Seth Brigham doesn’t like…Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2009
Seth Brigham is one of those characters that “keep Boulder weird,” as the bumper stickers they sell at the Boulder Bookstore say. He’s run for City Council a few times, mainly in order to !@#$%^&* off the Powers-that-Be; he’s been around Naropa and Ginsbergy since back in the day, and has great photos to prove [...]
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How to Protect Yourself Without Dangerous Drugs and Vaccinations: Dr. Mercola’s advice
by Yesica Pineda on Apr 30, 2009
My friend Robin Clements from Baja Wellness sent me a great article about the Swine Flu Pandemic topic. Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction? by Dr. Mercola.
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Gwen Bell: Yoga = Social Media?
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 30, 2009
Laptopasana, anyone? Gwen Bell on what yoga can teach us about…social media? Gwen Bell has one foot in the yoga world. The other in tech. How does she keep her balance? By seeing through the form, and realizing that asana and meditation and cyberspace and Twitter have all got lessons for one another. Sounds good, [...]
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Save energy while burning energy: Green your Workout.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2009
10 Frugally Green Workout Tips By Linda LaRue We all agree that we need to do a better job conserving our planet’s limited resources, but where do you begin? Here are 10 simple solutions that will help you get green into your workout routine without much effort at all. These eco-friendly changes are easy switches [...]
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The Yellow Line Institute of Boulder Presents Happy Hour With Horsepower, Friday May 1st.
by Saraswati J. on Apr 29, 2009
by Sarah Miller Get your bevie on and ride in an electric Porche?! Sounds like a Green Boulderite’s dream! Thanks to the Yellow Line Institute, Friday, May 1st from 5:30- 7:30, you could be just this lucky… The Yellow Line Institute is a Boulder-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to reverse climate change, end wars for oil, [...]
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Vegan Baking: Mint Chocoloate Chip Cookies Recipe, via Mark Reinfeld of Intent.com
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 29, 2009
Vegan Baking & A Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe By: Mark Reinfeld After reading our first article on going green with vegan cuisine this Earth Day you might be convinced that including more vegan foods in your lifestyle is good for you and the planet. After reading our second article, you may feel empowered to introduce [...]
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In Honor Of First 100 Days, Obama’s Superpower Cuffs Are Finally Finished! (Secret Map Included!)
by Joana Smith on Apr 29, 2009
We have been working very hard on the President’s Cuffs, and they’re finally finished! So, today we had a party with punch! We are cuffmakers. Fairy cuffmakers* We make cuffs for people out of things we find; and sometimes we find amazing stuff just laying on the ground! We make cuffs so that people will [...]
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Unifying Head and Heart. [To Give, or Not to Give? That is the Question.]
by Saraswati J. on Apr 28, 2009
by Sarah Miller I’m not used to guys asking for my phone number. Where I come from, I’m not exactly anyone’s “type.” I guess I’m a bit out of practice. Yesterday on the airplane, I had a brief, but nice and pleasant chat with the guy sitting next to me. No harm in being polite. [...]
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How to Go Vegan. ~ via Mark Reinfeld, Intent.com
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 28, 2009
How to Go Vegan & A Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Author: Mark Reinfeld We mentioned in our last article how important it is for those who care about our environment to look at the impact their food choices have on our Earth’s limited resources. Here are five suggestions for those wishing to include more plant-based foods [...]
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Translating Ignorance or Ignorant Translation
by Henry Schliff on Apr 28, 2009
Words should be simpler. Or the mind more advanced. That is why translation is like constructing a puzzle without any pieces. All the pieces of the puzzle are scattered in a vast jungle and you only know the picture they form because of some gossip you heard back in town. That was before you got [...]
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Why Bicycles shouldn’t have to obey Stop Signs.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 28, 2009
Why don’t cards have to obey pedestrian and bicycle rules, rather than the other way around? The Idaho Stop: safer for cyclists, quicker for autos. Imagine a world without huge wide paved cement everywhere. Imagine a world with human to human contact, smiles, walking, bicycling on gently curving walkways that follow, rather than overrun, the [...]
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Top Ten Yoga Twitter Tweeters you should Follow.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 27, 2009
I’ve only been on Twitter for say five months…and it took me the first few months—until I started using Tweetdeck (advice and link here)—to get Twitter. Basically, Twitter’s a great, free way of networking, sharing, learning about cool things…great for individuals, great for small businesses, great for community and finding out about local specials and [...]
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Boulder Theater, May 6: Titans of New Tech; John Friend; Boulder Ballet; Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg; Paper Bird @ “Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis.”
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 27, 2009
Buy your tix: we hope to sell out. Updates listed below. Boulder Theater, May 6: Titans of Tech Panel; yoga teacher John Friend; Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg; music via Paper Bird @ “Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis.” Press Release. On Wednesday, May 6th, elephantjournal.com’s “Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis” at the historic [...]
