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Oh, hey there, do you remember last year when all everybody did all day was take quizzes on Facebook, and it clogged up your News Feed and was super-annoying? And then suddenly, one day, everyone just stopped doing that and it was like the rain ... Read more

 

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]]>autism spectrum quotient testAutismSpectrumQuotientTestDr. Bob SearsDr.BobSearsFacebookEmerald Catron2010-10-27T11:30:00+00:00Yale Frat Apologizes for Rape Chanthttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/18/yale-frat-apologizes-for-rape-chant/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/18/yale-frat-apologizes-for-rape-chant/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/18/yale-frat-apologizes-for-rape-chant/#commentsFiled under:


The Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter at Yale apparently thinks rape is hilarious. "No means yes. Yes means anal," was just one of a couple of charming phrases chanted by DKE pledges, who were blindfolded and led in a line across the school's Old ... Read more

 

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]]>delta kappa epsilonDeltaKappaEpsilonDKEfraternityYaleyikesEmerald Catron2010-10-18T10:00:00+00:00Modern Etiquette -- When to Update Your Facebook Relationship Statushttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/modern-etiquette-when-to-update-your-facebook-relationship-stat/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/modern-etiquette-when-to-update-your-facebook-relationship-stat/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/modern-etiquette-when-to-update-your-facebook-relationship-stat/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Back in the day (and by that, we mean "Happy Days"), a gal would announce her relationship status to the world by strutting around the sock hop in her saddle shoes and poodle skirt with her boyfriend's letter jacket draped jauntily over her ... Read more

 

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]]>exclusiveexclusive relationshipExclusiveRelationshipfacebook relationship statusfacebook statusFacebookRelationshipStatusFacebookStatusrelationship statusRelationshipStatustristan coopersmithTristanCoopersmithLiz Scott2010-10-07T11:00:00+00:00Should We Really Hire Pre-Teen Girls to Watch Kids?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/05/pre-teen-girls-babysitting/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/05/pre-teen-girls-babysitting/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/05/pre-teen-girls-babysitting/#commentsFiled under:


The bad news: your child's life in the hands of an 11-year-old girl. The good news: There's a fairly decent chance your kid's not gonna die tonight. Despite the fact that we weren't left unsupervised at home until the age of 14, it turns out ... Read more

 

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]]>BabysitterChild safetyChildSafetypre-teensEmerald Catron2010-10-05T14:00:00+00:00Ex-Beauty Editor Secrets -- The Best Drugstore Skin Care Everhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/31/ex-beauty-editor-secrets-the-best-drugstore-skincare-ever/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/31/ex-beauty-editor-secrets-the-best-drugstore-skincare-ever/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/31/ex-beauty-editor-secrets-the-best-drugstore-skincare-ever/#commentsFiled under: ,


Confession time! Remember how I told you that in my recent past life as a magazine beauty editor, I lied in print and said that a lot of makeup was good when it wasn't? I also lied about skin care. Mainly expensive skin care, and particularly ... Read more

 

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]]>cetaphildrugstore beautyDrugstoreBeautymicrodermabrasionneutrogena moisturizerNeutrogenaMoisturizeroil of olayoil of olay regeneristOilOfOlayOilOfOlayRegeneristskin cleansingskin peelSkinCleansingSkinPeelCat Marnell2010-08-31T09:00:00+00:00The Truth About Vitamin Water -- Do 'Functional Beverages' Work?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/30/the-truth-about-vitamin-water-do-functional-beverages-wor/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/30/the-truth-about-vitamin-water-do-functional-beverages-wor/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/30/the-truth-about-vitamin-water-do-functional-beverages-wor/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Water used to be just a source of mere hydration, but over the last decade the bottled variety has undergone a makeover. Enriched with all sorts of ingredients, from vitamin C to lemongrass, the beverage appears to offer a smorgasbord of health ... Read more

 

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]]>functional waterFunctionalWaterpurityorganicthe-truth-aboutvitamin watervitamin-water-zeroVitaminWaterAmber Angelle2010-08-30T15:00:00+00:00Ex-Beauty Editor Secret -- The One Foundation All Facialists Swear Byhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/25/ex-beauty-editor-secret-the-one-foundation-all-facialists-swe/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/25/ex-beauty-editor-secret-the-one-foundation-all-facialists-swe/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/25/ex-beauty-editor-secret-the-one-foundation-all-facialists-swe/#commentsFiled under: , ,


So, back when I was a magazine beauty editor / investigative glamour journalist (fine, the second part was my title only in dreams), I pitched what I thought was a great idea for a story: The makeup that militantly perfect-skin-obsessed facialists ... Read more

