…of baby back ribs. Unless you’re a dude, in which case you are totally looking at her boobs.

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Check Out This Rack! is a post from: The Inquisitr

Sheyla Hershey, the model who once was crowned as having the world’s largest augmented breasts at a reported size of 51KKK, is in a coma following a second suicide attempt due to depression related to the loss of her breast implants.

Hershey, 31, suffered a staph infection following breast surgery last summer. She was set to have surgery to replace the implants this week, but her husband says he does not know when she will come out of the coma. Following her last suicide attempt, she commented on the depression she’d suffered after the removal of her implants:

“Once I reclaim my identity as the World’s Biggest Boobs I can be a better role model for my daughter.

“I feel so ugly without my breasts. Without them, I don’t know who I am.”

Hershey, a native of Brazil, has undergone 30 cosmetic procedures. In addition to breast augmentations, she has also gone under the knife for rhinoplasty and liposuction.

Former ‘biggest breasts’ model Sheyla Hershey recovering after second suicide attempt is a post from: The Inquisitr

The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice today regarding a rare form of cancer and its link to breast implants, although women who have augmented breasts have not been advised to seek any sort of treatment above and beyond standard health care screenings.

The link detected by the FDA is between anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a cancer that affects the immune system, and both silicone and saline breast implants. Although it is estimated that women who have breast implants number between five and ten million globally, only 60 cases of the cancer in patients with breast implants have surfaced.

A spokeswoman for Allergan, whose products along with Johnson & Johnson’s were linked to the cases, downplayed the concerns in an emailed statement:

“A woman is more likely to be struck by lightning than get this condition,” said Caroline Van Hove… “Patients’ safety is Allergan’s absolute first priority and we continue all efforts to collect and analyze further information about the very rare occurrence of ALCL in patients with breast implants.”

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons expressed concern that the report would hamper access to the popular cosmetic enhancement:

“For nearly 20 years American women were denied access to their choice of breast implants because of false claims and unfounded science,” said Phillip Haeck, the physician group’s president, in a statement. “We are determined this shouldn’t happen again.”

One theory floated about the link suggests that local T cells could be stimulated by the presence of the implant, precipitating lymphoma.

FDA: Breast implants may be linked to rare cancer is a post from: The Inquisitr

Instances of admonishments to “get the f*ck out” not measured.

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[Graph] Relative male interest in breasts, by age is a post from: The Inquisitr

Having to pass through Jersey to go anywhere south of Manhattan, I have to say at least it wasn’t another stupid tollbooth.

A 23-year-old woman was arrested last week for horizontally parking her car across the Garden State Parkway, and then getting out and flashing passing motorists. State Police say Arika Felder, of Plainfield, obstructed the three northbound lanes ahead of exit 109 on the GSP at around 6pm on Tuesday, and began exposing herself to other cars. When approached by a State Trooper at the location near mile marker 109.5, Felder fled and hopped back into her car.

But she didn’t go quietly:

The trooper, whose name was unavailable, approached the open door of the driver’s side of her car and attempted to stop Felder, who hit the accelerator, dragging the trooper 20 yards before crashing into a concrete barrier on the left shoulder at mile marker 111.5, police said.

Both parties were taken to Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. The cop was treated for minor injuries and released, and Felder, who was not injured, was held for evaluation. She was later arrested for eluding and resisting arrest, and aggravated assault on a police trooper. Bail was set at $15K pending the results of the woman’s psychiatric evaluation, and she was committed to a facility in Trenton.

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A novelty bra has captured the attention of the internet, because it not only enhances a woman’s natural curves, but it’s filled with booze.

The site shiling the item is quick to point out that it’s not meant as seriously supportive lingerie, but allows the wearer to enjoy a the drink of her choice in a variety of venues:

Take a bottle of wine, a mixed drink or even a fifth of your favorite hard stuff to the movies, concerts, ball games, even PTA meetings. Sporting a rack that will turn heads and serving a beverage that will have guys standing in line for a sip of your secret stash! With simple blow into the tube it’s easy to keep that full look even as you drink from your secret stash.

