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Ravish It: Oakland's Beast Crawl Offers Intoxicating Mix of Words, Libations

Hot spots including Seattle, New York City and Miami also host reimagined pub crawls for word nerds. This is a trend we can get behind.

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Happily Never Ever: Disney Princesses Cast as Domestic Violence Victims

Princess Jasmine with a black eye? It's a shocking image. But not as shocking as the prevalence of domestic violence.

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Daily FYI: A Female Ventriloquist Won the First Emmy Ever

Never heard of Shirley Dinsdale? Well, now you have.

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From Cher to Britney: How Auto-Tuning Took Over the Music Industry

A leaked clip of Britney Spears singing "Alien" sans auto-tune has tongues wagging. How did the music industry devolve into this sad state of affairs?

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The Bachelorette Uses Contestant's Death to Drum Up Ratings, Sinks to All-Time Low

Not cool, trashy reality television show. Not cool.

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A Frozen Virgin No More: What Happened When I Finally Watched Disney's Mega-Hit

Is this insanely successful, pseudo-feminist, beloved Disney flick really all it's cracked up to be?

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6 Things You Probably Never Knew about Nymphomania

The controversial flick Nymphomaniac comes out on DVD today. Time for a little pre-movie education.

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An Irish Mutt Muses on What it Means to be American

In a nation that boasts more than 313 million people hailing from at least 26 different ancestries, what exactly do we all have in common?

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