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The mother of a Stockton, Calif. elementary school student is under arrest for physically attacking her son’s school principal over a dress code violation. Pami Gibbs, 29, allegedly punched Fillmore Elementary School principal Evangelina Ramos several times Monday morning, after Ramos told Gibbs’ 9-year-old third-grader that he had to turn his shirt inside-out because it [...]
First there was 10-year-old Thylane Loubry Blondeau, the little girl with the sexy magazine photos. Then came Jours Après Lunes, the French kiddlie lingerie line. The tipping point, perhaps? 15-year-old Hailey Clauson’s lawsuit over her inappropriate appearanceon Urban Outfitters merchandise. This summer’s controversies surrounding fashion’s unsettling glamorization of young girls have come to a head: the Council of [...]
When “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson made the leap from Hogwarts to high fashion as the face of Burberry, we were happy to see the British beauty in a sophisticated new light. Now it seems that costars Rupert Grint and Tom Felton have caught the fashion bug and followed suit. The young actors, who play Ron [...]
Parents may be ready to send their kids back to school, but some schools aren’t ready to take them back. Power failures, flooding, road closures and other problems left by Irene have led some superintendents in New England and elsewhere in the East to delay the start of school. Parents have had to scramble to [...]
Have you found a Halloween costume yet? Neither have we (it is only August, after all). Still, there is always a celebrity guise that arises as the costume of the season. It looks like the honor has already been awarded to Kim Kardashian, who’s been making headlines thanks to her much-hypedwedding to Kris Humphries and [...]
We’ve looked back at the Royal Wedding on the anniversary of the day Diana married Prince Charles and we’ve reminisced about Princess Diana’s style on the anniversary of her birthday. Sadly, today we remember Diana and her stylish years on the anniversary of her death 14 years ago. Below is a look back at some of the [...]
Despite girls playing sports, boys wearing pink and the million other modern ways our old gender stereotypes have been proven false, every so often a product or company reminds us that not everyone has given up on the old cliches (see: this Tide commercial). Thanks to the Hairpin, we got a look at this girls’ t-shirt [...]
Michigan Democratic state Rep. Tim Melton is leaving office and moving to California to join Michelle Rhee’s education reform group StudentsFirst. Melton is in his third and last term in Michigan’s state House, and told the that a new role at StudentsFirst as the group’s national legislative director is ”right in my wheelhouse. I’ll be able [...]
The “Today” Show brightened our morning with this ridiculous clip of Prince Harry dancing goofily in a Croatian nightclub… and falling in a pool whilst doing so. The video below shows the grainy footage and, naturally, passes all sorts of judgement. Neil Sean, NBC’s “Royal Commentator” (which, by the way, should totally be our job), [...]
Only after the governor ordered an independent examination did Georgia officials catch widespread cheating by teachers, principals and administrators on standardized tests in the Atlanta Public Schools system. The resulting scandal has sparked resignations, acriminal investigation and a wave of other state inquiries into possible test tampering. The sleuthing techniques used to catch testing fraud in [...]