Hey Sarah Palin, don’t blame Levi Johnston for that baby in your daughter’s belly. Blame Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen!

Teenaged girls who watch so-called television programs with high sexuality content, like Sex & The City, That ’70s Show and Gossip Girl, are more likely to become pregnant within the next 3 years, reports the New York Daily News.

That’s rich.

I’m not denying the media’s impact on impressionable minds. But it’s an argument full of holes (no pun intended).

First of all, the messages on these so-called “racy” shows are being characterized as black-and-white: pro- or anti- wild irresponsible sex. On That ’70s Show, the lead characters Donna and Eric dating for a long time before sleeping together. Same thing for Dan Humphrey, who is a virgin when he sleeps with Serena on Gossip Girl, and Blair, who was saving herself for her boyfriend Nate Archibald. (Nevermind that she got distracted by Nate’s best friend…but it is a primetime soap, people!) These characters are all juniors or seniors in high school, which means they are 17 years old or so, the average age an American woman loses her virginity.

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Tatum O’Neal was arrested on drug charges in her Manhattan apartment Sunday night. New York City Police said they had found bags of cocaine and crack cocaine in the 44 year old actress’s possession at the time of the arrest. Police Reports indicate O’Neal initiallly told NYPD Officers that she was doing research for an upcoming film part. Also arrested was 33 year old Allen Garcia who is believed possibly to be O’Neal’s dealer.

Tatum O’Neal was the youngest actress in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Oscar, having taken home the prize for Best Supporting Actress for “Paper Moon” in which she co-starred with her father Ryan O’Neal when she was 10 years old. Since then she has appeared in such films as “The Bad News Bears”, “International Velvet” and “Basquiat” along with numerous television appearances including “Sex and the City”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “Rescue Me”.

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The 4 woman are finally back in town and after weeks of tantalizing trailers, HUGE billboards and spoiler alerts, I FINALLY saw Sex and The City. And even better, in the city itself.

Shrieking, running, stiletto heel-wearing girlfriends from all over the country stormed into the theater as though Louis Vuitton bags were being given away. At first, I thought it was rather inspiring that so many women, around the country are coming together to share the love and loss with these four women. But when the movie was over, I was a little less enthused.

Just like old times, Samantha says at one point when the four women go out together. Well, not really. I miss the slightly less fancy clothes, slightly smaller heals and the moments of their relationship that weren’t about the men. Would it be too much to ask for some dialog about something happening in the world? Something that cant be cured by an exorbitant shopping spree?

Or perhaps shows who first find their home on a risk-taking, say anything network like HBO, shouldn’t try to jump to the big screen.

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On HuffPost today, the fabulous Jessica Wakeman questions New York Magazine’s cover for the This is New York 1968-2008 issue. Are the “cultural titans” of the big apple mostly white and mostly male?

Jessica points out that the article itself is culturally diverse:

To be fair, there’s several nice articles on the inside of the magazine extolling New York City’s imprint on film, TV and literature. In it, we see diversity that actually reflects cultural demographic reality: Susan Sontag, Toni Morrison, Spike Lee. And the intro to the whole package is about Rhoda, the Mary Tyler Moore spin-off.

She lists some of the best New York icons that didn’t make it in the magazine like Gloria Steinem, Ani di Franco, Julia Louis Dreyfus’ Elaine, Tina Fey, Yoko Ono, The Cosby Show, and the ladies of the Sex and The City. Who are your favorite New York icons?

Learn more about women and minorities in the media by visiting Women’s Media Center and Media Awareness Network .

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Kristen Davis photos are way hotter than a silly old anniversary! I don’t know what Paul Rieckhoff of IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) is getting his military briefs all up in a bunch about. So, the media didn’t go OCD about the 5-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. The American people have a lot more serious things to worry about. If you want to put your finger on the American pulse, go to Google’s Hot Trends, where you can see what Americans are really searching the internet, if not their souls and consciences, for. On the 5-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the 5 most important issues to Americans were:

1. kristin davis sex pics, 2. audrina patridge pictures, 3. tampa tony, 4. boss button, 5. terrelle pryor

In fact, out of the top 100 Hot Trends, not one has anything to do with the Iraq War! But, obvi Kristin and Audrina Patridge pictures take precedent.

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Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon came out about her “fantastic” four-year long relationship with education activist Christine Marinoni, at a press junket promoting the “coming out” of the Sex And The City movie. Nixon’s love for Christine seems pretty unconditional: “I’m in love with [Christine] because she’s her.” And their relationship seems very democratic and healthy: “We shop and cook and raise children [Samantha, 11, and Charles, 6.]- we both pitch in.” The Emmy and Tony award-winning actress also shared the importance of positive gay role models. When Nixon came out, her children “were fine” because they have a gay uncle and lesbian godmothers.

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