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Which "Breaking Bad" Character Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign?
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The ABCs Of Australian Primary School
The place we learnt more than just the ABC.
A is for Athletics Carnival
You got to dress up, yell bizarre chants and run your little heart out in hope that you claim victory for your colour.
B is for Book Week
Where you got to dress up as your favourite character EVER for the whole day.
C is for Canteen Duty
Because when your mum was on canteen duty, you knew you were in for a delicious day.
D is for Dollarmites
You felt like you were saving so much coin at the time.
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Dean From "Gilmore Girls" Has Become A Total DILF
Hello, daddy!
Hey girl, remember this face?
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How 'bout now?
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That's right. It's Dean Forester, the man of your teenage dreams.
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Well, lil' Deanie-Weenie's all grown up.
And prefers to go by his actual name, Jared Padalecki.
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21 Struggles Of Being A Grown Ass Adult Who Loves Boy Bands
You buy band merch instead of paying your damn bills.
You get odd looks when strangers notice your phone screen.
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You often play off your boy band love as a joke to people when it's actually a very serious obsession.
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You're the oldest person in all of your fan forums and groups.
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You buy band merch instead of paying your damn bills.
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Would You Go On Jimmy Fallon Or Jimmy Kimmel?
If you were famous, that is.
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This 7-Year-Old Music Prodigy Will Make Your Day With His Cheery Song
Not only did he write the song, little Jordan also plays every instrument on the track. Did we mention he’s only seven?
Jordan Bijan is a superstar. At only seven years old, he plays all of the instruments and sings all of the vocals in this ORIGINAL song, "When You're Feeling Low." No matter how you're feeling, this one is guaranteed to brighten your day.
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Check out the flawless three-part harmony!
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INCREDIBLE.
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Which Member Of The "Veep" Entourage Are You?
Get your running shoes on and get to the end of this quiz.
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31 Australian Tattoo Artists You Should Be Following On Instagram
There’s a lot of talent Down Under.
Kegan Hawkins, Newcastle
The majority of pieces by Kegan are ridiculously realistic and just down right pretty to look at.
Terence Tait, Cairns
You'll find a nice mix of colour along with black and white works here.
Dylan Weber, Sydney
There are a lot of stunning portraits on this feed, including everything from Robin Williams to Jack Sparrow.
Chris Veness, Sydney
Chris' style is incredibly colourful and just so damn nice.
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This Woman Tested Her White Privilege And Tried To Get Arrested In Los Angeles
“I’m selling my antidepressants!”
In this video, comedian Jessie Kahnweiler and co-producer Samson Crouppen test the limits to see whether or not Jessie's self-proclaimed "white privilege" could prevent her from getting arrested.
Kahnweiler told BuzzFeed they made the video "to explore and expose my own white privilege."
She continued, "I found myself, as a white Jewy liberal, pretending like all the horrific stuff that's happening is none of my business. But hating racism on Facebook isn't enough. It's not an excuse to sit on my ass."
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She kicked off the video by asking random people on Los Angeles streets about white privilege. She asked this guy, "As a white woman, do you think I can get away with more stuff?"
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Armed with that knowledge, Jessie tested her white privilege out first by asking this cop if he even knew what it meant, and he responded...
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Upon further clarifying with the officer, he told her that he didn't believe in it.
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17 Desserts You Can Actually Eat For Dinner
No judgement.
Black bean and avocado brownies
Black beans and avocado? It's basically a burrito! Recipe here.
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Blueberry and zucchini cake
You could put blueberry and zucchini in a salad if you wanted to, so really what's the difference? Recipe here.
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Chocolate avocado mousse
Mousse is just an airier version of soup, when you think reeeaally hard about it. Recipe here.
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Jerusalem artichoke cake
Essentially just an oven-baked artichoke. Mmmm mmmm. Recipe here.
Courtesy of Veggie Desserts / Via veggiedesserts.co.uk
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Can You Guess The Movie From The House?
Home sweet home.
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If "Suits" Were Set In Australia
For starters, Sheila Zass would be Sheila Zarse.
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1. Harvey would be called "Specto" and Mike would be "Rosso".
2. Louis would be "Littsy".
3. Pearson Hardman would only accept graduates from Sydney Law School.
4. But their office would be located in the Melbourne CBD, on Collins St.
5. Harvey's favourite coffee cart would serve vegemite and avocado scrolls.
6. Rachel would ask for the "USYD" rule to be waived for her; she'd attend Monash Law School.
7. Harvey would represent Michael Clarke, Tim Cahill, Adam Scott, Grant Hackett, and all of the Collingwood Magpies.
9. The show's theme song would be "A Fight About Money" by Powderfinger.
10. Harvey's apartment would be in Southbank overlooking the Yarra River.
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11. Sheila Zass would be named Sheila Zarse.
