500 Days of Kristin, Day 331: Lauren Conrad Also Wrote a Book

Allie Jones · 12/21/15 05:38PM

Three hundred and thirty-one days ago, former Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari announced that she was writing a book to be released sometime in the far distant future: “spring 2016.” She later specified that Balancing in Heels would be published in March. Guess what: former Laguna Beach star Lauren Conrad has a book coming out then, too.

Chelsea Clinton Prepares Bundled Donation

Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/21/15 04:47PM

In yet another classic campaign stunt, Hillary Clinton aide Chelsea Clinton has committed to a nine-month strategy guaranteed to win key votes with both women and Pinterest users everywhere. That’s right. The Clinton campaign is having a baby.

The Year in Bad Teens

Ashley Feinberg · 12/21/15 04:21PM

Teens are monsters. They’re emotionally stunted, mentally deficient, and refuse to stop joining ISIS. But in between all the rampant flakka use and finger-blasting, our garbage teens have had one hell of a year.

University of Alabama Now Routinely Drug Testing Frat Bros

Allie Jones · 12/21/15 03:16PM

Fraternities are America’s great menace, but is weed to blame? According to administrators at the University of Alabama, sure. AL.com reports that the university has been “quietly” drug testing frat bros since the beginning of the school year as part of “a strict new anti-drug effort.”

Brave

Allie Jones · 12/21/15 02:30PM

If you thought teen millionaire Kylie Jenner voiced her unabashed support for the Black Lives Matter movement on Instagram today, you thought wrong, my friend. “Btw.. This is fake,” Kylie clarified on Twitter this afternoon. Also:

The Complete History of Quentin Tarantino Saying "Nigger"

Rich Juzwiak · 12/21/15 02:00PM

No contemporary white public figure has a more involved relationship to the word “nigger” than Quentin Tarantino. He’s used it in screenplays since the beginning of his directing career, he’s been criticized (and defended) by black peers for it, and he’s explained his rationale for it several times in a variety of ways. Americans are obsessed with the word “nigger,” a semantic memento of our country’s shameful founding legacy. But few white artists seem to me more obsessed than Tarantino.

Martin Shkreli: I Was Only Pretending to Be Horrible

Jordan Sargent · 12/21/15 01:42PM

In his first interview since bailing himself out on federal fraud charges, pharmaceutical warlord Martin Shkreli told the Wall Street Journal that he was only a big dumb butthead on the internet as a grand social experiment, which given the outcome, seems like it ended up being a very bad experiment.

REMINDER: St. Augustine, Florida Still the Nation's Oldest City

Hamilton Nolan · 12/21/15 01:06PM

As the educated among you well know, St. Augustine, Florida is our nation’s Oldest Continuously Occupied European Settlement. ALERT: do NOT fall for second-rate cities attempting to co-opt St. Augustine’s rightful title of Nation’s Oldest City.

Hamilton Nolan · 12/21/15 11:30AM

Gasoline is now cheaper than milk. Stop using milk to fill up your cars—use gasoline instead.

Lindsey Graham Mercy Kills His Presidential Campaign

Jordan Sargent · 12/21/15 10:20AM

Lindsey Graham, senator from South Carolina, announced this morning that he is “suspending my campaign for President.” It is a suspension the rest of us can safely assume is permanent.