Those of you heading out to do last minute shopping today may come across a Spencer's. The gift store has been around for more than 60 years. The retailer's 600-plus stores are still mainstays in many of America's shopping malls, providing each new generation of 12-year-old boys with giggles. It's almost a quaint American icon! Except, not really. READ MORE

Less than a week after drawing worldwide scorn for its love of blackface-and notwithstanding the awesomeness of its sweary waitresses-Prison Island is once again at the center of controversy, this time after Victoria played host to "the Midget's Cup," a race which "featured dwarfs dressed as jockeys being piggy-backed by punters along the race track and over the finish line." While many are horrified, a former president of the Short-Statured People of Australia says, "We don't have too big an issue with it. We're actually surprised about how big an issue has been created around it." Which is kind of a perfect quote, right?