If, like me, you quite liked the Twilight movie in a teenage fangirly way, but wished that Bella had been a little less passive and mumbly and more kick-ass, then you're in for a treat.
This brilliant mashup video shows what might have happened had Edward Cullen tried his intense-starey, slow-talkin' shtick on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Watch and learn, Stephenie Meyer, watch and learn:
Darlene Cavalier is an ex-professional cheerleader who's now using her site, Science Cheerleader, to rally the troops of 'citizen scientists' - average peeps like you and me - to engage more with science efforts in their community.
This video teams REAL LIFE CHEERLEADERS with REAL LIFE SCIENCE FACTS, and is part of her Brain Makeover programme:
Beth Ditto is my kind of lady. In fact, I think it's safe to say that I may even have a bit of a girly-crush on her. She's cute, clever, isn't afraid to speak her mind, and has opened the world's eyes to the fact that "curvy women" (of which, I am one) can be both beautiful AND fashionable.
So, perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm rather elated by the news that she's going to be designing a clothes range for high street clothing chain Evans.
According to Handbag.com, the range is due to hit stores this July, and will be featuring graphic dresses, oversized knitwear and a selection of hot accessories, all reflecting Ditto's inimitable signature style.
Add this to the fact that rumours are currently flying around the fashion world that Beth will be doing a repeat of her naked NME cover for the launch issue of Katie Grand's new magazine Love next month, and it seems she's one in-demand lady.
I do have just one minor gripe about this, though. As excited as I am about all of this (mainly because it means I might be able to get something over my breasts in the next few months which doesn't resemble a sack), why do larger ladies get a (for want of a better term) "larger" lady to design for them, whilst slim ladies get a slim lady to design for them? Want an example-look at the collections Lily Allen has done for New Look, , and the ever-popular line of clothing that Kate Moss has designed for Topshop. Why does it always feel that if you're looking for something both functional and fashionable on the High Street designed by someone you admire, you have to be built a certain way?
Great as it is that Beth is designing for Evans, it feels a bit like a token gesture. Retail magnates, if you're reading, I don't want to scare you or anything but, you know, just for once, can't us size 16 women have an international supermodel of Kate Moss's ilk designing clothes for us too?
'Scuse me, lady. Do you gots a blog? Could you spare some time on Tuesday 24th March to publish a blog post about a techie chick you admire?
Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to celebrate women excelling in technology.
The initiative, set up by Suw Charman-Anderson, blogger and social software consultant, is urging 1,000 bloggers to pledge to post.
So far 556 bloggers have signed up.
"Women's contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines."
There's more about why this is happening and who Ada Lovelace was over the jump.
This is 'I Would Take the Pain Away', a song recorded by Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's 18-year-old daughter.
Bakhtawar is currently a student at the University of Edinburgh. Apparently Bhutto encouraged her daughter's musical pursuits, and in 2007 Bakhtawar met P Diddy. 'I Would Take the Pain Away' is dedicated to her mother, and the video features footage of Bhutto at an election rally, shortly before she was killed by a suicide bomber.
There are myriad fabulous things about Eartha Kitt, but here are my top five:
1. She was the only person in the world who could accurately pronounce the word "rowr".
2. Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world".
3. She continued to work despite having colon cancer - her last gig was just two months ago.
4. In the 1960s she was invited to lunch at the White House. While there, she spoke out against the Vietnam war: "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed," she told the group of about 50 women. "They rebel in the street. They don't want to go to school because they're going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam."
5. She implored Father Christmas to "slip a stable under the tree". You know, for her many horses. Or at least I thought she did when I was a child.
Make the jump to watch Eartha Kitt doing her thing, singing "Santa Baby".
I'm sure you heard that Bettie Page, 1950s pin-up girl, burlesque icon and tireless exponent of the short fringe, died on Friday at the age of 85.
Reading her obituary in The Guardian I realised that, although her face is instantly recognisable, Bettie Page's private life was something of a mystery. I mean, did you know that, at the height of her fame, she jacked it all in to become a born-again Christian? Or that she was charged with attempted murder and committed to a psychiatric hospital? (More after the jump)
Fact: I adore Kylie. But what did Danni Minogue do wrong? She's never really been embraced by a the British nation. In fact, after reading this piece in The Sun, I'd go as far to say that you lot just plain old don't like her.
Why? Read my top five reason why I prefer Kylie and have your say after the jump.
There are loads of woman who amaze me. But there's only one who absolutely kicks lady ass and always rocks my world.
I know, I know, you absolutely can't contain your excitement. Clue: She once said "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."
How many times is an alright film or show ruined RUINED by a completely chemistry-free, unconvincing, annoying romance? The actors and characters might be fine on their own, but bring them together and we have... nothing. They cancel each other out. There's nothing there. They'd never be a real-life couple, it's a casting issue. And an acting one. The spark isn't there. Is it raining? Yes, I had noticed. I was trying not to look at this two eating face. So click on these two jokers to see a gallery of Dollymix's most unbelievable couples. Then help us out here and submit some of your own suggestions if you like!
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The original Catwoman, 
