Bernie Sanders Endorsed by Deez Nuts

Brendan O'Connor · 08/22/15 12:50PM

On Facebook, presidential candidate Deez Nuts (a.k.a. 15-year-old Brady Olson) endorsed Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican John Kasich for their parties’ respective nominations. “This is not for the general election,” he clarified. “I endorse myself for the GE.”

“Embarrassing Is an Understatement”: Stories From Steve Harvey's Sexist Nightmare Special

Jordan Sargent · 08/21/15 02:30PM

Yesterday, I wrote about a recent taping Steve Harvey held in Chicago for his daytime talk show. Harvey brought 2,000 men into a theatre for a special devoted to “What Men Really Think,” and things quickly, even predictably, turned sour. Men in the audience allegedly drowned out female speakers with catcalls and hurled slurs of all types at both women and men present.

Fantasy Football Tips for the Extremely Casual Participant

Kelly Conaboy · 08/21/15 01:53PM

“Fantasy Football” can mean a number of things: A game; a football-related fantasy; your dream football. If this fall it means, for you, “a game,” even though you don’t know too much about football and aren’t sure why you agreed to participate in the fantasy version, I have a few tips.

Reporter Says She Tried to Warn Subway That Jared Was a Pedophile

Gabrielle Bluestone · 08/21/15 01:12PM

A reporter who says she informed on Jared Fogle to the FBI claims she also tried to warn Subway that the face of their company had been making sexual comments about her two young children, but “never did hear back from them.”

Dr. Dre Apologizes for Assaulting Multiple Women: “I Deeply Regret What I Did”

Taylor Berman · 08/21/15 12:39PM

Days after journalist Dee Barnes published a first-hand account of the abuse she suffered at the hands of Dr. Dre, the famed producer and current Apple consultant has issued an apology. “Twenty-five years ago I was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life,” he said in a statement to the New York Times. “However, none of this is an excuse for what I did.”

How Sex Workers Taught Me to Hustle

Clay Cane · 08/21/15 10:01AM

Twenty years ago, Friday and Species were blowing up at the box office. Groove Theory’s “Tell Me” and Notorious B.I.G’s “One More Chance (Remix)” were in heavy rotation on my Sony Walkman. I had just graduated from high school in Philadelphia and was finally dealing with my sexuality. This was the summer sex workers taught me how to hustle.