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Laura Stampler is a writer for the Huffington Post. She has previously written for the New Republic, The Nation, the Miami Herald and the Jewish Journal and is a graduate of Stanford University.

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Gossip Girl Season 5, Episode 3: 'The Jewel Of Denial' Recap

(2) Comments | Posted October 11, 2011 | 8:07 PM

That's right, in an effort to make Chuck feel again, Dan Humphrey gets him a scraggly-but-adorable mutt that can lick Chucky's tears away when he cries (we'll get to that later) and is named Monkey!

Oh and Blair finds out who her baby-daddy is in a surprisingly un-Jerry-Springer-like...

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Occupy Sesame Street Goes Viral

(4) Comments | Posted October 10, 2011 | 5:35 PM

O is for... occupation?

Occupy Wall Street has spread to more than 25 cities nationwide, and one of those is inhabited by a big yellow bird. Say hello to the latest internet meme: #OccupySesameStreet.

According to Mother Jones, the movement began with a

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Gossip Girl Season 5, Episode 2: 'Beauty And The Feast' Recap (PHOTOS)

(3) Comments | Posted October 4, 2011 | 4:25 PM

The "L.A. Confidential"-inspired promo for last night's episode promised gunshots and intrigue, but viewers soon discovered that Upper East Siders were more likely to be dodging Blair's morning sickness than ricocheting bullets.

That's right, after Blair tried to hijack Dorota's OBGYN appointment -- asking when they could determine the baby's...

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Gossip Girl Season 5, Episode 1: 'Yes, Then Zero' Recap

(10) Comments | Posted September 27, 2011 | 7:25 PM

After what I'm sure was a long summer free from impostor cousins, nearly thwarted engagements, manuscript thievery and mysterious, positive pregnancy tests not-so-subtly hidden in trashcans, "Gossip Girl" returned for its fifth season Monday night.

Following in the footsteps of its television brothers and sisters like "Sex And the City"...

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Jane Goodall Talks Women In Science

(72) Comments | Posted September 27, 2011 | 9:21 AM

When an 11 year-old Jane Goodall first began telling people in 1945 that she wanted to go to Africa, her declaration was often met with laughter.

Goodall, who loved apes ever since infancy, when her father gave her a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee, was rebuked for many reasons: "We...

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Online Dating Profiles Often Exclude Political Preferences: Study

(499) Comments | Posted September 23, 2011 | 8:25 AM

Those looking for love online are more likely to state they have Zach Galifianakis' physique than John Stewart's political leanings when they compose their profiles, according to a new study.

Given that approximately seven out of 10 couples have shared political preferences, Casey Klofstad,...

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Cute Inter-Species Animal Families [VIDEOS]

(0) Comments | Posted September 21, 2011 | 10:50 AM

In the children's classic "Is Your Mama A Llama?", Lloyd the llama searches the animal kingdom to find out how many of his friends have mama llamas. The calf's mama is a cow; the joey's mama is a kangaroo; the duckling's a duck... but alas, no inter-species mash-ups.

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Roundup: Apps That Turn Doing Chores Into A Game (For iPhone, iPad, Android and Web)

(189) Comments | Posted September 21, 2011 | 7:40 AM

Pulling a child away from an X-Box to clean her room or take out the trash can be, well...a chore. But what if the key to getting kids to handle their own household responsibilities came neatly packaged in electronic game form?

Enter a slew of apps for mobile phones, iPads...

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'Cheating' Study Claims Men Resent Sexual Infidelity, Women Jealous Of Shared Love

(487) Comments | Posted September 15, 2011 | 8:57 AM

How would you react if you found out that your partner had cheated? Would the emotional betrayal outweigh the physical one, or would the sexual infidelity hurt more than the undermining of your love?

A new study says that the answer might have a lot to do...

