GLUTTONOUS

Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg’s So-Called Feminist Advocacy Group, Seeks Unpaid Intern

WELL, THIS IS EMBARRASSING: Facebook’s billion-dollar-babe, executive Sheryl Sandberg, is being called out for seeking an unpaid intern for her Lean In organization.

“Wanted, Lean In editor-at-large Jessica Bennett posted Tuesday on her Facebook page, “Lean In editorial intern, to work with our editor (me) in New York. Part-time, unpaid, must be HIGHLY organized with editorial and social chops and able to commit to a regular schedule through end of year. Design and web skills a plus!

The irony of a much-ballyhooed female executive who’s dunned women to ‘lean in’ and work harder, has not been lost on the commentariat, who blew up Bennett’s Facebook page with snark and vitriol.

“Can you not see the hypocrisy?,” hissed Liv Pratez. “Lean In an organization about Women, Work and Leadership seeks an “intern” with skills and who can commit to a regular schedule. That’s not an internship, it’s exploitation. Pay your interns and the irony will be gone. Or ask for volunteers.”

“You think you’re doing these people a FAVOR?,” exclaimed Kari Jackson. “Oh, please… let me come bust my ass while making no money for what…the experience? Lean In…cause there’s a sucker born every minute.”

THE MIRROR HAS THREE FACES

Pretty Little Liars: Leave The Lamb Alone

By Karen Malmquist

IF THERE’S ANYTYHING SUPERHERO MOVIES HAVE TAUGHT US, it’s to never trust the super hot, charming British dude. And on Tuesday’s Pretty Little Liars, this has never been more true.

Were we really supposed to believe Wren Kingston, who cheated on Melissa Hastings with her little sister Spencer in the pilot, had good intentions? Come on, people.

Kicking things off, the Liars have ditched school, and now they’re sneaking back in. Can’t you be forced to repeat a year if you’ve skipped a ton of school days? There really are no rules in Rosewood. Emily gets a text from her mom, saying that Mrs. DiLaurentis has offered for the Fields family to stay at her house until theirs is fixed. Is it a nice gesture? Yes, of course. Does Mrs. DiLaurentis come off as a little creepy? Definitely. So it’s no surprise that Emily isn’t crazy about the idea. Hanna urges the reluctant Emily to stay there, since it’ll somehow help them find CeCe Drake. Maybe it’s the mystery buff in me, but I’m still not convinced CeCe is as important to the show as we’re made to believe.

INTERPLANETARY CRAVINGS

Sweetening The Idea Of Traveling To Mars: Nutella

CAPITALIZING ON CLEVER, The Atlantic‘s MEGAN GARBER sweetened a story about simulating dining on Mars with Nutella.

To wit:

A WIN FOR THE CONNECTED

Progressives Hate The Idea Of The Plutocratic Sen. Cory Booker

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CORY BOOKER LOOKS poised to become Senator in this fall’s special election in New Jersey, a feat that would make the high-profile Newark mayor only the fourth black person elected to the Senate. So why are there so many raspberries coming from the left after last night’s primary win? Because he “is loathed by some progressives in a way that’s only now being noticed,” writes David Weigel at Slate.

ACCOUNTING FOR RIGHTS & WRONGS

Real Housewives Of Orange County: The Dirty Low-Down

By Karen Malmquist

GRETCHEN ROSSI DONS her nicest JC Penny sale section dress, putS on her biggest earrings, and has her best pageant hair done for the three-part Real Housewives of Orange County reunion. Sure, the other ladies are there, too, but the drama is orbiting directly around her. It’s gotta be the big hair.

Andy Cohen asks Vicki about her divorce from Donn. Or, in this case, lack thereof. She says they’re at a stand-still, which doesn’t make sense until she reveals that if she signs the papers, she’ll have to pay spousal support.

To answer the most important question we were left with this season, yes, Tamra slept on the bed Vicki had just peed on in Mexico. She says she just slept on the other side of said urine, and Vicki adds that all alcohol had exited her body.

I’LL TUMBLR FOR YA

Tina Fey Plus Cats Equals Awesomeness

SURE, ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS TWO, UNLESS YOU’RE CALCULATING awesomeness.

Case in point: the Tina Fey With A Cat” Tumblr, which multiplies two of the netizens’ favorite subjects for exponential fun.

OUT OF PLACE

Real Housewives Of Orange County:

By Karen Malmquist

BEFORE VENTURING INTO ORANGE COUNTY TONIGHT for what’s guaranteed to be an explosive reunion, let’s revisit Vicki’s backyard winter wonderland/hell.

Slade and Ryan take the term “d-bag” to a whole new level as they’re confronted by the ladies, and little “Cheeseburger” unleashes her sharp tongue.

FACE TIME

Real Housewives Of New Jersey: She Who Shall Be Called ‘Evil’

By Karen Malmquist

IS JACQUELINE LAURITA THE NEW VILLAIN ON REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY? Probably not, but that’s how Teresa wants her to appear on the latest episode.

According to the soon-to-be-jailed Giudice, Jacqueline’s “crazy” and “evil,” and her bad ways are supposedly about to come to light very, very soon.

In the meantime, Melissa visits Joe at his work site, where he has her try out a giant tractor-y thing, apparently called a backhoe. After almost plowing over her children, Melissa hops out as Joe gets a conveniently-timed phone call from Sizzle Tans, asking them to do a billboard together. Melissa knows better than to “copy” Teresa, who’s done a commercial for them in the past. We all remember Teresa stiffly saying “I tan. I spray. At Sizzle Tans.” on the local ad, and would rather not keep the cycle of humiliation in the family.

BROTASTIC OPPORTUNITY

Here’s Your Chance To Double Date Craiglist’s Notorious Bro-tastic ‘Centaur’ Twins

By Elizabeth Coady

THEY TOOK THE WEB BY STORM AS THE CENTURION TWINS LOOKING FOR NO-STRINGS-ATTACHED blind dates on Craigslist. They pitched themselves as “dashingly tall,” “Anglo-Saxon,” “completely house trained,””sensitive..bad boys,” who love their mothers and had seen Love Actually several times.

That “bro-tastic” sense of playfulness netted them hundreds of candidates eager for a night out on the town with Mike and Dave Stangle. But that was just how their story begins, because after their now classic “best of Craiglist” ad went viral, Fox2000 bought their story rights to make a movie, Simon & Schuster signed them for a book, and “people actually think we’re cool!,” exclaims Mike Stangle via email.

PRESENTING

Chicago’s Music Box Hosts Alfred Hitchcock’s Restored Silent Films

THE NAME ALFRED HITCHCOCK IS SYNONYMOUS WITH STYLIZED THRILLERS that captivated audiences with stunning cinematography and tight storylines. But even the auteur was once a neophyte, and now’s your chance to see the famous director’s earliest films at Chicago’s Music Box theater.

The Lakeview landmark is screening the “Hitchcock 9”- touted as “nine tales of murder, lust, blackmail, romance, obsession and suspense.” These silent treasures have been restored in the “biggest and most complex restoration project undertaken by the BFI National Archive to date,” according to the theater’s website.

Hitchcock, who once who commented that “silent pictures were the purest form of cinema,” contended that every film student should “learn how to make silent films because there is no better form of training.”