Our Hate Mail Wasn't Tarnished By a Rape Joke This Week, Thankfully

Maeve Keirans · 07/13/12 06:00PM

Here is the roundup of the best hate mail we received this week, including sad goodbyes, t-shirt truths, conspiracy theories, and word-count criticism. Happy Friday the thirteenth: everyone should go get baked and walk on the treadmill for a couple of hours to celebrate.

Daniel Radcliffe Terrorizes Children

Caity Weaver · 07/13/12 03:31PM

Danielle Radcliffe, who made his fortune teaching children that they can accomplish great things if only they have the good fortune to be accepted into a prestigious school of witchcraft and wizardy, has now resorted to terrorizing them.

PR Dummies: Healthy Hoohoos for Gal Pals

Hamilton Nolan · 07/13/12 02:50PM

The public relations industry is much like the vagina: not very good at writing. This is PR Dummies. Putting the you-know-what in the you-know-where, at least once a week.

Which States Are the Sexiest States?

Leah Beckmann · 07/13/12 01:00PM

A new study conducted by Trojan condoms found that Americans are, on average, having more sex per week than they were having last year. The small online poll asked 1,000 people in 10 major cities (a sampling of the country, really) to complete a survey about their sexual habits. And, in 2012, the year of our lord and E.L. James, Americans did It approximately 151 times. Last year it was a prudish 120.

Girls Ask Teen Vogue to Stop Photoshopping; Teen Vogue Asks Girls to STFU

Caity Weaver · 07/13/12 11:01AM

Last week, a 14-year-old girl declared victory in her campaign to convince Seventeen magazine to incorporate images of "Real Girls" into its pages. What she gained (besides lots of press coverage) isn't completely clear; Julia Bluhm petitioned Seventeen to cut down on Photoshopped images by printing "one unaltered photo spread" per month, and editor-in-chief Ann Shoket responded by vowing to readers the magazine would "help make your life amazing!" and "give you the confidence to walk into any room and own it."