tina + cher

monica lewinsky takes back the night

she gave a TED talk, in which she names herself "patient zero" of cyber-bullying. worth a watch/listen.

FYI Millenials: our sick patriarchy, circa a nascent Internet, made a slut shame martyr out of @MonicaLewinsky. She rose like a Phoenix.
— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) March 22, 2015

2ooPz HooPz shame shower, for phil.

here is a list of participants who bet against the basketvols today:

@carefullyaimeddarts
@ljstern1
@flimlim (gasp.)
@maxfrevert82
@mizmargauxxx (GASP.)
@CoachThunda
@H00sierdaddy24
@Nelly37130
@infiedavery
@WvVolunteer2007 (#smh)
@StevieEmbree
@MJMJMJMJMJMJMJMJMJMJ23 (wow.)

and also president barack obama.

RELATED : joel currently leads the competition outright!

reply to david sedaris

A friend of david sedaris' sister wrote an op-ed responding to the essay sedaris wrote. keeks reported on that story earlier. It's an interesting perspective.

blackberry shame is real

in today's edition of "the oldest news on the internet", the new york times brings us their latest trend piece, which addresses an issue that 2Pz correspondents DJV and (never trust) starla continue to struggle with on an hourly basis:

“I’m ashamed of it,” said Ms. Crosby, a Los Angeles sales representative who said she had stopped pulling out her BlackBerry at cocktail parties and conferences. In meetings, she says she hides her BlackBerry beneath her iPad for fear clients will see it and judge her.

The BlackBerry was once proudly carried by the high-powered and the elite, but those who still hold one today say the device has become a magnet for mockery and derision from those with iPhones and the latest Android phones. Research in Motion may still be successful selling BlackBerrys in countries like India and Indonesia, but in the United States the company is clinging to less than 5 percent of the smartphone market — down from a dominating 50 percent just three years ago. The company’s future all depends on a much-delayed new phone coming next year; meanwhile RIM recorded a net loss of $753 million in the first half of the year compared with a profit of more than $1 billion a year earlier. (via)

shame shame shame.

thx bun-bun!

maymo, you've stolen my heart.

(via)

in other news about misbehaving puppies

gawker wants you to know about this blog called DOGSHAMING that is a collection of puppies being shamed by their owners for their misdeeds. just look at these puppies. i could see one of isabella that says "I EAT BUNNIES"

it's been the same story since forever

Translated 9th century scroll:

 

"Yesterday, having drunk too much, I was intoxicated as to pass all bounds; but none of the rude and coarse language I used was uttered in a conscious state. The next morning, after hearing others speak on the subject, I realised what had happened, whereupon I was overwhelmed with confusion and ready to sink into the earth with shame."

 

from letters of note (which you should read if you don't already)

Paul William "Bear" Bryant is Spinning in His Grave!

This is some week-old news, but it seems when Bama fans aren't destroying public property, Bama alumni are sexually assaulting unconscious strangers in public.  I can't say I'm surprised.  This quote from CBS 42 in Birmingham sums up the incident using an excellent choice of words [emphasis mine]:

It all stems from a video that went viral showing [Brian] Downing and friends abusing a passed out LSU fan in a burger restaurant on Bourbon Street after the BCS game. Downing's companions performed a series of pranks on the passed out LSU fan and then the man identified now as Downing proceeded to drape his scrotum on the man's head...that led to the sexual battery and obscenity charges.

Here's the NSFW video:



CBS 42 also gives us some insight into who Downing is:

So who is Brian Downing and how did he find himself with both notoriety and a possible lifetime designation as a sex offender? He's married with a wife, a (sic) child. He's already been fired from his job with Hibbett Sports. And he has a second cousin who’s the sheriff of Russell County...Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor recognized his cousin in the video and told him to come on down to the county jail. After checking with New Orleans police, Downing drove to New Orleans to turn himself in.

Fun Fact : Deadspin is reporting that one of the other "gentlemen" in the video is the son of the sports director at the CBS affiliate in Mobile.  So there's something to be proud of all around.

If you want more details on this story, Deadspin has plenty of thorough coverage.

