Take a look at the front of Bon Appétit's May issue, the first to drop under the helm of new Editor in Chief Adam Rapoport. Although the design's slightly updated, the cover — a minimalist plate of pasta al pomodoro — doesn't look like anything too drastic. In a sit-down with WWD, the former GQ editor admitted that the first issue is "not going to change too much" but did share some of what Read more

Meghan McCain is playing defense today. After canceling a speaking engagement to go to Las Vegas last year, today she writes in the Daily Beast it was because her boyfriend had just broken up with her "over a five-line email." Last September, my boyfriend broke up with me over a five-line email. I had a speaking engagement at Juniata College, but that would have to wait. I canceled the speech Read more

Angry and inappropriate commenters on the Internet have been around since . . . well, the beginning of the Internet, and nasty comments on articles or sites are common. But now that the popularity of social networks and tools like Facebook connect are commonplace, those formerly anonymous commenters are getting easier and easier to track down. For one Sports Illustrated writer, a few nasty tweets Read more

Today Arizona shooter Jared Loughner's ex-girlfriend, Kelsey Hawkes, spoke out, but now two very different stories are spreading. A Daily Mail interview quotes her saying their breakup, six years ago, was the start of his mental spiral downward. "Something changed in him, he was not the same person when I told him it was over . . . I remember Read more

The "don't go to law school, you'll regret it" type article pops up so often in the media, that I almost expect to see it. I just recently read Is Law School a Losing Game? by the New York Times, and it was just as depressing as this one, this one, and this one. It serves as a warning tp law school hopefuls, and for those already attending the graduate schools, a bitter reminder and source of Read more

Kids today, as the lament goes. The age of the mean girl is getting younger, an article in The New York Times reports. The dreaded middle school cliques are extending down to the kindergarten crew. The article examines the nasty things bullied girls have dealt with in elementary school, from the creation of exclusive clubs to being forced to go down a slide filled with mud. The supposed increase Read more

I am so devoted to Mad Men that it's probably considered offensive in some cultures. I love Joanie, her hillsides, and what her character has done for women and body image. And while writers put words in her mouth, Christina Hendricks delivers them to biting perfection. Yet in seemingly every interview lately, she's gushing over the positive effect her body has had on women. In November's Read more

New ad from Women's Media Center takes on sexism with satire — Salon The richest ladies in Congress — Jezebel Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are up to bizarre things in Costa Rica — PopSugar Teresa Giudice dishes on how she blew $11 million — Huffington Post Young, childless women earn more than male counterparts — Wall Street Journal Conan O'Brien wants to be like Oprah, calls his Read more

I often read magazines while lunching, but now Condé Nast wants readers to lunch at its magazines' restaurants. The media empire, which owns Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker, among others, is licensing its magazine brands to a buffet of media-inspired restaurants. Magazines and restaurants are frequent companions, from power-lunch destinations dominated by media types to hotspots run by Read more