Decked out in AA, listening to Erykah Badu... this chick is ready for October.

Decked out in AA, listening to Erykah Badu… this chick is ready for October.

Sometimes, the bad guys come out on top. Not today! The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries in regards to therapy against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her research on Malaria treatments. Kill the bugs with science, guys! (NobelPrize)

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month! For those of you out there with breasts, take care of ’em, and for the breasted and breastless alike, consider donating time and/or money to a breast cancer research foundation in October. (Huffington Post)

You all know how we love our Hotline Bling here at Bwog (look at our past playlists for a demonstration of our adoration), and Erykah Badu did what we had thought impossible: she made the jam even hotter. Listen, weep, call your side piece who you’ve been disrespecting ever since he left the city….. (Pitchfork)

Booty-short lovers and SoHo-frequenting hipsters, rejoice: American Apparel is filing for bankruptcy protection but will continue selling your favorite too-tight jeans and shiny spandex! Put away the credit card, you don’t have to buy up the whole store just yet. (ABC)

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