Harajuku Suicide in Eros

• INTO: Silliness, having adventures, geeky indulgences, magic, smiling, esoteric imagery, tattoos, fresh fruit, laughing until it hurts, fierce Japanese fashion, bright colors, kick ass music, loving life.
• NOT INTO: Blood tests.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: The night sky, cats doing silly things, manga and anime, Metallica, sunshine, unicorns, poor judgment, persistence, shenanigans, new tattoos, Poptarts, cotton candy, the art of Audrey Kawasaki, making new friends, Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series, dry British humor, nature.
• HOBBIES: Adventuring, crushing extreme, public drunkenness.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Family, friends, excitement, new experiences, kitties.
• VICES: Candy, peach green tea, things that glow in the dark, whiskey.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Piercing the heavens with my drill.

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Countessa Suicide in Lights

• INTO: Corsets, punk, metal, designing, writing books, reading books, sustainable living, vegetable gardening, food preservation, self sufficiency, ducks, shootin’, graphics, and pretty things.
• NOT INTO: Ignorance, rudeness, people who pry too much, mosquitoes.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Sunshine, great food, sex, shopping, tea, reading, traveling, being outside, watching plants grow, eating fruit, hugs.
• HOBBIES: Gardening, procrastinating on the internet, writing, cooking, doing makeup, pole dancing, reading.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Computers, my watch…legs?
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Online.

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Kemper Suicide in Margaritaville

• INTO: Carcharodon carcharias, puppies, central air, fiction, privacy, Adobe creative suite.
• NOT INTO: Indoor pools, Jar Jar Binks, lack of personal space, fruits & veggies, and rude, arrogant, pushy people.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: My dogs, breakfast, happy hour, sleeping in, Mexican food, margaritas.
• MAKES ME SAD: Strays and finning.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Vibrator, car, sleep, Chapstick, my dogs.
• VICES: Procrastinating, masturbating, procrasturbating, and I’m a total creeper.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Searching for the mythical clitoris.

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Katherine Suicide in Milkshake Maid

• INTO: Staying out late, learning new things, performing, posing, talking in depth for hours, boobs.
• NOT INTO: People who talk a lot but don’t say anything, people who whine but do nothing about it, unfair treatment of anyone, liars – I see straight through you.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Me, I make my own happiness.
• MAKES ME SAD: My brain, it’s wired up funny n’ stuff.
• HOBBIES: Dancing, computers, make-up, talking, thinking.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: My computer, my straighteners, my make-up, my iPod, my boobs.
• VICES: I’m vain, I spend too much money, and I eat too much junk.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Eating sweeties, amending my appearance, shopping, fucking.

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by David Seaman

As I pointed out on my illustrious Twitter stream earlier today, MSNBC has literally gotten to the point where their bottom-of-the-screen Chyron declares that Obama “owned” Romney in the debates (very journalistic, guys!), while a quick pass over to ideological arch-rival FOX News shows basically the exact opposite: Romney. Strong. Leader. Family Man. Whatever.

The cable networks are vampires screaming as the light hits their overly make-upped, ideologically whored out faces.

You can’t avoid the light.

Rather than being lied to by television news “personalities” with little control over their own programming, it’s time to wise up, own up, and pursue those that are committed to telling you the truth. Here are some of my personal favorites. Follow all of them if you prefer truth to lies.

Abby Martin – RT America’s Breaking The Set

This ruthless truth slinger delights in slamming multi-billion dollar biotech conglomerates, corporate corruption, military-industrial complex lies, and everything else wrong with (mostly beautiful) America. With journalists like Martin at the helm of their own TV shows, we might actually be able to reverse the rot and fix some of the problems here at home. Follow @AbbyMartin and watch the show over at youtube.com/breakingtheset, unless your cable provider has RT America, in which case watch her at 6 PM EST on weekdays.

Ben Swann – Fox 19

Ben Swann is the proverbial mainstream media badass. He’s an impeccable broadcaster who has never sold out to hyperbole, lies, or corporate pressure. Follow @Fox19BenSwann and watch his show at youtube.com/user/BenSwannRealityCheck. He is one of the few, if not the only US journalist, to question President Obama on-camera about the NDAA’s imprisonment without trial provisions.

Joe Rogan

A podcast heavyweight and a public intellectual with some interesting day jobs (Fear Factor and UFC host). Subscribe to the nearly 3-hour long “Joe Rogan Experience” on iTunes, Stitcher, or go over to joerogan.net. Seriously one of the better life decisions you will ever make. You’re welcome.

Glenn Greenwald

Well, here’s an excerpt from Greenwald’s bio: “Glenn Greenwald is a columnist on civil liberties and US national security issues for the Guardian. A former constitutional lawyer, he was until 2012 a contributing writer at Salon.” This fearless man of letters is everything right with online media. Follow @ggreenwald and go to guardian.co.uk/profile/glenn-greenwald constantly.

Amber Lyon – Former CNNer

Amber Lyon keeps it real @AmberLyon, championing Freedom of Speech issues and campaigning against the NDAA. A three time Emmy Award winning journalist, Amber is fearless in her protest coverage, be it in Anaheim or Bahrain. She has been crushed, pepper sprayed, and shot at during the course of her work. A media empire is coming soon.

Suicide Girls

But you knew that already.

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by Lee Camp

Could someone who is running for President of the United States, who will be on the ballot in 85% of the nation this November, be arrested AT a presidential debate without you even hearing about it?? Is such a thing possible? And if so, who is it that’s keeping it a secret? Well, it happened on Tuesday night. And if you already know about it, you’re one of the very few.

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by Alex Dueben

“Cheerleading to me says a great deal about femininity, womanhood, girlhood…”
– Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott made her name as a novelist with a series of crime novels set in the mid-Twentieth century. In books like Die a Little, The Song Is You, Queenpin, and Bury Me Deep, Abbott put her female protagonists through hell and back. They were innocents who found that they were darker and more complicated than they imagined, pushed to their limits and out of their comfort zones which often led to blackmail, murder, self-delusion and more. Last year saw the publication of The End of Everything, a book set in the 1980s, featuring a thirteen year old protagonist whose best friend goes missing. The result is a brutal story that spares no one in the town.

Her new novel is Dare Me, a book about a cheerleading squad who gets a new coach and upends the team and the girls’ social dynamics. Sex, drinking, betrayal, kicking another cheerleader in the stomach to purge, broken bones and ruined lives – this is not a warm and fuzzy book, but it is a great read. It’s also one of those books that’s very difficult to talk about without giving anything away, but when we reached Abbott over e-mail, we tried our best.

Read our exclusive interview with Megan Abbott on SuicideGirls.com.