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  • Blogs

    October 16, 2012

    Reddit Troll is Horrible, but Gawker Is Not Much Better

    Few people look good after this week's outing of "the biggest troll on the Web" by Gawker. Certainly not the troll, and certainly not Reddit, where the troll was given free rein to post, or facilitate the posting, of all kinds of horrible stuff. But also not Gawker, nor many of the people weighing i ... More >>

  • News

    October 3, 2012

    Top 5 Ways Bleacher Report Rules the World!

    Few people look good after this week's outing of "the biggest troll on the Web" by Gawker. Certainly not the troll, and certainly not Reddit, where the troll was given free rein to post, or facilitate the posting, of all kinds of horrible stuff. But also not Gawker, nor many of the people weighing i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2012

    Pepperdine University Refuses Student's Internship With Marijuana Policy Project

    Ah, working for free. That unforgettable experience in lean times -- also called an "internship" -- is the barrier for entry into the white-collar world for many young go-getters in college.So Victoria Stanzione was a bit confused when her school, Malibu's Pepperdine University, told her she couldn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    Sign a Petition to Release the White House Honey Ale Recipe

    Good news, home brewing fans: You could be brewing the same beer as President Barack Obama in a few months. Last week the news broke that the White House brews three varieties of its own beer on the premises -- White House Honey Ale, White House Honey Blonde Ale and White House Honey Porter -- all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2012

    Todd Akin: Reaction to Rape Comment Shows the Real Power of Social Media

    Social media is no doubt a powerful force. But in what ways? How does this power manifest itself? Some people, perhaps confused by the word "media," seem to think it's a replacement for dying traditional media outlets -- particularly newspapers -- despite there being zero evidence that this is takin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2012

    Gays Protest Fried Chicken, Now Cake

    Fried chicken and wedding cake doesn't sound quite as offensive as Chinese food and donuts -- but it is.Over the weekend the LGBT community in Denver, Colo., decided to protest cake -- specifically, wedding cake at a bakery in the suburb of Lakewood, after the owners refused to make a rainbow cake f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    Supervisor Eric Mar, Happy Meal Crusader, Adds Smokers to the List of Things He Dislikes

    Supervisor Eric Mar, the unhappy french fry guy, has taken on some rather dubious causes: Banning Happy Meals and stripper mobiles. But since 86ing cheap meat and strippers isn't going to totally protect your children from this terrible place called Earth, Mar has decided to go ahead and ban smoking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2012

    Ridiculous Website Claims There Are Five U.S. Cities Better for Live Music Than S.F.

    Today in clickbait, ponder a new slideshow/listicle/hotel advertisement from the folks over at Oyster.com (via HuffPo) which absurdly claims to round up the five best U.S. cities for live music. What are they? Since coastal media centers and global metropoli are not excluded, we bet you can guess at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2012

    Lesbians Take on a New Role in Campaign Fundraising With Super PAC

    Being a part of the LGBT community used to be an automatic disqualifier for public officials. It's still a big deal when they do come out as homosexual, and many find their political careers go down the tubes when they're outed in places where it's still not accepted.But now we have further evidence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    Fox Nation: Your Site for Boobs, Outrage, and Racist Remarks About Alicia Keys' Hips

    Fox Nation is a website where angry American men yell about liberals, stare at tiny photos of famous women's "bikini bods," and type terrible things about black people. It's like Huffington Post meets Maxim meets the John Birch Society, all soaked in Mountain Dew.The main page has a couple ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 25, 2012

    Hatebook

    Fox Nation is a website where angry American men yell about liberals, stare at tiny photos of famous women's "bikini bods," and type terrible things about black people. It's like Huffington Post meets Maxim meets the John Birch Society, all soaked in Mountain Dew.The main page has a couple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Cone Today (Try the Greek Yogurt)

     What: Three words: free cone day. Where: Local Ben & Jerry's Scoop ShopsWhen: Tuesday April 3, noon to 8:00 p.m.Cost: Once you get to the front of line-- if you get to the front of the line-- the cone is free.The Rundown: Ben & Jerry's will be handing out free ice cream to all tho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Huffington Post Doesn't Have to Retroactively Pay Bloggers, Judge Rules

