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Women have fun ripping into bros who started a 'no girls allowed' coworking space.

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It ain't easy for men to find a working environment that's comfortable to them—where their voices are valued and bros can be bros. Some forward-thinking Australian men are opening a modern coworking space Nomadic Thinkers in Brisbane, where there are NO GIRLS ALLOWED.

Surprisingly, the men at the helm are going "dudes only" as their way to try and solve domestic violence. "Having a space where they [men] can be men is more of a preventative measure,” against depression, co-founder Samuel Monaghan told Junkee. He went on to say "Healthy, happy men don't hit their wives," ironically echoing Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

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People are tearing into this logic on Twitter.

Comedy duo Bondi Hipsters trolled the hell out of the idea on Nomadic Thinkers' now-deleted Facebook page. They're male comedians, but still manage to be funny.

Hopefully one day boys will learn to share.


'Hot sh*t' back surgery survivor writes viral open letter to the strangers who judged her at the gym.

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A woman named Stephanie Lynn Holdmeyer is going viral on Facebook with an open letter to anybody who judges strangers at the gym. After someone wrote a Facebook post about Holdmeyer and her boyfriend thinking they were "hot shit" because they wore their weight belts to the gym, she decided she'd had enough, and needed to address the issue. Especially because that weight belt was related to her recent back surgery.

When Chris & I first started working out at the Rec, we were judged hardcore. Someone even posted on Facebook about the ...

Posted by Stephanie Lynn Holdmeyer on Monday, October 17, 2016

Here's her full post:

When Chris & I first started working out at the Rec, we were judged hardcore. Someone even posted on Facebook about the "buff couple" & how they "thought they're hot shit because they wear their belts all the time". This was about two months after my back surgery & I did indeed wear my lifting belt during almost all of my workouts for support.

My point is, everyone gets judged. People don't bother to understand where you're coming from or why you do the things you do.

That overweight guy? Someone judges him because of his weight, but little do they know he's already lost 100 pounds & has changed his entire life around.

That guy with the skinny legs? He's had seven knee surgeries & he's currently trying to strengthen his legs. It's just a long hard process.

That skinny girl you think "really needs to eat"? She's actually super self conscious about her thin figure & has been trying to gain weight, but her metabolism is super high.

That kid who follows you around & watches everything you do? He looks up to you and wants to learn your workouts, he's just scared to approach you.

That girl with really bad form? She had to mentally prepare to enter the weight room because she was terrified of people judging her. She second guesses every exercise, but she's too intimidated to ask anyone for advice.

That buff dude you think is cocky? He grew up in poverty and working out was his alternative to drugs or alcohol. He's not cocky-just focused.

That woman taking too long on the equipment you want? She's a single mom exhausted from working two jobs & raising three kids. She's trying to push herself to finish her workout, but she needs a little extra rest between sets.

That old man doing strange exercises and talking too much? He decided to get a gym membership to stay active & socialize after his wife passed away last year. Talking to you makes his day & has helped his depression.

There's more to people than what you see. Instead of jumping to conclusions or making judgements, take a moment to consider someone else's perspective.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Holdmeyer's post has gone viral, with over 85,000 likes and more than 42,000 shares. Many readers are commenting with messages of encouragement, and sharing their own stories of being shamed while they were just trying to work out.

It seems like everyone who's ever gone to the gym has been judged at least once, and feels self-conscious as a result. (For example, I know I run goofy and don't know how to use the weights.) But Stephanie Holdmeyer's letter is an important reminder that you're not going to the gym to look cool—you're going because you care about your health. And anyone who doesn't understand that needs to do work on their mind more than their glutes.

Horrible dudes who 'surfed' on a turtle may get the punishment they deserve.

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Hanging out at Australia's Fraser Island, two bros became Facebook's latest idiots when they snapped a photo of themselves standing on a turtle, smiling into the camera, and drinking some beers.

"Surfed a tortoise on zee weekend.. gnarly duddddeeeee," they wrote, making a reference to a fun Australian turtle fromFinding Nemo they don't deserve to know about.

The following is a repost of the offending photo, uploaded by a photographer and quickly shared over 11,000 times. The comments are filled with horror and disbelief.

A representative from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) weighed in on the controversy in a local paper, "These guys are just complete idiots—there's no way they should be doing what they were doing."

According to the local Fraser Coast Chronicle, if the men are "found to be interfering with a natural resource," they could be fined as much as $20,000 per person.

A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service official did mention, however, that "there is some evidence to suggest this turtle was deceased at the time of the photo." As of now, it's unclear how that information might affect any possible punishment.

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A producer once told Mila Kunis she'd 'never work in this town again' if she didn't pose nude.

