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World AIDS Day 2011: (RED) Gift Gallery
It may seem like Bono‘s Product Red line has lain low over the past year, but it’s actually the opposite: (RED) is involved in the 2015 AIDS Quilt, plus they still have tons of cute and affordable partnerships with your favorite brands. Know someone who’d like a Gap, Starbucks, or Apple gift this holiday season? Look no further than our “do something” gift guide. More »
Poll Results: More Than Half Of You Know Someone With HIV/AIDS
Today is World AIDS Day 2011, an opportunity for people around the world to unite against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Earlier this week, we polled you to find out the degree to which you’re personally affected by HIV/AIDS. More »
World AIDS Day 2011: The Best And Worst Celebrity Quotes About HIV/AIDS
Celebrities—they’re just like us! Many of them, like Lady Gaga and Cheyenne Jackson, want to make progress so that someday there will be a generation born without HIV/AIDS. Then there are the ignorant jerks like rapper Game, who perpetuate myths and discrimination about the disease. Check out our gallery, in honor of World AIDS Day 2011, of the best and worst quotes: Those that made us beam (as they talk about how HIV/AIDS has entered their lives, and the need for a cure) and those that made us want to smack our heads against our laptop screens. More »
Art Crush: Works From The New Museum’s ‘End AIDS Now’ Exhibit
The New Museum in Manhattan is giving their nod to World AIDS Day with an exhibit of HIV/AIDS awareness posters created by young New York artists. The works will be up for two hours tonight, and three of the posters will be chosen to decorate public spots like bus shelters and phone booths (note: are the still phone booths?). Here are some of our favorites, from the AIDS Global Action charity. More »
World AIDS Day 2011: The Killers Release A Christmas Song To Benefit The (RED) Campaign
Did you know that The Killers record a new Christmas song each year to benefit the (RED) Campaign, which fights HIV/AIDS in Africa? Ever since 2006, they’ve been contributing to this noble cause, with all proceeds from their iTunes sales going directly to the charity. More »
World AIDS Day: RENT Made All My Pre-Teen Friends Want to Be HIV-Positive Drug Addicts
Diana Kleinman*’s twelfth birthday was a sleepover. About a dozen of us were invited to her nice, clean home the San Fernando Valley. We played truth-or-dare, whacked a piñata, and ordered pizza. After clapping our congratulations at Diana over her ability to blow out twelve candles with a single exhalation, we all went upstairs, unrolled our sleeping bags, and spent the next two hours singing our little pre-teen hearts out to the RENT soundtrack. More »
World AIDS Day 2011: Do You Know Someone With HIV/AIDS
With World AIDS Day 2011 coming up this Thursday, we’ll continue to post on the topic throughout the week in an attempt to raise awareness. Yesterday, we posted a gallery tracing the on-screen depiction of HIV/AIDS from its initial portrayal as something that was essentially death sentence affecting only the fringes of society to a much more manageable and less terrifying disease. And now we want to hear from you. More »
World AIDS Day 2011: Depictions Of AIDS In Movies And TV For The Past 25 Years
Thursday, December 1 marks World AIDS Day, an opportunity for people all over the planet to get educated on the facts about HIV/AIDS, what it’s like to live with the disease today, and how to prevent it. All week at Crushable we’ll be talking about what HIV/AIDS means to you, our readers, in terms of pop culture.
In the spirit of dispelling myths and sharing knowledge, we’ve gathered up twelve different portrayals of TV and movie characters who have the disease. Some have died, others are living with it, but all taught us something about it. More »
Parting Tweet: Russell Brand Promotes Safe, Weird Sex
Some people may criticize comedian Russell Brand for being too glib about sensitive issues. But we say: comparing bisexuals to hermaphrodites is the first step forward in solving both AIDS and sexual tolerance! More »
Parting Tweet: Lady Gaga Still Tweets From The Grave
A whole slew of celebrities like Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Usher, and Justin Timberlake have pronounced themselves dead on Twitter in honor of World AIDS Day. They have been threatening to not update their page until they reach a certain amount for their cause, the Keep A Child Alive Foundation. Which is a noble gesture…if they could just stick to it. More »
Nadia Turner World AIDS Day Commercial
Do you remember Nadia Turner from the fourth season of American Idol? She is now appearing in a World AIDS Day ad that promotes the use of condoms, even in committed relationships. When one of her "friends" asks her if she uses them all the time she says "Either use it, or girl, you lose it." Great message! Check out the ad here: … More »