Dirty Politicians Wallow in the Pocket of Big Yogurt

Hamilton Nolan · 05/07/14 08:18AM

Shame on New York's dysfunctional state government: last night, in a disgusting display of favoritism for special interests, our State Senate attempted to hand the public's whole motherhumping life and legacy over to the forces of Big (Garbage) Yogurt.

Amy Schumer's Interview With a 106-Year-Old Woman Is Perfect

Rich Juzwiak · 05/07/14 07:43AM

In the "Amy Goes Deep" segment from last night's Inside Amy Schumer, Schumer deftly walks the line of vibing with and mocking 106-year-old Downing, who's being interviewed precisely because she is 106 (no other reason is needed). I love that Downing regularly lets Schumer's smart-assed questions fall flat, sometimes to the point of ignoring them. If that isn't shade, it sure reads like it. I love Downing's one-liners (on not using Twitter: "I don't know any of the new things"; on social changes she's seen women go through: "Well, everybody's wearing pants").

Lacey Donohue · 05/06/14 07:48PM

Join us over at Gawker's Morning After tonight, as we watch Ramona act totally normal on Real Housewives of New York, Jess and Nick continue doing whatever on the New Girl finale, and Mindy Lahiri find love in one or more hopeless places on the Mindy Project finale. No one deserves to be alone with these people.

U.S. Vet Jailed for Taking Guns to Mexico Says He Just Missed His Exit

Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 04:45PM

A former combat Marine says he shouldn't be languishing in a Tijuana jail for crossing the Mexican border with three guns, because it was all a mistake: He was heading for a night out with his buddies in California, missed the last highway exit, and ended up Mexico-bound.

Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 04:09PM

Why won't the U.S. government let veterans smoke weed? Shit, VICE, that's a damn good question.

Student Sues Over Professor's Obsession With Her Bondage-Porn Past

Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 04:09PM

A former Portland State University undergraduate has filed a $1 million lawsuit against her faculty mentor for sexual harassment over the professor's alleged obsession with the student's experiences as a BDSM model and sexual-abuse survivor.

Stop Saying "The Novel is Dead"

Michelle Dean · 05/06/14 03:25PM

Last Friday in the Guardian, the novelist Will Self declared the novel dead, inert, lifeless, kaput. Self himself (whoa) tries to hedge his bold headline, but it still leaves him sounding like a much more verbose Jonathan Franzen. Also: he's wrong.