12. No one would say "goddamn". They'd just say "fuck" and it wouldn't be a big deal.
13. Jessica Pearson would be a strong independent intelligent, Indigenous woman who is enriched but not defined by her ethnicity.
14. Mike would live in Richmond.
15. Sheila would live in Sydney, probably somewhere in Vaucluse.
16. James Packer and Gina Rinehart would have made cameos.
17. Louis's catchphrase would be "Don't be Shithouse. Be Litthouse."
18. Other phrases would include "Beat the Litt out of them", "Litt's your uncle", "Off ya Litts", "Litt's hit the fan", and "You just got Littfaced".
19. Donna would reclaim the word "Ranga".
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Which Petrova Doppelgänger From "Vampire Diaries" Are You?
Are you more like Amara, Tatia, Katherine, or Elena?
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13 Warped Tour Musicians Told Us Their Favorite Pop Songs
There’s a lot of love for Taylor Swift in here.
Mod Sun grooves to "Bad Blood."
"Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood.'"
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New Years Day just loves Taylor Swift in general.
"We love Taylor Swift."
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And Kosha Dillz digs "Shake It Off."
"'Shake It Off' - T. Swift."
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Pvris recognizes that "Come Clean" should be everyone's anthem...
"'Come Clean' by Hilary Duff."
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A German Official Issued A Parking Ticket To A Sculpture And Trolled Everybody
Well played.
This bent Mercedes-Benz truck is a sculpture, created by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm and installed in the German city of Karlsruhe.
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A ticket of 30 euros was issued, and the ZKM Center for Art and Media confirmed it was real.
"It's a real ticket," they wrote on Facebook, adding that they would be liable to pay the fine as the insitution displaying the artwork.
However, the ZKM were ready to fight the ticket – and had the mayor of Karlsruhe on board.
"Frank Mentrup will appeal against the fine on our behalf," they said.
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Here Are The Gender Stereotype-Busting Ads That Won The Sheryl Sandberg-Backed Glass Lion Award
Here are the 8 top ads recognized for the inaugural Glass Lion award celebrating work that addresses issues of gender inequality or prejudice.
This week in Cannes, France, the advertising industry is celebrating the best ads of the past year. First the first time ever, an award called the "Glass Lion," was handed out for ads "that implicitly or explicitly addresses issues of gender inequality or prejudice."
The award, created in part by Sheryl Sandberg's Leanin.org, recognized seven top campaigns. A top award, called the Grand Prix, was handed out to pad brand Whisper for its "Touch the Pickle" campaign. Here are all the ads:
Contraceptive company Urufarma ran this ad presenting a new angle on gender equality
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KAFA, an NGO for women's rights, launched this campaign to confront a wave of domestic violence in Lebanon
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The National Women's Law Center enlisted comedian Sarah Silverman to "get women pissed about the wage gap"
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13 Ways Australians Use The Word C*nt
It’s a term of endearment. Trust us. NSFW: Because the c-word.
As a greeting.
"Hey cunt, how's your morning been?"
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To describe a random to your friend.
"Anyway, so I went to keep driving, and this cunt could not stay in the same lane..."
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To jokingly insult a friend after they do something stupid.
"Ahaha you dumb cunt."
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To seriously insult someone after they do something stupid.
"You ABSOLUTE cunt."
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The Kids Version Of "Fight Club" Is Everything You Want For Your Child
Rule one: You DON’T talk about Horsing Around Club.
Mashable got Fight Club author, Chuck Palahniuk, to present a child-friendly version of his book, and it's absolutely amazing.
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21 Cross Stitch Patterns Every Disney Fan Will Want To Try
Because there’s no age limit on Disney OR cross stitch.
This Disney Princess lineup.
And this lineup of the villains.
This Frozen sisters portrait.
This lovely silhouette of Mickey and Minnie's happily ever after.
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Behind The Most Heartbreaking Backstory In "Orange Is The New Black" Season 3
Taryn Manning
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When Netflix's Orange Is the New Black first debuted, Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, played by Taryn Manning, was its unofficial villain. She was the meth-mouthed bully in the laundry room, and though her tattling that the inmates were "lesbianing together" became one of the show's most quoted lines, Pennsatucky still hadn't won fans over. Now that's changed.
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Season 3 of Orange Is the New Black, which debuted earlier this month, saw Pennsatucky's friendship with Big Boo (Lea DeLaria) blossom, as well as a budding relationship between Doggett and Officer Coates (James McMenamin), which then quickly crumbled in the most devastating way possible: He sexually harassed her in the woods and then raped her in the backseat of the Litchfield van, where they once innocently flirted. It was easily the most jarring scene of Season 3, as the camera zoomed in on Doggett's blank face and a single tear fell from her eye and down her nose, a detail Manning told BuzzFeed News was not in the script.