    ​It takes a lot of hustle to make money as a freelance journalist. You have to constantly network, send dozens of pitches a week, juggle several assignments at once -- all for low pay.Last April, about 9,000 unpaid Huffington Post bloggers turned their hustle up a notch and sued AOL for not giving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    San Francisco Goes in for Guerrilla Grafting, While Seattle Plants an Edible Park

    ​The San Francisco-based Guerrilla Grafters have been receiving a slew of press this past month, including writeups in the Bay Citizen and Huffington Post. The Grafters are a loose group of people trying to transform, one limb at a time, some of the ornamental apple and pear trees in San Fran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Occupy Our Food Supply ... Today

    Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Bank of America, Occupy San Francisco -- now occupy your diet, too. Today is Occupy Our Food Supply Day, a nationwide series of actions and articles hoping to raise awareness about how corporate interests have taken over the world's food supply. As Anna Moore Lappé and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    News Sites Can't Rely on Advertising

    ​I'm not about to pretend that I know how to solve the economic dilemma that the news business finds itself in. I've been studying the matter, and writing about it off and on, for 16 years, and, like everyone, I really don't know. Maybe it will be nonprofits. Maybe paywalls. Maybe micropayments wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    For Sex Week, Yale University Has to Borrow Several San Franciscans

    How many of us fantasized about going to college in the Ivy League? To be thought of as among "the best and the brightest," and get a shot at opportunities most people don't have? When a few of my sex-positive colleagues said they were speaking this week at Yale University at something called "Sex W ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 8, 2012

    Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists

    How many of us fantasized about going to college in the Ivy League? To be thought of as among "the best and the brightest," and get a shot at opportunities most people don't have? When a few of my sex-positive colleagues said they were speaking this week at Yale University at something called "Sex W ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2012

    Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson and the Rabid Right

    How many of us fantasized about going to college in the Ivy League? To be thought of as among "the best and the brightest," and get a shot at opportunities most people don't have? When a few of my sex-positive colleagues said they were speaking this week at Yale University at something called "Sex W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    There Are Two Conservative Girl Scout Cookie Boycotts This Year

    ​According to an article in Salon yesterday, this year Girl Scout Cookies are under attack. Yes, cookies. Conservative activists have spotted a tenuous link between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood -- apparently, some scouts attended an event at which a Planned Parenthood UK brochure arguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Ron Paul Won't Legalize Marijuana -- Because He Can't

    ​As if the promise to dismantle most of the Washington-based government wasn't enough, Texas Congressman Ron Paul has also made waves in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination with his maverick stance on drug policy.During his 30 years in the House of Representatives, Paul has authored ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    The Year in Music Booze: Six Artist's Beverages That Made 2011 One Long Hangover

    Rock 'n' roll culture died in 2011. It's got nothing to do with your opinion of Bon Iver, but everything to do with Rolling Stone. The former leading voice of modern music upheld its immaculate reputation this year... by starting an official wine club. It's filled with bottles branded with imagery f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    It's a Bad Week To Be a Gay Animal

    It's Flipper and Eve, not Flipper and Steve​SF Weekly used to bring you the regular "This Week in Gay" column, and now -- given certain events that have transpired over the past few days -- we are happy to partially resurrect the defunct column with our first edition of "This Week in Gay Pets."Oka ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    Bug Me: San Francisco Helps Pioneer Insect Cuisine

    It's Flipper and Eve, not Flipper and Steve​SF Weekly used to bring you the regular "This Week in Gay" column, and now -- given certain events that have transpired over the past few days -- we are happy to partially resurrect the defunct column with our first edition of "This Week in Gay Pets."Oka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Bug Cuisine: How Tasty Are Insects?

    Photo by Kimberly SandieBay Area entomophagist Daniella Martin tucks into a scorpion​In this week's cover story, "Bug Me," SF Weekly takes a look at the new generation of entomophagists, or insect-eaters, who are based in and around San Francisco. Much has been made in the press of entomophagists' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Eating Insects with San Francisco's New Mavens of Bug Cuisine

    Photo by Kimberly SandieBay Area entomophagist Daniella Martin tucks into a scorpion​In this week's cover story, "Bug Me," SF Weekly takes a look at the new generation of entomophagists, or insect-eaters, who are based in and around San Francisco. Much has been made in the press of entomophagists' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Contaminated Cantaloupes Killed 23 People. Why Not More?

    llubomir / Shutterstock​According to an article yesterday in the Huffington Post, the Jensen Farms listeria outbreak has now killed 23 people and sent 116 to the hospital, making it America's deadliest case of foodborne illness in several decades. While the FDA investigates the farm to find out e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Is Organic Produce Actually Cheaper to Grow?

