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Back when Twitter wasn't the drug all the cool kids were doing, I enlisted then-pornstar Sasha Grey -- an early tweeter -- to teach me a thing or two about how to use it. It was our first encounter, and I'm proud to say that Grey took my Twitter virginity . Saying so still gets me into clubs. When I met her recently at The Standard , we shared some laughs over that awkward-but-beautiful night, and then got down to the business at hand. That business is Neu Sex , Grey's new photography book published by Vice Books, which features the star in various states of NSFW-ness.
Sasha Grey on Her New Book, the Porn Industry, & Her One Insecurity - BlackBook
Impostor syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The impostor syndrome , sometimes called impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome , is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. It is not an officially recognized psychological disorder , and is not among the conditions described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , but it has been the subject of numerous books and articles by psychologists and educators . The term was coined by clinical psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes in 1978. [ 1 ] Despite external evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe themselves to be.
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Natalie Portman’s Authenticity? - BlackBook
So, Natalie Portman probably didn't do a lot of the dancing for Black Swan . And now there are rumors that she used a butt double for a swimming scene in the upcoming Your Highness . Uh oh! Sometimes movie stars can't do everything, you're saying? The dancing scandal especially is something I don't understand. To recap, Sarah Lane, the dancer who was Portman's double in the film, is saying that Portman did way less of the dancing for the film than she claimed.
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First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S. , including those with criminal convictions. First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayer. First President to repeat the Holy Quran tells us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth. First President to take a 17 day vacation. I’m baby’d under this morning, so I don’t have time to go through and take this thing apart line by line. Anyone care to do it for me?
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Gentlemen, once you’ve graduated from college and are well into your 20s, I encourage you to hit the singles scene and try to find a woman your age who can cook, manage her personal finances and has both the know-how and motivation to properly maintain a household. You’ll have better luck (and probably more fun) searching for nickels on a busy interstate. Now, before any female readers shout “misogynist,” think for a moment — the standard I’m imposing is no more sexist than the one being mourned by Hymowitz. Women, for all of their successes and achievements in the last 40 years, still want a man who’s ambitious, driven and capable of taking charge of his life and his relationships, because that’s what women have looked for in a man since the dawn of time. Well, guess what?Shan Nair is a British nuclear safety expert who was part of a panel that advised the European Commission on its response to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. For almost twenty years, he worked within the UK nuclear industry for Britain’s national energy supply company analyzing both waste arising from spent nuclear fuel and also the consequences of what are called LOCAs–Loss of Coolant Accidents, which is precisely what officials are battling against at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Northern Japan. I spoke to Nair by phone to learn his thoughts on the incident. Ecocentric: In the aftermath of Chernobyl, Europe faced a radioactive cloud that drifted over the continent. Is that your concern here? I do not think that a Chernobyl-style cloud is the biggest concern.
Fukushima: Chernobyl Redux? - Ecocentric - TIME.com
Japan Miracle Rescues: Baby Girl, Elderly Woman Found Alive - TIME NewsFeed
Amid the silent corpses a baby cried out—and Japan met its tiniest miracle. On March 14, soldiers from Japan’s Self-Defense Forces went door to door in Ishinomaki, a coastal town northeast of Senda, pulling bodies from homes that had been flattened by the earthquake and tsunami. More accustomed to hearing the crunching of rubble and the sloshing of mud than sounds of life, they dismissed the baby’s cry as a mistake.
Contrary to pundits' predictions of the financial apocalypse that is supposed to rain down upon music retailers in the wake of online piracy, record stores have experienced something of a renaissance over the last ten years.
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A Guide to Signs and Symbols in Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Video
This morning brought the next stage in Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” roll out. Little Monsters and Gaga haters alike have been watching and weighing in on the music video. Us? We’re feeling a bit ambivalent.
Success has many cousins. Just a few minutes after the end of the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony — with The King’s Speech picking up four out of a possible 12 Oscars, for Best Picture, Actor, Director and Original Screenplay — the Stuttering Foundation of America e-mailed a press release: “Stuttering Reigns King at Oscars.” “It is an eloquently golden night for people who stutter,” proclaimed the foundation’s president, Jane Fraser. “ The King’s Speech has been a godsend for the entire stuttering community.” Sunday night’s ceremony tried to be a godsend for the entire film community by playing to two different demographics: the young, whose attendance keeps Hollywood in business; and the much older crowd of film professionals sitting in the Kodak Theatre.
Oscars: 'King's Speech' Reigns Supreme with Four Awards - TIME
"Dude, my dad is here at the welfare office," a 20-year-old woman named Noor al-Maleki texted a friend on Oct. 20, 2009. Noor was at the Department of Economic Security (DES) in Peoria, Ariz., helping Amal Khalaf fill out paperwork for food stamps. Noor was living with Khalaf, a maternal figure whom she'd known since childhood.
Arizona: Why an Iraqi Woman Fell Victim to Honor Killing - TIME
Gaddafi's Next Move: Sabotage Libya's Oil and Sow Chaos? - TIME
There's been virtually no reliable information coming out of Tripoli, but a source close to the Gaddafi regime I did manage to get hold of told me the already terrible situation in Libya will get much worse. Among other things, Gaddafi has ordered security services to start sabotaging oil facilities. They will start by blowing up several oil pipelines, cutting off flow to Mediterranean ports. The sabotage, according to the insider, is meant to serve as a message to Libya's rebellious tribes: It's either me or chaos. Two weeks ago this same man had told me the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt would never touch Libya.Oil is the economy in Libya and oil profits have bankrolled massive investments in education and infrastructure—yet Libya lags far behind other oil-rich Arab states. Unemployment recently stood at 30 percent. People who have jobs often work only part-time. Basic commodities—including rice, sugar, flour, gasoline—were heavily subsidized by Qaddafi's government and sold for a fraction of their true cost.