You picked the wrong daddy

Not you! J.D. Vance did. (But maybe also you.) Also: 'jock insurance,' replacing dating apps, 'the horniest senator we've ever had,' and more in the weekend roundup.

I know I’ve used this one before. I beg Unsplash to expand their “daddy” stock art options. Photo: Annie Spratt

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To the links!

J.D. Vance “picked the wrong daddy.”

Please leave Chappell Roan alone.

But, first, do admire this pic of her and Olivia Rodrigo.

“Yes, Cupid is trans.”

Sara Petersen

on the erotics of prairie dresses.

Quite the opening line for a short story: “The baby’s father left before the Cesarean incision had fully healed.”

Greta Lee for Calvin Klein!

“The horniest senator we’ve ever had.”