Of course, anyone using it will be drinking body temperature alcoholic beverages from a giant, attached to someone straw, which is kind of squicky. The site says the bra is “optimized for smaller cup sizes,” and that it holds up to 25 ounces of fluid. While the site touts the item as “better than a boob job, and cheaper too,” you can’t drink up a boob job while at a barbeque. The item is marked at $39, on sale for $29.

New “Wine Rack” bra boosts boobage, comes with straw is a post from: The Inquisitr

Finally, someone has found the answer to a question academics and non-academics have pondered for a long time: does research grant money cover trips to Hooters?

Cornell University’s Prof. Michael Lynn spoke to the Cornell Daily Sun about a survey of 374 waitresses, their perceived “sexiness,” and how it relates to the gratuities they receive at work. Not surprisingly, the small study revealed, tits equal tips. Lynn, who is not exactly the most eloquent man, explains:

“…it’s always important to test what seems like obvious cultural wisdom.”

“It also informs management decisions about who to hire,” Lynn added, explaining that servers who earn higher tips are more desirable employees because they are likely to stay at their job longer. Higher tips also indicate higher customer approval of the server, and by association, the establishment in general.

“[Restaurants] might very well want to hire waitresses who will earn larger tips,” Lynn said. “[These employees] can largely be identified through their physical characteristics.”

Lynn’s suggestion of reinforcing the looks-based tipping culture may not go over well with thinking people, who might balk at his comment that “ugly people are not a protected class, legally.” Lynn’s remarks didn’t seem to sit well with fellow Cornell staff member, Prof. Sherry F. Colb (the article says Colb “studies sexual equality”), who suggests that tip pooling might be a better option than just insinuating ugly people or those with “droopy breasts” are doomed to lower incomes:

“Like the employer who fails to promote an employee because she does not sufficiently conform to the feminine stereotype, restaurant owners share in the blame for utilizing a pay structure that turns unenlightened customers into the ‘boss’ in charge of determining a server’s take-home pay,” she said.

You can read the entirety of Lynn’s comments here.

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You may have gotten some Facebook invites for an event today called “Boobquake,” but the massive Facebook protest seems to have fallen on an unfortunate date.

When an Iranian cleric was quoted last week as saying earthquakes were related to the immodesty of women, an young woman created the group to dispel his theory. The cleric said:

“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Sedighi is Tehran’s acting Friday prayer leader.

So student Jen McCreight created the Boobquake Facebook group. She explains:

I have a modest proposal. Sedighi claims that not dressing modestly causes earthquakes. If so, we should be able to test this claim scientifically. You all remember the homeopathy overdose?

Time for a [sic] Boobqauke. On Monday, April 26th, I will wear the most cleavage-showing shirt I own. Yes, the one usually reserved for a night on the town. I encourage other female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts… So, who’s with me? I may be a D cup, but that will probably only produce a slight tremor on its own. If you’ll be joining me on twitter, use the tag #boobquake!

Nearly 300,000 Facebook users RSVP’d to the event. And in a coincidence that may leave modesty-huggers giggling at Boobquake participants, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan today. Coincidence? Probably. McCreight opines on her blog that the Taiwan earthquake, in which no one was injured or killed, was “not statistically significant.”

[Image: Facebook Boobquake Page]

Bad timing: 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan for Boobquake 2010 is a post from: The Inquisitr

Kate Hudson has always openly acknowledged her tiny breasts.

“I have small breasts, obviously,” Kate Hudson proudly proclaimed at the 2002 Golden Globes. “It’s nice to be able to wear a plunging neckline and have it be elegant.”

The willowy actress has a slight frame, and has previously chosen outfits that show off her gamine figure. But now US magazine is speculating that Hudson, daughter of Goldie Hawn, has left the itty bitty titty committee after she was photographed poolside in Miami sporting slightly larger breasts.