 

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]]>foundationfoundation makeupFoundationMakeupjane iredalejane iredale mineral makeupJaneIredaleJaneIredaleMineralMakeupmineral makeupMineralMakeupCat Marnell2010-08-25T11:00:00+00:00What It's Really Like to Be 40 -- By a Formerly Hot 20-Somethinghttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/18/formerly-hot-stephanie-dolgoff-today-show/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/18/formerly-hot-stephanie-dolgoff-today-show/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/18/formerly-hot-stephanie-dolgoff-today-show/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Hey, girls! It's been a long time since we last talked. I finally published my book (!), "My Formerly Hot Life: Dispatches From the Other Side of Young," and it just hit bookstores today. This morning I went on the "Today" show to talk about what ... Read more

 

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]]>20somethingformerly hotFormerlyHotstephanie dolgoffstephanie dolgoff formerly hotStephanieDolgoffStephanieDolgoffFormerlyHottoday showtoday show hottoday show stephanieTodayShowTodayShowHotTodayShowStephanieturning 40Turning40twentysomethingStephanie Dolgoff2010-08-18T09:00:00+00:00Facebook Privacy Fail -- They Don't Care If You Hide Your Birthdayhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/12/facebook-privacy-fail-facebook-doesnt-care-if-you-hide-your-birthday/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/12/facebook-privacy-fail-facebook-doesnt-care-if-you-hide-your-birthday/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/12/facebook-privacy-fail-facebook-doesnt-care-if-you-hide-your-birthday/#commentsFiled under: , ,


My friend, Emma, purposely hid her birthday on Facebook because -- though she is not old at all -- she didn't want a thousand people "writing on [her] damn wall" and "asking where the party was." (Answer: "in my pants," Emma. The answer is ALWAYS in ... Read more

 

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]]>birthdaysfacebookfacebook privacyFacebookPrivacyjerksprivacyrobot overlordsRobotOverlordsrobotsJulieanne Smolinski2010-08-12T15:30:00+00:00Twelve Words You Didn't Know You Were Mispronouncinghttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/06/twelve-words-you-didnt-know-youre-mispronouncing/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/06/twelve-words-you-didnt-know-youre-mispronouncing/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/06/twelve-words-you-didnt-know-youre-mispronouncing/#commentsFiled under: ,


When we were young, we made the common mistake of pronouncing a word before we'd actually heard it -- which is why we're very thankful that someone eventually took us aside to inform us that "epitome" doesn't actually rhyme with "metronome." And ... Read more

 

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]]>chipotleenglishgrammarirritating phrasesIrritatingPhrasesmispronouncedmispronounced wordsMispronouncedWordsmispronunciationpet peevesPetPeevesJulieanne Smolinski2010-08-06T17:00:00+00:00The Truth About Gel Manicures -- Plus, Shellac, a New (Safer) Optionhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-gel-manicures-plus-shellac-a-new-safer-op/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-gel-manicures-plus-shellac-a-new-safer-op/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-gel-manicures-plus-shellac-a-new-safer-op/#commentsFiled under: , ,


A nail polish that doesn't chip is basically the Holy Grail of mani-pedis -- and the $6 billion nail salon industry claims to have found it in a gel. Over the last couple of years, the gel manicure has grown in popularity: Two-thirds of salons now ... Read more

 

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]]>gel manicureGelManicuremanicuresshellacshellacmanicureAmber Angelle2010-07-21T09:00:00+00:00NEW ACE OF BASE SONG! <br/> STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/14/new-ace-of-base-song-mr-replay/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/14/new-ace-of-base-song-mr-replay/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/14/new-ace-of-base-song-mr-replay/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Rumors have been swirling like IKEA meatball gravy about a new album from the ragged limping spectre of your childhood Swedish supergroup Ace of Base -- and now we have this leaked track, "Mr. Replay," as evidence. Well, it certainly sounds Ace of ... Read more

 

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]]>Julieanne Smolinski2010-07-14T14:00:00+00:00The Truth About FitFlops -- Do 'Wobbly' Shoes Really Blast Fat?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/13/fitflops-do-they-burn-fat/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/13/fitflops-do-they-burn-fat/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/07/13/fitflops-do-they-burn-fat/#commentsFiled under: ,


In recent years, functional (read: fugly) one-syllable shoes like Uggs and Crocs have been cropping up everywhere. Now everyone and their grandma is hoofing around in FitFlops. But can a specially-designed shoe really whip your rear into shape, no ... Read more