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Vegan Southwest Tempeh Chili! via Mark Reinfeld, Intent.com.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 27, 2009
The Benefits of Vegan Cuisine & A Southwest Tempeh Chili Recipe By Mark Reinfeld Earth Day is the perfect day to commit to doing what you can to help preserve and protect our environment. Many do not realize that making changes to your diet is perhaps the most effective way to lighten our footprint on [...]
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Get a Contact High: Watch Ryan Van Duzer 420 Video re National Pot Day at University of Colorado, Boulder.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 27, 2009
This video already has say 25,000 views including youtube and The Daily Camera…in only a few days. Ryan Van Duzer is a good man, a fun man, a funny man….hahahaah (cough) what? Grilled Cheese for all! What’s Psalm 4:20? If everyone was drinking here, there’d be fights, but everyone’s smoking and everyone’s chill, having a [...]
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Book Review: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (Natalie Goldberg)
by Todd Mayville on Apr 26, 2009
Natalie Goldberg is probably best known for her book, Writing Down the Bones; Old Friend from Far Away is likely to take its place right beside that classic in books about writing. Old Friend from Far Away is an outstanding book for anyone considering writing their own memoir or for anyone teaching others how to [...]
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Review: Mission Playground.
by Todd Mayville on Apr 26, 2009
Cool, eco-friendly intent and mission statement? Check. Cool, eco-friendly clothing? Check. Cool, eco-friendly manufacturing source? Well…hmmm. Mission Playground is one of those companies I want to completely and totally love. The organic cotton t shirt I have is super soft and comfy and the hat, made from a combination of hemp, wool, and lyocell (a [...]
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Music Review: Shambhala (Various artists; New Earth Records)
by Todd Mayville on Apr 26, 2009
I have some mixed feelings about this disc. While I really like the music, I’m not completely sure what the tracks have to do with the legendary Buddhist kingdom, so on one level, it feels a bit like one more company co-opting yet another Buddhist term (Zen, karma, Nirvana… when will it stop?). Perhaps a [...]
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Review: Yoga for Morning, Noon, & Night with Jason Crandell
by Todd Mayville on Apr 26, 2009
Jason Crandell’s teaching style makes his videos approachable for home practitioners of any level, though this particular video is intended for beginning and intermediate students. As the title suggests, this particular video is designed to be used for any time of day, with each session having a particular outcome intended for anyone doing it, and [...]
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Top Green Twitter Tweeters You Should Follow. (And, how to make Twitter Work for You)
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
Twitter: a free, powerful communications tool for Grassroots Green & Spiritual Organizations. “You, too, can make Twitter work for you!” My first few months on twitter, I spent my time making fun of it…”who needs another tech nerd geek web thing I don’t understand!?,” I pontificated. The cool kids agreed with me. But then [...]
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Chogyam Trungpa: where Emotions come from.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
Chogyam Trungpa: Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week. RELATING WITH THE SUBTLETIES OF THOUGHTS The connection between small ideas and large ideas is very important. For instance, sudden dramas, such as murdering somebody or creating immense chaos, begin on the level of minute concepts and tiny shifts of attention. Something large is being triggered by something quite small. The [...]
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“The Revolution Will Be Cultivated!” Guerrilla Gardening Sprouts up in Appreciation of Earth Day.
by Lindsey Block on Apr 26, 2009
Photo via guerrillagardening.org A Gardening Revolution has taken root at Lush Handmade Cosmetics stores across the universe. In appreciation of Earth Day (click here for great GUp roundup), Lush has created a station where customers can make their own seed bombs, to be planted around the world on Wednesday April 22 [Earth Day]. Lush has [...]
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Paper nor Plastic.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
Perhaps we can change. Perhaps we care. Bottom-up, top-down…whichever direction the change comes from, we’ll take it. Just five years ago, when I first printed ele’s first edition of our organic cotton tote bag, “Paper or plastic?” was a cliche everyday question…now, thanks to conscious consumers everywhere and Whole Foods, Wal Mart, and others below…we [...]
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Was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche an alcoholic? Dispelling myths with openness.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
Was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche an alcoholic? Did he sleep with some of his students? Was he chauffeured around in a Mercedes? And, do bears shit in the woods? The other day I was talking with a newer student of Buddhism, who was falling in love with Chogyam Trungpa—the late Tibetan Buddhist guru largely credited with [...]
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Hey, lonely Rich People with Big Houses.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
In 1950, the average American house was 1000 square feet. Now it’s 2,000. What’s interesting is that, no matter the size of the house (say, 13,000 or…48,000) studies have shown 90% of one’s time is spent in only 350 square feet or so…we all find our favorite room or two, and that’s that.
