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Unless you’re living under a rock you probably witnessed the internet commotion about a paparazzi shot of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s son playing around, naked, on a beach.
A website called Barstool Sports used the headline “Check Out The Howitzer On Brady’s Kid” above the photo of 1-year-old Benjamin Brady frolicking on the sand. The website also added this horrifying descriptor: “Just swinging low like a boss. That’s what MVP QB’s do. They impregnate chicks and give birth to big dicked kids.”
As Deadspin.com reports, the uproar that ensued even involved state police:
The post was deemed so controversial that it resulted in writer Dave Portnoy’s being banned from Boston sports radio station WEEI, numerous threats of bodily harm from faceless Boston sports fans, and a mini-revolt from some of his own obscenely loyal fan base. According to Portnoy, the outcries were so severe that two exasperated Massachusetts state police officers even paid a visit to his house to ask if he would pull the offending post down.
Dave Portnoy took down the post but has remained vehemently unapologetic, saying he only took it down because he didn’t want to get in a pissing match with police. Douche. I know, I know, this particular discussion has been beaten to death but how a grown man can defend posting a photo and commenting on the private parts of a toddler is beyond me.
I bring up the Benjamin Brady photo as an example to ease you into my point. Parents, who would be outraged if someone else commented on their kid’s junk, do it themselves all the time. Continue reading »
Facebook friend diagnoses a child's cancer.
Back in 2008, two friends who knew each other only through an online chat room became forever connected when one saved the life of the other’s child.
It started on a pregnancy website where UK resident Madeline Straub and Florida resident Megan Santos bonded during their pregnancies. Both gave birth to daughters on the same day and remained in contact as their girls grew, regularly exchanging photos and emails.
But when Straub noticed something amiss in a photo of her friend’s 1-year-old daughter, Rowan, she became more than a friend – she became a hero to the Santos family.
Looking at that emailed photo, Straub noticed that little Rowan’s left eye had a white shadow over the pupil. After doing a little research, she discovered that the eye’s unusual appearance could be a symptom of an eye cancer called Retinoblastoma.
One email later, Rowan was in a doctor’s office where a large tumor was discovered behind her eye. She lost sight in that eye, but her life was likely saved by a woman she had never met who lived more than 4,000 miles away.
As incredible as that story is, it isn’t unique. Continue reading »
Is it a fashion statement? An invitation to debate? Or just one of those things kids (and by kids, I mean anyone under 30) do to differentiate themselves from those who came before? Friedrich Nietzsche first wrote that “God is Dead” more than 125 years ago and I’m sure it stirred up some controversy back then. Fast forward to modern day Washington State and the sentiment is once again causing a stir — this time over a high school yearbook photo.
The caption says it all.
I have a really hard time with zoos–specifically, with the fact that they exist.
I realize logically that many zoos treat animals like royalty; that many also help protect endangered species; and that we simply no longer inhabit an ecology system in which all animals can roam free, unfettered by human activities. If I had any hopes for that, I wouldn’t have two domesticated cats. Continue reading »
Remember Jonathan Escobar, the teen boy who was asked to dress more manly or be homeschooled? A few commenters wondered what would happen if roles were reversed: If Jonathan was a girl trying to dress like a boy, would school officials still have a problem with it?
In Wesson, Mississippi, the answer to that question is yes.
I don’t know what to make of this. The image is from an eBay auction of the image itself. The price is $9.50.
The photo is from the 1930′s, apparently of a “Pennsylvania Mountain Lady.” What is she doing? Well, she’s “suckling both a baby deer and a child at the same time.”
And judging by the expression on her face, she’s having a grand old time. Full image after the jump. Continue reading »
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