Kim LaCapria

Ugly Feminists Freak Out Over #FeministsAreUgly Hashtag

This summer is the summer of trolling feminists on Twitter, with today’s #feministsareugly hashtag trend causing a significant number of users to take the bait. Before #FeministsAreUgly began to trend, several other anti-feminist hashtags blew up this summer. One was a sort of broad, cross-platform #IDontNeedFeminism meme among women who felt feminism was harmful, unnecessary, […]

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Brooklyn Jogger Finds Apparent Skeleton Decked Out In Nets Gear

A bizarre and unexpected skeleton “display” found by a local resident in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park has prompted police to investigate the origin of the strange finding (clad in a Brooklyn Nets jersey) and whether the woman indeed discovered previously unearthed human remains. The potentially grim discovery was made by a jogger, Kate Steciw, who seems […]

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Arizona’s Pima County Likely To Stop Hiring Smokers

Life isn’t easy for smokers in most places as it is, given not only heavy regulations but also significant social stigma — and now in Pima County, Arizona, you can add “potential difficulty in earning a basic living” to the list of smoking drawbacks. Pima County administrator Chuck Huckelberry issued a memo dated July 25, […]

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Bedbugs Found On N Train In NYC, Everybody Panic!

Bedbugs have been a steadily growing horror in densely populated areas like New York City, so today’s news that some cars on the N line have been taken out of service due to the hardy and terrifying creatures is (as you can imagine) not very well received. Anyone who has battled a bedbug infestation knows […]

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Reza Aslan Blasts ‘Charlatan’ Protestant Evangelicals, Condemns ‘Prosperity Gospel’

Religious scholar Reza Aslan recently made remarks about a growing movement among Protestant evangelicals in America led by celebrity pastors like Joel Osteen — alleging that the “prosperity gospel” isn’t just inaccurate, it’s antithetical to Jesus Christ’s moral teachings. Aslan has caused controversy before for his writings on Jesus, and around this time last summer, […]

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Amazon Review Gold: Dude Bought Honeywell Thermostat, Trolls Cruel Ex-Wife (Maybe)

Amazon reviews have turned out to occasionally provide hilarious internet reading from time to time, and such is the case with a Honeywell thermostat review (found by Reddit users) with a funny-if-true backstory. Amazon reviews that go viral range when it comes to truth-level — there’s the ostensibly true, the possibly real, and the clearly […]

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Wanted Man Taunts Cops On Their Facebook Page, Guess What Happened?

A fugitive in Maryland was featured on a local police Facebook page as a part of the department’s “Wanted Wednesdays,” telling cops they’d never catch him and complaining that putting him on social media blast was harassing to his family. The man, Roger Ray Ireland, was the subject of what is a growing trend in […]

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Pope Francis May Visit U.S. Next Year

Pope Francis, much beloved by both Catholics and secular folk alike, may be taking his Popemobile over to the United States in 2015 for a visit. At this point, the 2015 Pope Francis visit is still only in the buzz stage, and the report comes from an Archbishop in Philly. Papal visits to the U.S. […]

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OC Porcelain Dolls Are Real Life Creepypasta, Parents Terrified

In what is probably the creepiest story we’ve heard all week, a whole bunch of families in a California town found porcelain dolls that looked eerily like their daughters… and of course, the internet’s imagination went crazy. The porcelain dolls, even more scarily, were left anonymously on porches and stoops, so just imagine for a […]

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Women Against Feminism Goes Viral, Rips Into Straw Feminists

A newly popular Facebook page, Women Against Feminism (and a complementary hashtag, #WomenAgainstFeminism), is an adorably earnest if horribly misguided social media phenomenon this week that is at best out of the loop, and at worst, dishonest and horribly misogynist. In case you missed it, the Women Against Feminism thing has been going on for […]

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Sad Jack White Meme Now Totally A Thing

For some reason Jack White is everywhere this week, covering Lorde’s “Royals,” showing up at baseball games needing a hug, playing historically long concerts. If you’ve seen the “sad Jack White” meme but lack the context, apparently the star was spotted looking less than thrilled during a recent Chicago Cubs game, context unknown, though probably […]

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Ted Nugent Lashes Out At ‘Unclean Vermin’ After Indian Tribe Cancels Concert

As The Inquisitr reported earlier this week, rocker Ted Nugent was dumped by an Indian tribe for racist remarks he made this month — and predictably, he has something to say about that. Ted Nugent was scheduled to play August 4, before the Coeur d’Alene tribe got word of homophobic and racist comments made by […]

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Algerian Plane Carrying 116 Disappears From Radar, Crashes

An Air Algerie plane flying from Algeria to Burkina Faso disappeared over Mali and likely crashed, officials have confirmed in a currently unfolding situation. The Air Algerie plane was carrying 100 passengers and 16 crew members, and is the third passenger plane to crash in the past week. An initial report from Gawker gives a […]

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Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) Opens Up In Reddit AMA

Over on Reddit, Dwayne Johnson — also known as “The Rock” — is doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), and the star opened up about sensitive topics like his career aspirations as well as the loss of Paul Walker late last year. Reddit AMAs are a great way for stars and fans to connect […]

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Ted Cruz Fires Back After True Blood Jab: ‘Dead Tend To Vote For Democrats’

Senator Ted Cruz was just as surprised as anyone to see his supporting role featured in this week’s episode of True Blood, in which one of the final season’s scenes took place at a fundraiser for the politician in Texas. The use of Ted Cruz’s name on True Blood isn’t so surprising given the heavy-handed […]

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Reddit Announces ‘Reddit Live’ For Breaking News And Stuff

Today, Reddit announced a new feature called “Reddit Live,” aimed at de-kludging the useful service during high-activity periods, it looks like. Reddit Live is a Reddit feature meant to streamline the real-time addition to comment threads. As Reddit grows in popularity and relevance, one of the most common complaints from newer users stems from its […]

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This ‘Better Call Saul’ Billboard Is Interactive, Has Clues

As Breaking Bad fans await the release of Better Call Saul, an in-universe prequel centering around the sometimes show stealing Saul Goodman (in turn played by Bob Odenkirk, wonderfully) a new billboard has appeared offering some recognizable clues to the character’s history. In the overall Breaking Bad narrative, Goodman was a crucial support character to […]

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Watch Jack White Cover Lorde’s ‘Royals’ And Die Sighing

Jack White, who has a proven history of making every cover magical no matter what, did a version of Lorde’s “Royals” earlier this week — and like, it’s almost impossible to come by a clip of this fantastic, amazing nonsense. Putting aside Jack White being basically a man who possesses God-like powers, with capabilities to […]

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Ted Nugent Dumped By Indian Tribe For Being Racist And Awful

Controversial rocker Ted Nugent has a bit more free time this summer, as Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Tribe has canceled his scheduled August 4 performance at their venue. Nugent, noted draft dodger and National Rifle Association proponent, was dumped by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe this week, after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)’s Hatewatch project got […]

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Ben Stein, Potential Sugar Baby Have Page Six Fight

Former speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and iconically-voiced celebrity Ben Stein recently wrote a bizarre and rambling column about President Obama and Stein’s interest in younger, poorer women — and one of the two women about whom he wrote has decided to release the content of their communications to Page Six. As far as sexting […]

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