Going by the picture, if Hudson had work done, it was slight and subtle. They’re certainly not like Heidi Montag’s giant plastic monstrosities, and I’ve seen smaller-breasted friends get the same result with properly fitted wonderbras and “chicken cutlets.”

US quoted an unnamed source about the possibility that Hudson had her tatas enhanced:

Explains another source, “Kate makes jokes about her boobs, but her chest has always been one of her biggest insecurities.”

US also contacted Hudson’s rep, who declined to comment on the boob situation.

Pic: Kate Hudson’s new boobs? is a post from: The Inquisitr

Soul songstress Erykah Badu’s new video for song “Window Seat” is garnering attention for- well, mainly for the fact that the song is set to Badu stripping as she walks down a Dallas street until she gradually becomes completely naked- pixellatedly so.

Badu says the song is a statement about “groupthink,” and after the climax of the video, she speaks, saying:

“They play it safe. They are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs ingesting more and more fear with each act of hate on one another. They feel most comfortable in groups- less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become, afraid to respect an individual. A single person within a circumstance can move one to change to love ourself… to evolve.”

Aside from the nudity part, “Window Seat” is also peppered with audio references to President Kennedy’s assassination, pivotal in the video:

As she reached the spot where Kennedy was first struck by a bullet, the crackle of a gunshot is heard and Badu’s head snaps back and she falls to the ground as if dead.

Badu has been tweeting in response to the reaction to the song, and you can read her thoughts on her Twitter feed. Badu’s new album, “New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh,” is set to hit stores this week.

Video: Erykah Badu strips off in “Window Seat” is a post from: The Inquisitr

Smack-talking Knocked Up actress Katherine Heigl suffered an embarrassing moment on stage at the ShoWest awards when the strap of her dress mutinied and one of her breasts tried to escape.

In the video below, you can see Heigl’s mortifying moment as she suffered what is now known as a “wardrobe malfunction.” Heigl turned to host Billy Bush to request assistance with the wayward frock.

Video: Katherine Heigl’s breast escapes onstage is a post from: The Inquisitr

While the result was unintended and certainly not comical for this poor woman, it’s difficult not to picture a boob-crazed surgeon responding like, “you didn’t want four breasts? Should I not have done that?”

47-year-old Maria Alaimo of Staten Island is suing her surgeon, Dr. Keith Berman, for complications including “painful ‘double bubble’ deformities” following a breast augmentation. For an alarmingly low $2,999 plus a $500 “referral fee” in 2003 (less than half of the region’s market rate for breast implant surgery) Alaimo received the procedure she claims has ruined her life:

“(Her breasts) appear flattened on the bottom with severe swells the size of a softball on top.” In court documents, Alaimo claims those disfigurements caused “pain … disability, loss of self-esteem, humiliation and embarrassment.”

Alaimo also claims that the allegedly botched surgery ultimately lead to her divorce, citing intimacy issues following the procedure. Alaimo is suing for $5 million, but an attorney for the doctor says that “there are no guarantees” in plastic surgery:

The doctor’s attorney, Jerry Giardina, said Alaimo should have been more aware of the risks of plastic surgery before she went under the knife. “Plastic surgery is trivialized, but the reality is that plastic surgery is just that—surgery. There are no guarantees. What one person responds to, another does not.”

[Gothamist via Consumerist]

NYC woman sues plastic surgeon for implants resulting in four breasts is a post from: The Inquisitr

Perhaps you’ve caught replays of the original Showgirls (I cannot believe I just typed that phrase, “the original Showgirls“) on VH1, because apparently no one saw it in the theaters.

In the years since it tanked spectacularly, arguably taking Elizabeth Berkeley’s career into the fiery depths of cinema hell with it, the movie has become a bit of a “so bad it’s good” cult thing- like something you watch at 3:30 in the morning when you’re too drunk to safely make it to the remote and because there’s boobs. And it has Kyle McLachlan, before he started playing neutered men on lady-shows. So there’s that.