I said it once, and I'll say it again; it's time to DIG HIM UP...F HIS CORPSE!

the tennessee tea party really grosses me out

in response to the news that representative barney frank will not seek re-election at the end of his term. get a life jerks.

indisputable proof that bulldogs are completely mizz.

this feature in the new york times proves once and for all what most of us have always known:

In January 2009, Adam Goldfarb of the Humane Society of the United States told The Augusta Chronicle that bulldogs, often referred to as English bulldogs, are the “poster child for breeding gone awry.” The article came in response to a scathing British documentary, “Pedigree Dogs Exposed,” that highlighted the health and welfare problems of purebred dogs and claimed that breeders and the Kennel Club (the British equivalent of the American Kennel Club) were in denial about the extent of the problem.
...
“There is little doubt that the anatomy of the English bulldog has considerable capacity to cause suffering,” Dr. Nicola Rooney and Dr. David Sargan concluded in one of the reports, “Pedigree Dog Breeding in the U.K.: A Major Welfare Concern?” “The breed is noted to have locomotion difficulties, breathing problems, an inability to mate or give birth without assistance. . . . Many would question whether the breed’s quality of life is so compromised that its breeding should be banned.” (via)

it goes on and on and on.

Uga VII didn’t appear to relish his mascot duties. Unlike his father, Uga VI, who was loud and boisterous and enjoyed chasing after the school’s costumed bulldog mascot, Hairy Dawg, Uga VII seemed most comfortable in the back corner of his doghouse — or, better yet, outside the stadium entirely. A few minutes before halftime, Seiler’s adult son, Charles, led the dog off the field by a leash to a waiting golf cart. Uga VII hopped on, and a young woman drove us out the stadium’s back service entrance, up a hill, around some bends to an unspectacular patch of grass that doubles as the dog’s game-day bathroom. When the cart came to a stop, Uga VII bounded off it and spent the next few minutes happily sniffing the grass, urinating on a tree and defecating behind a bush.

When the dog was done, Charles ordered us all back on the cart. “All right, let’s go,” he said, and before I knew it, we were speeding back toward Sanford Stadium, Uga VII’s droppings (Charles didn’t pick up after him) a reminder to all that the world’s most famous mascot was here — and that celebrity dogs, like their human counterparts, get to play by different rules.

But Uga VII’s celebrity life would be short-lived. Six months later, while lounging at home, he died of heart failure. He was 4 years old.

bless his heart. smokey doesn't defecate, jicyww.

thx anonymous tipper (and resident animal expert)!!!

emily sent me this.

it's a-maz-ing. brb shame cube.

oh and it's totesSFW, jicyww.

joel doesn't know...

...about that amazing cameo on gossip girl last night, because he was too busy watching most eligible dallas.

i know, right?

read the recap (sans chris) here.

ps - i'm pretty much ready to move to california, now that i've seen how happy all of my friends are living there.

looks like thomas wilhelm was being creepy on the train again. have you no shame thomas wilhelm?

via

what should YOU be ashamed of?

Based on Census statistics and America's Health Rankings, Jeff Wysaski discovered at least one unsavory category where each U.S. state ranked dead last. Whether it's porn usage, identity theft, or good old fashioned alcoholism, you can now see where your state excels — and where you may want to move. via. source.

what is kismet doing?

slutting it out in a boudoir photoshoot.

kismet i can see your shame.

happy belated BEARTHDAY melissa!!!!!!

25 bears old!

(this bear's hiding up in a tree because he forgot to wish his sister a happy bearthday on his blog that she loves and on which she has been waiting all year to be recognized...)

also... bahahaha

thanks for the shameless self promotion thomas wilhelm... i want to REPORT THIS

mayor says: just kidding

Memphis Mayor W.W. Herenton is now "delaying" his previously stated plans to retire on July 11. I can hear the collective roll of the eyes coming from Memphis all the way from here. this guy blows.

dont forget to peruse the 250+ comments about this article.

BOW-tique, BLING-bling, FAB-fashion

hope everyone caught the RHoNJ reunion part 1 last night. check out teresa's shameless new self-promotion, TG Fabulicious!

and i know you all tuned into the season premiere of NYC PREP! lord knows you had plenty of warning. here's the first recap from our fave gawker recapper, richard!

thx g.