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Entries for April, 2008 in Pop Goes the Culture
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The Great Hair Highlighting Disaster of 2008
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Which shouldn't, of course, be confused with the Great Hair Dye Atrocity of 2004, or the Mystery Hair Color of 2001. And we won't even mention the 2002 "I said Winona Rider, not Billy Ray Cyrus!" mullet haircut, which practically ...
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Mixing sex education with humor
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Okay, so there's been a lot of discussion going on as of late on the Advocate Web site in regards to sex education and teens having sex in general. Well, considering my school sex education consisted of "This is a ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Well, France, you've done it. Thanks to you, women throughout the world will now have to find a new way to make themselves feel bad. How dare you try and pass a bill making it illegal for magazines and advertisers ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
And we thought the newsroom atmosphere was stressful. In "whodathunkit" news today, it seems that blogging can be bad for your health. Yes, with the Internet ever changing the way the world works, it seems the stress of 24/7 information ...
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Celebrity Sighting at Hastings!
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
And by celebrity, of course, I mean me. Okay, so I'm not "technically" a "celebrity" but for just one night, I will be one. See, Hastings Hardback Cafe is celebrating April being Coffee Month and each Thursday they are featuring happy hour ...
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Um...there's a war going on, you know
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Can you name roughly how many American military personnel have died in the Iraq war so far? If you can, well, you are in a small minority, my friend. According to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, only ...
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Tramp Stamps for children (I wish I was kidding)
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Hey parents! Tired of your child not growing up fast enough? Embarrassed that they actually act their age? Are vulgar T-shirts with slogans like "Future Stripper" and "Stop Staring at my Training Bra" just not cutting it anymore? Well, then ...