguments are often used to suggest that any kind of content ever should pass without remark or challenge, and that’s not actually how it works. Free speech gives you a right, but it also gives others a right to respond to you.
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Issues, reddit, anonymity, sexism, internet creeps, journalism

Oct 15, 2012 at 2:00pm | 91 comments

creeps

Non-Crap Email from a Dude (Who I Went Totally Loco On)

I had a full fledged Overreaction to an email from a stranger. Here's the uplifting note he wrote me back
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Relationships, creeps, dudes, feminism, internet creeps, the internet

Jun 18, 2012 at 2:00pm | 81 comments

apps

My Bikini Pictures Are Not For Your Penis

A new app called Badabing allows users to automatically find all their Facebook friends' "sexy pictures." Can I get a collective UGH?
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Issues, apps, bikini, internet creeps, sexism, sometimes i hate technology

Nov 5, 2012 at 9:00am | 52 comments

internet creeps

People on Reddit Can Sort of Be D*ckheads

Reddit's been in the news a lot for its social justice ability. But at the end of the day, they're still a whole lot of jerky teenage dudes.
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Tech, internet creeps, reddit, social justice, teenaged boys

Jun 28, 2012 at 10:00am | 40 comments