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I think we can all agree that Mila Kunis is awesome, but even world famous movie stars have to deal with gender bias at work. Kunis opened up about the sexism she's faced during her career in Hollywood in an essay for A Plus.

In the essay, Kunis writes about an incident where a producer told her she'd "never work in this town again" after she refused to pose semi-nude for the cover of a men's magazine to promote their film. (Was this producer a cliché character in a movie about the golden days of Hollywood? Perhaps.) Kunis recalls:

I was livid, I felt objectified, and for the first time in my career I said "no."And guess what? The world didn't end. The film made a lot of money and I did work in this town again, and again, and again. What this producer may never realize is that he spoke aloud the exact fear every woman feels when confronted with gender bias in the workplace.

Kunis goes on to detail other instances of gender bias she's experienced over the course of her career, including an email chain while her production company was pitching a show to networks in which a producer referred to her as "One of the biggest actors in Hollywood and soon to be Ashton's wife and baby mama."

Kunis felt that his emphasis on Ashton "reduced my value to nothing more than my relationship to a successful man and my ability to bear children."

She admits that this was just one small, seemingly harmless comment, but points out that "it's these very comments that women deal with day in and day out in offices, on calls, and in emails — microaggressions that devalue the contributions and worth of hard-working women."

Kunis also points out that many women don't speak up when they experience this subtle sexism because they're afraid of compromising their success or being labeled "a bitch." But as Mila puts it, quite frankly, the expectation that women in the workforce should "play by the rules of the boy's club" is "bullshit!"

"I'm done compromising; even more so, I'm done with being compromised," she says.

Amen, sister. You can read her entire essay here.

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College student kindly requests neighbor 'makes it nasty at a lower volume,' gets sweet note back.

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One of the glories of attending an institution of higher learning is getting to live amongst your peers, often with the thinnest walls. Jenna Levine is a student at Syraucse University with a really loud neighbor in Room 338, who became a really good pen pal after sexing too loudly.

Act I: The Note

Act II: The Delivery

Act III: The Surprise

Act IV: The Surprise

What a sweet apology (literally! Get it? The chocolate bar! Okay.)!

This is what being happy neighbors is all about.

Miranda Kerr opens up about 'really bad depression' after divorce from Orlando Bloom.

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Supermodel Miranda Kerr and actor Orlando Bloom were married for three years before splitting in 2013, and now Kerr is opening up to Elle Canada about how she dealt with her depression during their difficult divorce.

She just needed some elf-help.

Kerr revealed that although she is normally positive and bubbly, the split left her in a "really bad depression." She told the magazine, "I never understood the depth of that feeling or the reality of that because I was naturally a very happy person."

Eventually, Kerr learned that the key to getting over the breakup was to recognize that "every thought you have affects your reality and only you have control of your mind." She began a regimented routine of twice-daily meditation, as well as applying a soothing oil (one from her own all-natural skincare line, Kora Organics), eating healthy and practicing yoga. Most importantly, she said she learned to be grateful for the things she had, even when times are tough. "When I wake up and when I go to bed, I have that attitude of gratitude and I say, "Thank you for this beautiful day, for this roof over my head, for the fact that I have my health and my son has his health, and thank you for our family.'"

Both Kerr and Bloom have moved on and found love again— Bloom is dating singer Katy Perry and Kerr is newly engaged to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. The two exes also share custody of their son, Flynn, who is five.


'Jane Doe' in Donald Trump child rape case to speak out for the first time today.

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Presidential nominee Donald Trump will be going to court in December for allegedly raping a child, a story that has been vastly ignored by the media because it doesn't involve Hillary Clinton's emails.

Attorney Lisa Bloom announced that the woman who sued Trump will be speaking out for the first time today, November 2nd.

The statement reads:

More than four months ago a woman using the pseudonym 'Jane Doe' sued Donald Trump for a series of sexual assaults that she alleges occurred at parties in New York in 1994," the firm wrote in a press release Wednesday, "Jane Doe was just thirteen years old at the time. Her operative amended federal court complaint is available here. The mainstream media has failed to cover the story... Jane Doe will break her silence today and speak out about her allegations.

Bloom, who is representing Trump's victims and crowdfunding the cost, is hosting a press conference at her firm's office, as polls in the presidential race tighten day by day.

In the Huffington Post, Bloom described the nature of the case, contextualizing it within Trump's history of misogyny and assaults.

Jane Doe says that as a 13-year-old, she was enticed to attend parties at the home of Jeffrey Epstein with the promise of money modeling jobs. Mr. Epstein is a notorious “billionaire pedophile” who is now a Level 3 registered sex offender — the most dangerous kind, “a threat to public safety” — after being convicted of misconduct with another underage girl.