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Justin’s Nut Butter takes $1 Million, plans to go Big.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
I’ve known the good folks at Justin’s Nut Butter, and Justin himself, for years. So it’s not without a sadness that I opened my virtual paper, Boulder County Business Report, this morning (thanks to a tweet from Fresh Ideas Group)… …and read this: Justin’s raises close to $1 million Justin’s raises close to $1 million [...]
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Can We the People really Change?
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009
Oh, Yes we Can, says this wonderfully, wisely, wittily 30-second retrospective (Canadian) Commercial. Video:
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Kyudo.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 25, 2009
Kyudo: archery as meditation. Kanjuro Shibata Sensei could be called a real “last Samurai.” Twentieth in a line of Imperial Bowmakers to the Emperor of Japan, he was my childhood “kyudo” teacher. Kyudo, the ancient “moving meditation” practice of contemplative archery, is not a sport, he always reminds us—but a means of synchronizing mind and [...]
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Whatever Oprah touches turns…green?
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 25, 2009
Many of us believe in God, some don’t. All of us believe in Oprah—we’ve seen and experienced the power of her “Yes!” to catapult a book, a person, a cause to the front of the line for America’s attention and passion. Everything she’s touched for years has turned gold. Just imagine, then, if we could [...]
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Mindful Businesses Unite! Invitation: The Community Tote is back.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 25, 2009
I’m about to print 200 community totes with Anthem Branding. These aren’t cheap, weak, small tote bags—these are big organic cotton canvas totes that will last for years (you can still see our first two editions, The Community Tote and the Cafe Tote, on the streets, years later). Favorite Boulder or national mindful businesses will [...]
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The Onion sponsors elephant journal’s Walk the Talk Show, Boulder Theater, May 6.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 24, 2009
Picked up The Onion recently? The good folks at The Onion are among the generous, sweet, good-looking, charming sponsors for elephant journal’s Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis…and have given a half page, inside-back cover ad for the next two weeks. The ad design itself comes courtesy the wonderful talents of Jay Tomlinson, of Tomolini, who some longtime elephant [...]
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Intent.com: 30 Days to a Greener You: Drinking Water ~ via Norma Lehmeier Hartie
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 24, 2009
Drinking bottled water is a huge waste of finite resources, a source of pollution and a waste of money. Yet, millions of us continue to buy bottled water. If you are buying bottled water because you are afraid of the quality in your tap, read on. If you have a well, have your water tested [...]
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From Deflation to Elation: How a Weekend Workshop Saved my Business, Part II via Claire Burstein
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 24, 2009
Rarely do I ever get sweaty palms, but I had them the other night before writing the first half of this piece, and I have them now. It’s as if my hands are telling me it’s time to write and that’s the only thing that will relieve me of this condition. Is it nerves? Not really. I’m a performer. It’s excitement. And [...]
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via Intent.com: 30 Days to a Greener You Part Two! Diet.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 23, 2009
Happy April 23! 6 Steps to a Greener Diet By Curtis Cook When did eating become so complicated? How do we sort our way through hundred mile diets and the dilemmas of omnivores? Should I feel terrible for eating California lemons in Canada? Everyone needs to eat but the act has evolved from necessity [...]
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Crazy Huge boingboing.net does…a yoga mat review. Prana Revolution.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 23, 2009
You know the world’s getting hip to greening our habits, and taking care of our laptopasana-bent bodies, when uber-cool-for-school Boing Boing is doing an eco yoga mat review. So what’s their favorite mat? You guessed it: the prAna Revolution, which I sorta (haven’t actually used one, yet) reviewed a week or two back. So what’s [...]
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Karl Rove and Dick Cheney, Freedom Fighters for Transparency.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 23, 2009
I watched about half of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night before falling asleep. No comment on the quality of the show, more a comment on why the !@#$%^&*( Comedy Central has one of the best, funniest, most important shows on television on beginning at midnight, ending at 1 am (including Colbert). Here [...]
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Short Story: The Incomplete Life of Henry Driggs. By Waylon Lewis.
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 23, 2009
Author’s note: Just found this story in a virtual dusty desk drawer, an old word document on my laptop when I searched for grills. Here you go, don’t know if it’s any good or not, probably at least 4 or 5 years old. ~ W.H.L. The Incomplete Life of Henry Driggs. By Waylon Hart Lewis [...]
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5Point Film Festival: Spread the Trailer.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 23, 2009
What’s harder, kayaking off a cliff…or fighting cancer? There’s no personally transformative gift than giving sight to a blind person. This is inspiring, the kind of post that makes me grateful for my crazy, stressful responsibility as the sole-surviving full-time employee of elephant…what a job this is that I’m emailed about Festivals like this, and [...]
