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Strong Women: "I Can Imagine a Market for That"

Choire Sicha — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:10:40 +0000

"Feminine beauty ideals have shifted with amazing velocity over the last several decades, in no realm more starkly than sports... 'I try never to work with just the type of person who'd be attractive to me,' said Katie Grand, the influential stylist and editor of Love magazine.... A woman of Ms. Griner's appearance might be, Ms. Grand said, 'fantastic to work with, since I try to work always with people who are interesting on a lot of levels.'" Dear beauty industry: fuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuu.

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Henry Blodget Isn't Making Working for Him Any More Attractive

Choire Sicha — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:30:42 +0000

What do you do after you've fired blogger John Carney as managing editor of Clusterstock on grounds of lack of cheap sensationalism? Why not have a snippy little girl-spat with Reuters finance blogger Felix Salmon! Go Henry Blodget, go! Show the tweens how it's done.

Also, you know what? The Internet: Let's Get Rid Of It.

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Hasbro Wants Children (For War and Cheap Labor)

Choire Sicha — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:11:54 +0000

From to time to time, a friend and I play the "Worst Press Release of the Day" game. Well, we have a winner today! It involves Dennis Quaid and Hasbro and the Marines and how for a shocking two-week long period, for every GI JOE: RISE OF COBRA toy you buy then, they will also donate one of these garbage toys to some small and poor child whose only hope of a future job is to... join the Marines! Or work in some overseas Hasbro plastic toy company.

Be a Hero and Help Deliver the Magic of the Holidays to Less Fortunate Children PAWTUCKET, R.I.–(Business Wire)– Over 14 million children live in poverty in the United States. They need a hero this holiday season and here to answer the call of duty is the G.I. JOE brand from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS). Hasbro's G.I. JOE brand, the Marine Toys for Toys Foundation and actor Dennis Quaid are joining forces to help make this holiday season a little brighter for less fortunate children. For every G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra toy purchased at stores from November 11 through November 26 (Veteran's Day through Thanksgiving), Hasbro will donate a new toy (up to 300,000 toys with a minimum $3.99 value) to Toys for Tots. Actor Dennis Quaid, who plays 'GENERAL HAWK' in the 2009 blockbuster film G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra, from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, in association with Hasbro, will voice a national radio spot, due to premier on Veteran's Day, November 11, to help raise awareness for this campaign and the positive impact The U.S. Marines and Toys for Tots make on the lives of children.

Hoo boy. Where to start even!

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