Links Round-Up

by Kelly

The links I have bookmarked to share with you all have been piling up. Here are some good reads:

Newsweek has dissected (ha, ha) 11 reasons Heidi Montag’s 10-hour plastic surgery disturb us.

Remember those awful school portraits? Well, now you can get them airbrushed…

The decade’s most egregious photoshopping gaffes. Newsweek is hitting it out of the ballpark this week!

This is from Aug 2009, but still worth the read: Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims

Nevada Brothel is now recruiting male prostitutes to service female clients. Gender equality at its finest?

Money can’t buy you happiness…says the guy who is giving all of his away.

Remember my post on the 3:16 at the bottom of Forever 21′s bag? Here’s more reasons why Forever 21 is lame. See, guys, I’m not the only one…

I’m actually really surprised by this — good article, too: Burka Barbie: How Barbie and Middle Eastern Culture Collided.

If you didn’t read about the recent Supreme Court ruling that overruled any limit on corporate political campaign contributions, you should. Imagine the amount of money some companies have…say, Coca Cola. Now imagine Coca Cola wants to get a certain candidate into office to further their corporate goals. Think they won’t be able to buy out the right people at the right price?

Is Lady Gaga a role model for girls?

One man. One goal: to live completely off of Craigslist.

Cindy McCain’s No H8 ad. I wonder what John thinks?

And now for some humor…

A woman has started a blog documenting the hilarious things her husband says while sleeping. My personal favorite is: “You’ve got to save the curtains! Save the curtains… They hold so many secrets.”