    ​Yeah, yeah, yeah: Certified organic produce is more expensive than conventional, and the premium prices that organic farmers can charge make their farms more than twice as profitable as conventional farms. But a new study suggests that organic grains, fruits, and vegetables don't have to be so e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Are "Emperor Chefs" Like Michael Mina and Thomas Keller a Good Thing?

    Emperor Michael Mina.​ Wolfgang Puck. Michael Mina. Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Thomas Keller. Chefs, who used to be invisible and nameless kitchen generals, have become celebrities. And since the 1990s, more than that -- they're empire builders. Yesterday, Huffington Post ran a feature about the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    See Who Unfriended You on Facebook with New Timeline

    Are you sure you want to know who doesn't want to be your friend?​Warning: this will probably cause some bruised feelings. Maybe even a case of Facebook depression.Ever curious about who decided you weren't worth the hassle on Facebook? For those willing to spend a few minutes, you can quickly see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Media Jumps On 'Americans Can't Cook' Story

    The only way to lure Don Draper into the kitchen was with an open bottle of whiskey​Sometimes the food media travels in mindless packs just like White House correspondents. Such is the case about a story trending today, that 28% of Americans over age 25 say they can't cook. The story comes fr ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 7, 2011

    Fall Arts: Nato Green Brings S.F. Truth to Red-State America

    The only way to lure Don Draper into the kitchen was with an open bottle of whiskey​Sometimes the food media travels in mindless packs just like White House correspondents. Such is the case about a story trending today, that 28% of Americans over age 25 say they can't cook. The story comes fr ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 24, 2011

    "The Road to Hades": Unfunny Combo of Greek Drama and Fart Jokes

    The only way to lure Don Draper into the kitchen was with an open bottle of whiskey​Sometimes the food media travels in mindless packs just like White House correspondents. Such is the case about a story trending today, that 28% of Americans over age 25 say they can't cook. The story comes fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Music Links: San Francisco's Problem with Live Music, Kreayshawn at Thrift Town, and More

    Kreayshawn at Thrift Town​ "Hey San Francisco, why don't you like live music?" [HuffPost SF] Kreayshawn goes to the Mission's Thrift Town. [Mission Mission]

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Hot Dogs Stink, S.F. HuffPo's Does Food, and Willie Brown Eats in the Mission

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Looking for the hot dog cart near AT&T park? Come back after July 27. Currently the Department of Public Works is playing its lovely waiting game with Gorilla Pete's, the hot dog vendor that had been park ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Huffington Post Suspends Reporter for Rewriting Article

    Arianna Huffington​If you're at all familiar with The The Huffington Post, the above headline should sound odd. The Website spawned by journalistic dilettante Arianna Huffington built its wild success, after all, largely on "aggregating" (read: rewriting without performing actual reporting) the ne ... More >>

  • Film

    June 29, 2011

    "Page One": Producer Kate Novak on Getting Inside the New York Times

    Arianna Huffington​If you're at all familiar with The The Huffington Post, the above headline should sound odd. The Website spawned by journalistic dilettante Arianna Huffington built its wild success, after all, largely on "aggregating" (read: rewriting without performing actual reporting) the ne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    Evolution and Big Media

    Arianna Huffington​If you're at all familiar with The The Huffington Post, the above headline should sound odd. The Website spawned by journalistic dilettante Arianna Huffington built its wild success, after all, largely on "aggregating" (read: rewriting without performing actual reporting) the ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer-Winning Reporter Who Came Out As Illegal Immigrant, Worked For the Chron

    Vargas was a Chron editorial assistant before he was famous​A Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter at The Washington Post came out in a story in the New York Times Magazine published online Wednesday as an undocumented immigrant. Jose Antonio Vargas is a Filipino national who climbed this countr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: Please Let Me in the Bubble

    Yaniv Golan/Flickr​AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is jealous of the new Internet bubble, and he wants in. Last week during a meeting with investors, Armstrong noted the high valuations of companies like LinkedIn and Pandora and concluded that AOL is "severely undervalued." The Wall Street Journal quoted ... More >>

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