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Beyonce's Baby, Suri Cruise, And Other Celebrity Kids With (Fake) Twitter Accounts

(3) Comments | Posted September 13, 2011 | 11:15 AM

Suri Cruise and the Jolie-Pitts better watch out. Beyonce and Jay-Z are having a baby, and he or she already has a Twitter following.

In fact, the fetus has not one, not two, but three popular handles… And counting. There's @BeyonceJayFetus ("I AM… Baby Fierce"), @

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Volunteering For September 11: Family Project Ideas

(0) Comments | Posted September 8, 2011 | 11:58 AM

On the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11, it's important to not only teach children about what happened when the Towers fell, but also to highlight the heroism and spirit of volunteerism that followed. Since 9/11 is on a Sunday this year, the weekend serves as a prime opportunity to do...

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Canadian Radio Station Holds 'Win A Wife' Contest

(169) Comments | Posted September 8, 2011 | 8:49 AM

If you thought that the most degrading thing a radio contest has done was make a person dressed in a wonder woman costume jump into a 400-gallon pool of green Jell-O, then you might want to sit down for this one.

Over the next month, a Canadian radio...

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K-Y To Air Its First Commercial Featuring Lesbian Couple

(598) Comments | Posted September 2, 2011 | 1:26 PM

If K-Y Brand ads have sought to communicate anything to us over the years, it's that a good bottle of lube is the key to a successful relationship. And in a few days, the company will explicitly extend that message to a particular demographic.

On September 5th, K-Y --...

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HERvotes And Other Women's Groups Get Women Engaged For The 2012 Election

(94) Comments | Posted September 1, 2011 | 4:40 PM

The 2012 elections may seem like a long way off -- we still have what, 15 months before the general election, right? But women particularly have a lot of reasons to start mobilizing -- and soon.

In addition to persistent pay inequity, this last year saw Medicaid,...

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Working Moms: Work-Life Balance Affected By Language Used, Kellogg Study Finds

(111) Comments | Posted August 30, 2011 | 9:16 AM

Very few employers have figured out how to make work -- and life -- manageable for working mothers, but what if it's not just our work-life policies that are flawed? What if even the language we use to discuss working motherhood is problematic and making it more difficult for women...

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Teens On Facebook And Social Media Sites More Likely To Drink, Smoke And Use Drugs: Study

(130) Comments | Posted August 24, 2011 | 7:50 PM

Is Facebook the new gateway drug?

Teens who use Facebook and other social media outlets are five times more likely to smoke cigarettes, three times more likely to drink alcohol and twice as likely to smoke pot than teens that don't use social networks, according to a study...

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Dating In A Virtual World: Massively Multiplayer Game Users Find Real-Life Love

(91) Comments | Posted August 23, 2011 | 11:00 AM

Sean and Meta Jo Riseling first met on the dance floor of a club in July 2009. Pushed together by mutual friends, the two instantly hit it off and a few dances (plus a couple rounds of body shots) later, they went home together. Even though Meta had intended to...

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Jacob Boehm, Stanford Student Missing In Malaysia, Reportedly Located

(99) Comments | Posted August 20, 2011 | 9:01 AM

There are signs that a missing American student who was traveling alone in Malaysia has been found -- and Facebook may have played a large role in his discovery.

Jacob Neil Boehm, 22, a rising senior at Stanford University, was reported missing Friday after his regular correspondence with friends and...

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Disturbing New Children's Book 'Maggie Goes On A Diet' Encourages Young Girls To Diet

(443) Comments | Posted August 19, 2011 | 1:50 PM

A chubby young girl with Pippi Longstocking braids stands in front of the mirror holding up a too-small pink dress and sees a different -- some may say better -- version of herself. Her mirror image is thin.

No, this...

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First U.S. Inpatient Clinic For Moms With Postpartum Depression Opens

(6) Comments | Posted August 19, 2011 | 12:00 PM

Some initiatives are so relevant, so beneficial to a population in need, that it's hard to believe they're new. One of these is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hospital's inpatient perinatal psychiatric unit for new mothers with severe postpartum depression, the first free-standing unit of...

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