For the actor, who found out about Pennsatucky's Season 3 storyline during a wig fitting before filming began, it was a huge surprise, but one she looked forward to tackling. "It was definitely shocking," Manning said. "It was exciting in the sense that this is going to be an interesting arc to play as an actor."
Doggett and Coates' relationship, at the onset, was completely charming — they ate doughnuts together, she helped him understand the dynamics of the prison, and they fed ducks together. "I don't think you can really tell that that's what's coming," Manning explained. "We were having just great onscreen and offscreen chemistry. He's a really great guy, we were getting along, and yeah, I think that people on set, everyone was just like, 'We love them together!'"
Even one of the producers behind the show wanted to reverse the storyline. "I remember one of the producers even went to Jenji [Kohan, OITNB's creator] and was like, 'They get along so well! Are you sure you want this to happen? Maybe this can happen to another girl.' And she's like, 'No. That's what's going to be so messed up about it.'"
And it was. Things first took a turn when duck-feeding led to Coates yelling at Doggett to fetch a doughnut from the dirt with her mouth before pushing her up against a tree and kissing her against her will. But still, Manning said of her and McMenamin's arc, "I don't think that either of us saw that coming" — "that" being the van scene. "I sorta knew, but I didn't know how in-depth it was going to get," she added.
McMenamin, on the other hand, was stunned. "He was very shocked. He was surprised he had to deal with it," she said of the actor, who'd just ended his run playing a stalker and rapist in a play called Extremities from the Berkshire Theatre Group. "He just was a little thrown off. Not really ready — married, just had a baby. He was kind of like, 'Oh great! How am I gonna tell my wife about this one?'"
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The actors discussed the technicalities of the van scene "very, very much," according to Manning, who also did research to give Pennsatucky's Season 3 arc authenticity. "There are so many victims of this — men and women… If I'm gonna play someone, real or not real, I hope that I'm playing a storyline sincere," she said. "I felt that, after sort of lifelong sexual abuse, seeing sex and intimacy as literally nothing — you let them do what they're gonna do and that's just that. I think she's checked out. It's a very common mechanism for a lot of victims of rape and abuse. ... I'm not a victim of rape, so in my research and studies, there's different ways you can react, and that's one of them. ... She knows what's happening and checking out, but, 'Man, I actually really liked him. Like, really? Yeah, this feels like not a good thing happening to me, but I'm not gonna get too emotional. But this hurts.'"
That "you let them do what they're gonna do" mentality stemmed from Doggett's mother, as fans saw in a flashback earlier in Episode 10. When her younger self first gets her period, her mother tells her, "Let 'em do their business," referring to men. And later on, we see that Coates is not the first man who's raped her. "I look up to my mother very much. Like, what my mom says is the gospel. I think my mother is everything. So it's like, let's put that into Pennsatucky's world. That's who raised her. Whether it was good or bad, that was her moral compass, or lack thereof rather. And that just goes back to whatever happened to her mom," Manning said. "I always think there's like a lineage of abuse. It's always like, who's the person who's going to change the cycle, and clearly it wasn't her mom."
But it may be Pennsatucky. When Boo realized what Coates had been doing to her, the two hatched a revenge plot: They drugged him, dragged him into the laundry room, bent him over a table, pulled down his pants, and planned to sodomize him with a broomstick, but then Pennsatucky decided it wouldn't change what had happened, saying, "I don't have rage. I'm just sad."
Manning and DeLaria.
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"I think that was a moment of two people that are super radical in their ways of thinking and operating, who would typically probably do something really ugly, in fact. And I think that was a moment of, 'Is this worth it? If we got caught, we're doing more time,'" Manning said of the averted plan. "I think Big Boo is a little disappointed and thrown off, but it's not like she fought it. It's almost like, 'I'm doing this for you. What do you mean you're not gonna do it?' And I think Pennsatucky was just kind of bummed. She kind of liked him and was extremely thrown off by it and, 'Was it [rape]?' If you see the way it was raised, it could be misconstrued."
Manning, who just started filming on Season 4, said it's been a dream come true to see Pennsatucky grow from intolerant adversary to self-assured friend. But there was even a point, the actor said, when she was so surprised by how much her character had evolved that she felt it was uncharacteristic for Pennsatucky to do or say something that was in the script. "There were fans in Season 2 that were like, 'We want mean Pennsatucky back. Mean, mean, mean!' And I was like, 'Yeah, why are you guys making her so nice? That was fun to play,'" she said. "But then I was like, 'She's growing.' By Season 3, I really appreciated what they were doing with her."
And as for what's next for Pennsatucky, Manning said "she's going to have to deal with [Coates] for sure, and we have to see what he's up to," but in the larger picture, she noted, "I just want to see her become, I think, the smart, clever, perhaps rehabilitated person that I see. You know, a lot of people come out of jail and they're not changed at all. They're just thrust back into society, sort of as the same form. So it would be really cool to just watch her evolve. It doesn't have to be good, or bad, just change."
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