Jane Doe says that Mr. Trump “initiated sexual contact” with her on four occasions in 1994. Since she was thirteen at the time, consent is not an issue. If Mr. Trump had any type of sexual contact with her in 1994, it was a crime.

We will be hearing from Doe today.

Read the full complaint here. This is an accusation that should not be ignored.

Pair of amateur surgeons jailed after mangling man's penis in botched illegal surgery.

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Nery Carvajal Gonzalez, an amateur surgeon, was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Wednesday for her role in permanently disabling the penis of a man who came to her for a procedure to enlarge his organ. The Miami Herald reports that the 39-year-old Florida woman pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Mark Schreiber, a disgraced plastic surgeon who helped her with this hack job.

Note: surgery is not a hobby.

The victim, a man in his mid-50s, was in the habit of receiving back-room facials from Gonzalez. He agreed to take his cosmetic treatments a step further, and received an illegal "penis filler" operation from her in a Miami-area warehouse. Tragically, like so many warehouse surgeries performed by non-doctors, it failed, and the man was left with permanent damage to his penis.

That's when Gonzalez decided to get a real doctor involved. But not a good one. She asked Schreiber to clean up her mess, either forgetting or ignoring the fact that he was forced to surrender his medical license in 2006 after a long history of botched surgeries, including one mishandled penis enlargement that killed a patient. (He was also accused of inappropriately touching a patient during surgery, and was later jailed for two years for operating on patients without a license.)

Is this the face of a man you would trust with your penis surgery? We hope not.

As one might expect from Schreiber's resume, he messed this operation up too. The victim's penis was left permanently disfigured and unable to function. Now, Schreiber faces 15 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty, but considering that Gonzalez is testifying against him (not to mention his criminal record) it seems unlikely he'll get off. Which is probably for the best, since he clearly refuses to stop performing, and bungling, surgeries.

For the record, if you're insecure about your penis (and who isn't), here's what you should do about it, in order of preferability:

1. Learn to live with it. It's not the end of the world.
2. Take those pills you keep getting emails about. They won't work, but probably won't poison you either.
3. Go to a professional surgeon and get a penile implant. (Note: this involves cutting your penis in half and reattaching it.)
4. Allow an amateur beautician you know, and her disgraced surgeon friend, to go to town on your hog in a warehouse.
5. Why are you still reading this? Go back to #1.

Hope that helps.

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No more crying in public: new website lets you design your wedding dress and try it on at home.

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Shopping for a wedding dress can be hard. (I assume. I've never picked out a wedding dress before, but it seems overwhelming.) But a new website is making it so you don't have to worry about going out to hunt for the perfect dress. You can design it and have it sent to you. (I KNOW! SO FUN.)

The site, called Floravere, lets users customize their gowns, and then sends it to them to try on at home. They have seven silhouettes available (all named after badass female characters from books, TV, and movies). You can pick up to three of them and have samples sent to your house to try on for just $45.

Honestly, I am nowhere close to being engaged, but I could be convinced to pay $45 to have a fun dress up party with the gals. It'd be just like that Friends episode. You know the one I'm talking about.

ANYWAY, after you get your samples and pick the one you like best, you send them back to the company and they start customizing the one you chose. You can add straps or sleeves, a longer train, crystal details, or even an embroidered monogram of your initials.

All of Floravere's dresses are under $4,000 (which is apparently relatively cheap for wedding dresses, a sure sign that I am in no position to get married yet), and if you choose to buy a dress from them, the $45 you spent to try them on gets deducted from the final price.

It's not something you want to do at the last minute, as the it will take Floravere about three to four months to make your dress and send to you.

So.... dress up party, anyone?

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7 things you missed today while you were at your boring adult job: iPhone 8, Weiner, and 'Beauty and the Beast.'

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Hey! How was your day? Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. You should get that checked out. Anyhow, here are the big things you missed today that you can bring up for small talk in the waiting room.

1. You should already feel sh*tty about your hot new iPhone 7 because here comes the iPhone 8! And it's getting rid of even MORE jacks! (via Mashable)

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2. This is what it looks like at the pipeline protests, from people who didn't just check in on Facebook. (via The Daily Beast)

3. Oh, isn't it amazing? See the pictures from the live action Beauty and the Beast that makes the beastiality seem only somewhat creepy! (via Entertainment Weekly)

4. The teen who Anthony Weiner allegedly sexted blasted the FBI for using her has a pro-Trump play. (via BuzzFeed)

5. President Obama asks men to think about sexism. And they'll listen to him, because he's a man. (via Vox)

6. The Houston restaurant changed it's name to "Trump Café" and is serving Trump-themed food. Are women allowed to eat dessert? (via Grub Street)

7. The cast of Girls read aloud Brock Turner's victim's story. (via Glamour)

Singer streams her vagina surgery on YouTube for your cringing pleasure.