Apparently (and I really, really would be surprised if this wasn’t a lame stab at humor) there’s a sequel to Showgirls. No, really, I’m not even kidding. There’s a website, and a full screen trailer, and the absolute most amazingly worst acting and general other movie stuff I’ve ever seen in the history of ever. This makes Boondock Saints look like Schindler’s List, and Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day look like a speech by Winston Churchhill.

The trailer (and I use that word loosely, it actually seems to be a bunch of random three second clips, and is highly NSFW) is below, but you really should get the full-screen experience by going to Showgirls2.com.

Video: Showgirls 2 trailer transcends “so bad it’s good,” achieves “so bad there should be felony charges” is a post from: The Inquisitr

While any one with an iPhone regardless of age or sensibility can access the most hardcore of porn via the internet, Apple has been notoriously draconian when it comes to optimizing smut for the iPhone and iPod touch.

“But…” you may object, “the internet is for porn! And devices designed to present the internet to us in other ways should embrace and nourish this natural partnership!” Many would agree. And while there are apps to get you off and apps to tell you just how drunk you can drive, bikini apps have remained a sticking point for Apple when it comes to its precious App Store. Apple sticks to its guns in protecting “the children,” who probably make up a very small share of regular iPhone users.

Philip Schiller, a marketing rep for Apple, spoke to the New York Times about the decision.

“It came to the point where we were getting customer complaints from women who found the content getting too degrading and objectionable, as well as parents who were upset with what their kids were able to see,” Mr. Schiller said.

More frustrating than Apple telling us what we can and cannot see on the devices we pay monthly to use, however, is the double standard when dealing with independent companies who may have invested a lot to bring an app to market versus well known, moneyed companies with iPhone apps. Two popular apps by Playboy and Sports Illustrated show the same content featured in many suddenly banned apps, the key difference being those companies are owned by rich people with swimming pools full of money:

When asked about the Sports Illustrated app, Mr. Schiller said Apple took the source and intent of an app into consideration. “The difference is this is a well-known company with previously published material available broadly in a well-accepted format,” he said.

Hopefully Apple will eventually realize that it is not their place to dictate what you can and cannot do with your iPhone once you bend over and pay them for it, and continue to pay hefty data charges monthly to keep the damn thing running. As a parent myself, I would never expect a massive company to decide what my child can or cannot see, nor do I feel that the world should quit turning until my son is old enough to look at a set of tits on an iPod touch screen. I’ve handled the issue of objectionable content by monitoring what I allow my children to be exposed to and not allowing them unfettered access to the internet or the Disney channel. Parents who believe that this kind of global childproofing is acceptable need to be set straight and quickly, before the future of mobile smut is compromised.

The introduction of a parental control setting could head this entire controversy off at the pass. Or, we could all poke our eyes out with sticks so we don’t see bikini covered boobs on the iPhone. Which option sounds better to you, Apple?

Apple clarifies App Store censorship, only indie boobs apps are banned is a post from: The Inquisitr

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, National Pancake Day, Packzi Day or Fastnacht Day?

Depending on your cultural flavor, all are names for the day before Ash Wednesday, when Catholics make motions in the direction of fasting or giving up something for Lent but never actually get around to that part. Google searches are way up for pancakes and packzi, a polish donut of some sort. (In fact, one of the most prolific searches today is for packzi calorie counts, which is totally doing it wrong.) Catholic school alumni like myself may recall today being the only day sweets were allowed in Sister Anthony Therese’s classroom.

New Orleans, a traditionally Catholic city, without argument owns this holiday. What started as a day preparing one for a fast and reflection somehow morphed into the exchange of beads for boobies, and street parties of epic proportions. (New Orleanians are also associated with King Cakes, a tradition wherein the person whose slice contains a trinket has to provide the next cake, which kind of sucks.)

While a lot of the internet seems to be under the impression IHOP is giving out free pancakes today, that doesn’t actually occur until February 23rd. IHOP has full details of the pancake giveaway on their website, but a week from today (February 23rd is also a Tuesday) the pancake chain is giving away a free short stack of pancakes to all customers from 7am until 10pm.

