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Holiday Gift Guide: What To Get Teen Girls On Etsy

(7) Comments | Posted November 28, 2011 | 6:25 PM

In a perfect world, we would all have one: the teenage niece or other bright, utterly fabulous, known-her-since-she-was-this-big young woman you love watching grow up -- and spoiling whenever possible.

But because she is already more hip than you will ever be, she's often a challenge to buy gifts for....

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We Were Both 13

(10) Comments | Posted November 9, 2011 | 5:20 PM

In 2002, a 13-year-old girl in Turkey's southeastern city of Mardin reported to the authorities that she had been raped, multiple times, by 26 men over a period of 7 months. Two women had facilitated the abuse in exchange for money and were immediately sentenced to nine years in prison....

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Getting Your Period: Hysterical (And Just Bad) Movie Euphemisms (Video)

(12) Comments | Posted November 2, 2011 | 3:02 PM

Whether it is "on the rag," "that time of the month," or "the curse," it seems as if euphemisms have represented and misrepresented menstruation forever.

We looked at seven examples from popular movies in which a euphemism is used to describe periods humorously, unintentionally, sarcastically and in the case...

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Reality TV Versus 'Emily Post's Etiquette'

(216) Comments | Posted October 20, 2011 | 11:19 AM

According to its publishers, the 18th edition of "Emily Post's Etiquette," released this week, is the last word on "Manners For A New World." But do we still need manners in the so-called New World?

To answer this question, we turned to that medium that supposedly (in...

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Dr Pepper Ten And Other 'Manly' Ads (VIDEO)

(98) Comments | Posted October 14, 2011 | 1:10 PM

In light of the recent Dr. Pepper Ten advertisements, we rounded up eight advertising campaigns that urge men to claim back their manhood with "manly" products. Enjoy.

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