Thursday, December 6, 2012
Did You Read __________? / News Did you read about zombie wasps, Pizza Hut perfume, and Katy Perry?
Posted by Reader staff on 12.06.12 at 11:49 AM
- Eva Rinaldi
- Katy Perry, or a zombie wasp?
• That the Justice Department has warned Washington state that pot is still illegal under federal law? —Mick Dumke
. . . while at the same time, a spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department actually said, "The police department believes that, under state law, you may responsibly get baked, order some pizzas and enjoy a Lord of the Rings marathon in the privacy of your own home, if you want to"? —Sam Worley
• The NPR story on murder modeled as an infectious disease? —Tony Adler
• That terrifying, melancholy story in the Tampa Bay Times about a woman in Florida who suffered from persistent genital arousal disorder? (The day after the article was published, the woman committed suicide.) —Tal Rosenberg
• About zombie wasps? (Not a John Updike mash-up—it's about the current issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology, which focuses on brain-controlling parasites.) —Sam Worley
• About hipsters turned hunters? —Kate Schmidt
• Reader contributor Noah Berlatsky, writing on the Atlantic site about what it means that Katy Perry doesn't want to be called a feminist? —Tony Adler
• That people are freaking about the new penny-pinching Yankees? —Kate Schmidt
• About Pizza Hut perfume? —Jerome Ludwig