If you’re missing the party down in New Orleans and sad about your pancake jones, you can watch live streaming video of Mardi Gras here. (There might be boobs.) Still not feeling authentically debauched? It’s not too early in the afternoon to whip up a batch of Emeril Lagasse’s Hurricanes. (Somewhat surprised they haven’t renamed those, considering.)

Ingredients

12 ounces light rum
12 ounces dark rum
10 ounces grenadine, or passion fruit syrup
10 ounces fresh orange juice
10 ounces sour mix, or fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons superfine sugar, or more to taste
1 large orange, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices

Directions

Mix all the ingredients in a tall pitcher or large pot and stir to dissolve the sugar. Pour into a punch bowl and add the ice cubes and orange segments. Serve in tall glasses over ice with straws.

Watch a live stream of the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans is a post from: The Inquisitr

Bonus: the picture appears to show two women. Giggity.

[via Gizmodo]

How to get your boyfriend off his gaming console is a post from: The Inquisitr

Sadly, it’s not a search result by accident- it’s the name of a book by Vanessa Feltz. (Yes, the book is actually titled What Are These Strawberries Doing on My Nipples, I Need Them for the Fruit Salad.)

Still a funny surprise for Googlers this side of the pond.

Google answers your burning questions is a post from: The Inquisitr

Warning: boobies.

WJLA in Washington set off a bit of controversy in a segment yesterday by showing nipples in their entirety on broadcast tee-vee. In the horrifying, seedy context of a breast self-exam. Video below shows the shocking and perverse video, wherein a 28-year-old woman (apparently lacking breasts) shows viewers how to perform a breast self-exam to raise awareness of breast cancer in the final few days of breast cancer awareness month.

WJLA admits that Americans may not yet be ready for breast self exams on TV, but that the content (boobs?) of the clip was valuable. You can watch the clip below, but if you have small children in the house or in adjacent homes, you may want to sedate them or send them to stay with grandparents before viewing.

[via Townhall]

(Video) Everybody panic: “Uncensored” breast exam airs on WJLA is a post from: The Inquisitr

Man, I have the biggest girl crush on Meghan McCain.

McCain has emerged as a voice of reason and progress for the Republican party, a vocal supporter of gay rights and critic of right-wing pundit Ann Coulter. (Who is also kind of awesome.) Meghan has held her own debating with the big boys on Bill Maher’s panel (and rocked it out) and on The Colbert Report. Republicans should grab on to her like the youth-recruiting lifeline she is and not let go.

But McCain drew criticism and harsh words after she posted a picture of herself in a tank top on Twitter, committing the cardinal sin of having a class-A rack and not covering it. The picture, above, is not something that should be shocking to any woman who owns breasts and a tank top, and Meghan really didn’t cross any lines posting it. She looks great, and it’s a shame she felt the need to post a series of apologetic tweets after the fact:

so I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing but apparently anything other than a pantsuit I am a slut, this is

why I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment

I am going to take some more time to think about it but seriously I was just trying to be funny with the book and that I’m a dork staying in

when I am alone in my apartment, I wear tank tops and sweat pants, I had no idea this makes me a “slut”, I can’t even tell you how hurt I am

ok I am getting the fuck off twitter, promise not to delete my account until I sleep on it, thank you for the nice words supporters

I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic, I have clearly made a huge mistake and am sorry 2 those that are offended.

Meghan’s latest post over at The Daily Beast covers the broader issues of women, appearance, media and society- it’s a good read, and here’s to hoping Meghan comes around and sees the criticism for what it really is and doesn’t quit Twitter. None of us like pantsuits, Meghan, and we need women like you to kill them good and dead for the rest of us. You can never Spanx away big tits and a curvy ass, and whole nation of voluptuous women need you to not apologize for your breasts so we don’t have to apologize for ours. Keep fighting the good fight!

Meghan McCain twitter photo is hot, draws haters is a post from: The Inquisitr

I have a sneaking suspicion men will consider this a win while women will say it’s total fail.

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Blushing bride fail is a post from: The Inquisitr