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Heartbreaker: Rosie O'Donnell is No Longer Single

The comedian is now dating Tracy Kachtick-Anders, a Texas-based artist, O'Donnell's rep confirms to PEOPLE. The happy couple was spotted strolling hand-in-hand on Miami Beach Tuesday. Looks like she's moved on from her longtime partner Kelli Carpenter. Kachtick-Anders is active in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parenting and adoption issues....

‘Nerd’ and ‘Geek’ Should Be Banned? No Way!

Cross Posted on Geek Girls Network™ On December 21st, the NY Times interviewed David Anderegg, a professor of psychology at Bennington College , who stated that terms like nerd and geek serve to perpetuate the stereotype and should be banished. Excerpt: And math, science and computer science, Dr. Anderegg said,...

What's Wrong With The Pink Stuff?

Yesterday, Dr. Isis posted a fantastic article pointing out a marketing travesty of beginner’s lab equipment targeted for young girls. The ad in question depicts a pink microscope which is notable less advanced than similar models design for young boys. The issue, however, has nothing to do with the color...

Tyra Banks Bringing Horrible TV Show To An End

The fine folks over at Rhymes With Snitch alerted us to this one: "This will be the last season of 'The Tyra Show,'" Tyra told People.com. "I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years. My next huge steps will allow...

Princess Leia: Two Tickets To The Bun Show!

Heh. Cause she's sporting "buns" instead of "guns" and...ahem. Umm...IT'S A TRAP! heh. Right, everyone? Ok, I'm dying faster than an Alderaanian at a Death Star demonstration. But good jokes aren't important now, what's important is that there are only 5 HOURS left in this Princess Leia as Rosie the...

Ladies Shrieking About Other Ladies. Perfect.

I actually really like this fashion spread in V Magazine. Added bonus? The Webfeminists of Jezebel hate it and are shrieking "is it a contest?" That website can misread anything as anti-woman. And the way the entire shoot is structured to encourage the reader to compare Renn to Jablonski —...

Sex And The City 2 Trailer Isn't Slutty Enough For Me

What will happen? Will the slutty one be slutty? Will the priggish one shit her pants? Will women flock to anything that moves and wears haute couture? Will SJP continue to rape this franchise until every single dollar that can be bled from it has paid for Matthew Broderick's questionable...

Fraction Family Takes Over Asgard

Starting on Free Comic Book Day, Matt Fraction and John Romita Jr are taking over Thor, but also around that time Matt's wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick, is writing a one shot featuring Sif. Here is the solicit: "Spinning out of the pages of THOR! The Asgardian warrior Sif was no...

Dolce & Gabbana Makes Madonna Hot Again. Sort Of.

Dolce & Gabbana and Madonna have been struggling for cultural relevance for some time now and now they've decided to fight that war together with a new ad campaign shot by Steven Klein. If you seek more information feel free to visit SWIDE, D & G's fairly impossible to navigate...

Girls Basketball Team Who Once Famously Lost A Game 100-0 Snaps School’s Eight-Year Losing Streak | Sportress of Blogitude

I must be getting into the Christmas season, I don't have any need to make a short bus joke. I just think it is cool, and I don't care if you guys mock me for it. Let’s hear it for the Dallas Academy girls basketball team! On Thursday, the Dallas...

Hot Pics of Liu Wen: Pics, Videos, Links, News

via www.buzzfeed.com Liu Wen is the first Asian to walk the Victoria's Secret runway. I almost typed rumway which either means it is time for holiday cookies or I'm more racist than a shady lingerie company. Viva Los AZNs!

GEEKWEEK Exclusive: Mary Forsberg Weiland Talks Writing A Masterpiece on her Blackberry and Lifetime Movies

Mary Forsberg Weiland has written one of the best books of 2009. Her autobiography, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Mental Illness, delves into her extraordinary life with sensitivity and humor. From becoming a model as a child to marrying legendary Stone Temple Pilots and...

Barbie is a 24DDD: A History of Boob Jobs

Holy Taco gives us something important, informative and ball shrinkingly horrifying (I am assuming. I do not have balls to shrink but I can't imagine the pictures are inspiring anything other than a crawl back up.) A history of boob jobs.

Star Trek Stops Women From Becoming Computer Scientists | Wired Science | Wired.com

I hate articles like this. I think they are defeatist and I think they lead the research by planting the idea of why in women's heads. Calling this science is an affront to science. New research published in the December Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that the stereotype...

Girls Trash Talk: Miss Piggy and Bonnie Hunt On Kate Hudson & A-Rod

Not gonna take the ride everyone else has been on. So is that Kate or A-Rod?