Binge drinking is kind of an American pastime right now, according to the Center for Disease Control, and they’ve got state-by-state data that reveals a “binge drinking belt.”
“Just because something is constructed as a social category, doesn’t mean that it’s not enormously meaningful. It doesn’t mean that we haven’t built a whole damn civilization on it.”
Lady Gaga launches the “Born This Way” foundation, GLAAD Awards announce their 2012 nominees, MegaUpload shuts down and Britney’s bodyguard is writing a book about her lesbian orgies.
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