 

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]]>Amber Angelle2010-07-13T15:00:00+00:0018 Percent of Women Don't Want to Have Babieshttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/30/intentional-childlessness-on-the-rise/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/30/intentional-childlessness-on-the-rise/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/30/intentional-childlessness-on-the-rise/#commentsFiled under:


Maybe the prospect of a tiny thing with hair and fingernails growing inside of you (GAHHHH!) gives you a serious case of the heebie jeebies. Maybe you're just too busy pursuing your second doctorate. Whatever reason you have for not having a kid ... Read more

 

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]]>childless womenChildlessByChoiceChildlessWomenEmerald Catron2010-06-30T10:00:00+00:00Should 'Cool' Parents Be Punished for Underage Drinking?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/25/should-cool-parents-be-punished-for-underage-drinking/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/25/should-cool-parents-be-punished-for-underage-drinking/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/25/should-cool-parents-be-punished-for-underage-drinking/#commentsFiled under: ,


We all had that friend in high school with the "cool" parent who condoned underage drinking as long as it was in their house so they knew the kids were safe (see: "Mean Girls," Amy Poehler in). How cool that is or isn't has recently come up for ... Read more

 

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]]>underage drinkingUnderageDrinkingEmerald Catron2010-06-25T09:00:00+00:00Prep School Boys Ran 'Fantasy Sex League'http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/11/prep-school-boys-ran-fantasy-sex-league/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/11/prep-school-boys-ran-fantasy-sex-league/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/11/prep-school-boys-ran-fantasy-sex-league/#commentsFiled under: ,


Really? This is not the sort of behavior we expect from a bunch of Fancy Lads. Students at the all-boys Landon School in a suburb of Washington, D.C. (where tuition can cost over $28,000 per year), got caught creating a very twisted fantasy league. ... Read more

 

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]]>Emerald Catron2010-06-11T14:00:00+00:00How to Deal With Cat-Callers, Leer-ers and Other Street Harassershttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/09/ten-ideas-for-dealing-with-harassers/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/09/ten-ideas-for-dealing-with-harassers/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/09/ten-ideas-for-dealing-with-harassers/#commentsFiled under: ,


Sometimes at Lemondrop, we like to get all servicey on you by sharing some useful information to store away in that dome of yours. Today, we bring you this guest post from blogger and author and Holly Kearl. Jen Corey, the current Miss D.C., ... Read more

 

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]]>miss DCMissDcsexual harassmentSexualHarassmentstreet harassmentStreetHarassmentSpecial Guest Blogger2010-06-09T11:00:00+00:00Why Men Are Really Addicted to Porn -- Do You Buy This Theory?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/26/why-men-are-really-addicted-to-porn/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/26/why-men-are-really-addicted-to-porn/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/26/why-men-are-really-addicted-to-porn/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Yesterday a post on Psychology Today caught our eye: Why Men Use Porn (And How to Get Them to Stop). Interesting, we thought. Porn is a divisive issue in a relationship. It can help. It can hurt. And it can also be hard to talk about. Now a ... Read more

 

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]]>bad adviceBadAdvicecouples therapyCouplesTherapymark goulstonMarkGoulstonmasturbationpornLemondrop Staff2010-05-26T11:00:00+00:00Hooters Forcing 132-lb. Waitress to Lose Weighthttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/20/hooters-forcing-fit-waitress-to-lose-weight/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/20/hooters-forcing-fit-waitress-to-lose-weight/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/20/hooters-forcing-fit-waitress-to-lose-weight/#commentsFiled under: ,


Oh, Hooters, we love your wings. We hate your ... everything else. So please, don't ruin the wings for us by firing a server for being fat. Especially when she's 5-foot-8 and weighs 132 lbs. Cassie Smith, 20, works at a Hooters in Michigan and ... Read more

 

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]]>diethootersweight lossWeightLossEmerald Catron2010-05-20T10:00:00+00:00'Runaway Mom' Tiffany Tehan Explains Herselfhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/04/runaway-mom-tiffany-tehan-explains-herself/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/04/runaway-mom-tiffany-tehan-explains-herself/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/04/runaway-mom-tiffany-tehan-explains-herself/#commentsFiled under: ,


Clearly, the modern mother faces a lot of pressure to balance work and raising her children without breaking a sweat. For Tiffany Tehan, it was apparently all a little more than she could handle -- she "cracked" under the pressure and ran off with ... Read more

 

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]]>runaway wifeRunawayWifetiffany tehanTiffanyTehanEmerald Catron2010-05-04T09:00:00+00:00