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This week in "Things We're Not Sure We Want To See": singer and X Factor guest judge Sinitta has announced that she plans to stream her vagina surgery on YouTube as part of a documentary series.

The 80's singer and former girlfriend of both Simon Cowell and Brad Pitt birthed this news to new! magazine, saying, "I'm doing everything from aesthetic surgery to vaginoplasty."

Here's a vid of Sinitta singing her hit "Toy Boy," in case you need a refresher course on her music and vagina.

It isn't entirely clear what her "vagina surgery" will entail, weather it be a popular labioplasty or a full-on revirginization, but the one thing we can be sure of is, if you are going to be tuning in on YouTube, you gotta be really specific when you search for "streaming vagina."


Mom held hostage sends 11-year-old to school with a note that saved them both.

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In East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, a resourceful mother saved herself and her child from a protracted hostage situation using that time-test resource: a note to the teacher. According to WBRZ, the 11-year-old child was sent to school on Tuesday with a handwritten note from the mother, indicating that she was being held against her will, and asking whoever read it to contact the police.

Local authorities, including Sheriff Jeff Travis, were notified, but knew they had to be cautious. Questioning the child, they learned that the hostage-taker was Donald Ray Guy, a known fugitive wanted on domestic violence and battery charges, as well as a car theft in Baton Rouge.

Donald Ray Guy, brought down by a note.

With the knowledge that Guy was a flight risk (he had skipped out on several court dates), authorities called for backup before entering the house, including a tracking team. But it turned out not to be necessary—he was found hiding in a closet.

Guy was arrested, and the charges from this latest crime added to his rap sheet. Deputies from across the state are going to fight over who gets to prosecute him first.

The important thing is that a dangerous and sadistic fugitive is in custody. And it's all thanks to one quick-thinking mom using her most instinctive mom skills to save the day. Thank god for notes.

'Matilda' star Mara Wilson recalls the amazing gift Danny Devito gave to her dying mom.

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Mara Wilson left show business in the late '90s, but ​she has a lifetime's worth of good stories. The 29-year-old former child star appeared on the UK-broadcast TV show Lorraine via video call this morning to promote her new book,Where Am I Now? and she opened up about her decision to leave show business and the pressures of childhood fame. She also shared a very sweet, and heartbreaking, story about her Matilda co-star, Danny DeVito, who did something very sweet for Mara's mother, who was dying of cancer while the movie was still shooting. Get the Kleenex ready.

"I never knew this but he took the film, as it was almost completed, and showed it to my mother when she was in the hospital so she could get a chance to see it," said Wilson on Lorraine. "That was very heartening because she really loved it, she really loved the book, she used to read the book out loud to children at my brother's school and that's when I fell in love with the book."

She continued: "My heart was warmed as she was involved until the very end."

Awwwwww. Danny DeVito, what a mensch.

You can watch the whole interview here:

Mara Wilson is awesome. And, apparently, Danny DeVito is, too. I always had a good feeling about that guy.

Eddie Redmayne's animal impressions are hilariously adorable.

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There's no question that Eddie Redmayne is an insanely talented actor, but it turns out his talent goes even further than we ever could have imagined. Redmayne was on Ellen recently to promote the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Ellen asked Eddie to play an animal-themed version of Heads Up, where she had to guess the animals he was doing an impression of. And boy, did the guy deliver. His animal impressions are on point.

Such range. Who else could play a snorting elephant so effortlessly? The guy's a chameleon.

Bruno Mars leaks details of Beyoncé's pre-Superbowl stress eating.

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In startling news, Beyoncé may be a human being just like the rest of us! JK, she is obviously a transcendent immortal being. BUT she sometimes stress eats junk food before high-pressure, globally-televised events, like the Superbowl. Just like us!

This new information comes to us by way of Beyoncé's pal, singer Bruno Mars. In a new Rolling Stone profile, Mars revealed that both he and Beyoncé were nervous wrecks prior to their very memorable performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show​ last February. And Beyoncé coped with her stress in the most relatable way: eating.

"Me and Beyoncé were both working on our diets, stressing out," Mars told Rolling Stone. "Then the day before, we're watching playback backstage, and she's eating a bag of Cheetos. I'm like, 'That's what you're doing?' ... She's like, 'There's nothing more we can do these last two days. It's gonna be what it's gonna be. So I'm gonna enjoy this bag of Cheetos.'"

HELL YEAH.

If there's one thing cooler than being Beyoncé, it's being Beyoncé while chowing down on a bag of Cheetos. So next time you're stressed out before a stressful event or deadline, just ask yourself: What Would Beyoncé Do? Then reach for those Cheetos and ooh-a-la! You are Beyoncé.

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