- Two top aides to Tim Cahill quit his campaign, saying he can't win. Cahill still vows to keep running. [WBUR]
- The Republican Governors Association invested $2 million in ads supporting GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker. [AP via Google]
MIT's dirty student newspaper , which gave out sex toys scant weeks ago, just released the results of its campuswide sex survey, and let's just say that if you need a virgin to sacrifice during your satanic ritual, Memorial Drive wouldn't be a bad place to cruise.
Courts are busy and backed up. Ever wonder why?
First there was the NPR listener support drive, then the Girl Scout cookies appeared. Now it's time for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to start their annual fund drive, in which they hope to raise $15 million without giving away so much as a tote bag or a box of chocolate-covered Eucharists.
Ah, Lansdowne Street. The roar of rowdy bros, the click-clack of skank heels, the grate of Boston accents, the smell of stale vomit, the refrains of "OMG why didn't I wear my coat?" from girls in skimpy tops and short skirts. It's exactly the kind of place you'd expect to hear some authentic blues music. Or... not?
Just as we were about to write the Globe off completely for its slew of frivolous “trend” stories about the rich and other stories irrelevant to our lives, they went and printed an excellent, thoughtful and thought-provoking piece on sex ed from a former teacher. Coming on the heels of Obama's historic signing of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act yesterday as his first piece of legislation, it seems like we may be ready to admit that not only do women deserve to be paid as well as men, but that they want to get laid as well as men.
About halfway through Good Vibrations’s third annual Amateur Erotic Film Festival, Bostonist realized that there was no way we were going to be able to produce a traditional review of the entries. This is because, of course, one person’s kink is another’s boner-killer. Over the course of the eight short films, we were by turns amused, turned-on, wigged-out, baffled, and impressed.
Back in the day, saying “I go to Harvard” was enough to impress the masses, but in the internet age, having a big brain or a big wallet apparently isn’t enough. You also have to definitively prove that you possess genitalia, as exemplified by the exploits of Lena Chen and now Matthew DiPasquale and , Harvard's new "porn" “magazine.”
Sundays, 7:30 p.m.
The uteri of an undetermined number of Boston women turned themselves inside out today with the news that a Somerville man had been posing as little-known NBA player Jeff Turner on local singles' message boards.
Sex lives are like pets: infinitely more interesting to their owners than to anyone else. Yet Lena Chen and her fascination with all things genitally-related are getting her notice once again. Gawker yesterday gleefully linked to a photo she posted more than a week ago showing the after-effects of a messy hummer on Lena's face (NSFW, duh).
The New York Times ran a story on college chastity clubs, with a focus on Janie Fredell of Harvard's True Love Revolution. As a counterpoint, the author interviewed Lena Chen, the Harvard student who wrote about her romantic escapades on Sex and the Ivy. In between when they interviewed her (November) and today's publication date, some jerk she used to date released nude photos of her, and she started cutting back on her blog.
-- Four Salem High School students have pleaded not guilty to charges that they raped a teen girl in a Lynn home late Friday night. The four boys, three 17 year-olds and one 18 year-old, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of aggravated rape. The alleged victim reported the incident to police Saturday morning. [Globe; Herald]
Does anyone else think it's just a matter of time before we see a movie titled Like, Totally? (Or maybe there already kind of is one?) We are, like, totes convinced that commas are the wave of the future in movie titles, and this weekend's big releases tend to agree with us.
Note: A few NSFW links are in this post. All of them are craigslist-related. No pictures, but words.
We've been sitting on this one for a while, but it's hard to resist. Bostonist is fascinated by the return of H Bomb, Harvard University's sex magazine. So, what are they doing to bring the sexy to the Ivy League? For starters, they took nude photos. And then they brought in the big guns--former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
Note: A few NSFW links are in this post. All of them are craigslist-related. No pictures, but words.
Boudoir photography is normal. Boudoir photography being leaked to the masses is somewhat normal (thanks, Pam Anderson and Paris Hilton, for sharing). But Greater Boston's sex blogger, Lena Chen of Sex and the Ivy, is facing an unpleasant twist on the bedroom snapshot.
Harvard's sex magazine, H Bomb, is … uh … coming soon, and the staff threw a naked party in New York, according to the Crimson. And they had quite a turnout:
Harvard is putting all the money it has (see: "Harvard's Rich, Bitches!") to some truly good use by expanding financial aid packages to students. Here's the details from the AP: The university said it would replace all loans with grants, and spend up to $22 million more annually on aid, mostly targeting middle- and upper-middle class students. Families earning under $60,000 already pay nothing to attend the world’s richest university, with an endowment of nearly...
The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many city manholes are produced and ninjas were also a hot topic, either robbing homes or entering into alibis. But the city was really rocked by how Rudy Giuliani's visits...
H Bomb, the Harvard University sex magazine, vanished for reasons that had nothing to do with scabies. Last year, the people who ran H Bomb lost their status as an official student group. But ">Lingbo Li at the Crimson revealed this week that H Bomb is back in the school's good graces, and they will publish a new magazine on February 14. H Bomb only published two issues, but a new editor, Martha ‘Martabel’ Wasserman,...
Bostonist's post about the hackers at Milton Academy stirred the passions of Milton students and others who felt that we weren't giving the students who got busted hacking (or the whole school in general) a fair shake. They were particularly upset that we claimed students were overprivileged. So, here's their unvarnished words in defense of the school: From lhalpern 10, a Milton Student: check your facts and give milton a break it is a...
When the students of the tony Milton Academy aren't busy getting their freak on, they are hacking into computers and stealing information. David Abel at the Globe reports: A Milton Academy student has been expelled and three others have been suspended for the rest of the school year after they hacked into the elite private school's computer system, changed grades, altered attendance records, and, in one case, gained access to an exam before it...
The Thomas Crown Affair and The Friends of Eddie Coyle Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square, Cambridge Wednesday-Thursday Showtimes and tickets Millionaire Beacon Hill residents have a lot of time on their hands. Who can blame them if they use it plotting bank heists? Norman Jewison's The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), which screens tonight and tomorrow at the Brattle, doesn't point any fingers. It's a schizophrenic movie with a paper thin plot and a clumsy script. Thomas...
Diane Rapaport Saturday, December 1, 1:00 pm Massachusetts Historical Society Book Fair 1154 Boylston St., Boston More local readings from Rapaport Official site for The Naked Quaker Thanksgiving means it's time to think about a lot of things, namely food and football, but also history. Bostonist has decided to talk to author Diane Rapaport about the history of the Puritans and their traditions. Rapaport, a lawyer-turned-author who has researched court records, wrote The Naked Quaker,...