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Sand Art.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 23, 2009
Wow, dude. Via Ariana Saraha, who emailed this out to her pals the other day, comes this super-cool 420-worthy video. This is absolutely breathtaking – I’ve never seen anything like it! May it bless you with the ever-transforming joy of presence here on this sacred Earth Day… Love, Ariana
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#44: Obama, Don’t Give Up, We’ve Come So Far Already! We’ll Get There! Here Are Your Cuffs!
by Joana Smith on Apr 23, 2009
We wanted to pray a prayer for the America by making cuffs for her President and giving them on Earth Day, but they aren’t finished. We were starting to feel stressed about it today, so we went outside to blow some bubbles… when a pink fairy came by, “Cuffs aren’t about stress or fear!” she [...]
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via Intent.com: 30 Days to a Greener You!
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 22, 2009
Post 1: Quiz How Eco-Savvy Are You? By Jeff McIntire-Strasburg It’s Earth Month, and that means lots and lots of information coming at you about how to live with a lighter environmental footprint. Of course, with all of the media focus on sustainability over the past couple of years, you may figure there’s not much [...]
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#43: To make a rope (of US).
by Joana Smith on Apr 21, 2009
For some time now, I have been trying to make a rope… This tapestry was a gift to our family from a friend who was working in Afghanistan last year. He said, “maybe you could make something out of it, like pillows!” “Hmmmm…Afghanistan,” I said, “we’ll make Rock the Healing cuffs!” We took them to [...]
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Community Cycles in Boulder, Colorado: Letter to the City Council re Bike Path Project.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 21, 2009
Dear Boulder City Council: I am a board member of Community Cycles and am writing you on behalf of our board and the over 700 Boulder residents who are Community Cycles members and have made donations to CC in the past year. We would like to express our thoughts on the proposed 30th Street bike [...]
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Humanure?
by Michael Levin on Apr 21, 2009
Do you love bikes? I do. I bicycle commute whenever possible. And, I ride bikes just for fun. Niles runs Recycled Cycles in Gainesville, FL. He told me I’d probably like reading about bikes at the Rivendell website when he saw my old Dawes Galaxy bike I’ve had since college.
I was browsing the Rivendell website today and noticed that today is the last day that the Rivendell folks will match funds you donate to SOIL with credit at their bike store. Here’s the background: SOIL is an organization that helps Haitians by converting human waste into compost.
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From Deflation to Elation: How a Weekend Workshop Saved my Business. ~ Claire Burstein
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 21, 2009
The contrast between how I felt last Friday…and how I feel now, three days later, is staggering. In a good way. It’s all thanks to an event I attended over the weekend. It was mind-blowing! Transformative! Healing! And awesome, and heart-warming! It was the “Rejuvenate Your Practice 2-Day Intensive Seminar,” taught by “life coaches” Jesse Koren [...]
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Money Money Money…Enneagram and Financial Contentment, via Sandja Brügmann.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 21, 2009
The Enneagram and Money Come to terms with your inner money monster. If you are like most people, you’ve experienced increased tension and stress due to the shaky global economy. Can you imagine not being anxious about money, and actually being content with what is right here and now? If you’re like most of us, [...]
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Yoga is So Good.
by Michael Levin on Apr 21, 2009
This morning the local yoga class was closed. I Yoga Life at www.iyogalife.com/ is available 24/7. So, I fired up a lesson called 10 Minute Yoga – Hamstrings.
I wrote about how much I liked the Yoga on Demand videos at CorePower Yoga recently. They move at a pace good for a beginner. The slide show at I Yoga Life is nice, as well. You are in no hurry to view the slide and can progress to the next slide when you are completely ready.
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#42: Green Revival Needs Pollination [Question: Is Anyone Out There? Earth Day Is Coming Up, Let's Do Somethin'!]
by Joana Smith on Apr 20, 2009
Lately, Abilene and I have begun to wonder how we will be getting the superpower cuffs that we’ve been making to the President. We asked the trees for some advice. They told us that there was a wishing pond nearby… and all we had to do, was make a wish, throw in our coin, and [...]
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What Can I Learn about Buddhist Activism from Studying a Scriptural Language?
by Reverend Danny Fisher on Apr 20, 2009
Upon the kind invitation of Joan Halifax Roshi, I wrote a little something for this week’s issue of the Upaya Newsletter, which you can read here. It’s a reflection on studying Pāḷi–the Middle-Indo Aryan dialect in which the earliest Buddhist texts are preserved–and how it has informed my social engagement as a Buddhist. Here’s just [...]
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Larry King interview with Perez Hilton re Miss USA on Gay Marriage / Civil Rights.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 20, 2009
Perez Hilton, Miss USA, Gay Marriage A(nother) seminal moment in the evolution of Gay Marriage in Popular American Culture I haven’t read a paper or watched the news in days…and yet, somewhere in the periphery of my awareness Perez Hilton, the fabulously popular, snarky, bitchy, famous internet superstar, has done something with Miss USA, or [...]
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