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Hey, did you read:
• That NASA is developing a flying saucer to help put humans on Mars? —Mick Dumke
• That people who do not fit into the gender binary can just be portrayed as people? —Cat Adamson
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• That the female nipple is not a sexual object—but can be a work of (tattoo) art? —Mara Shalhoup
• Who won awards at last night’s non-Equity Jeffs gala? —Tony Adler
• GQ‘s interview with Mike Myers, who claims to make one GarageBand tune a day and has a documentary coming out about Alice Cooper’s manager? —Tal Rosenberg
• About John Green, the current king of young adult lit (and former Chicagoan)? —Aimee Levitt
• About the job opening for panda nannies? —Brianna Wellen
• About the actor who got fired for roughing up a heckler while playing Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? —Tony Adler