Elizabeth Rasmuson, a high school junior in Iowa, is getting a lot of attention for making a prom dress and matching vest for her boyfriend out of gum wrappers. While trend investigator Ryan McKee understands why freakish behavior is newsworthy, he also sees it as a dangerous indication that the jock-to-drama-student balance is truly out off whack in this country. (Our president himself is part of the problem.) If cheerleaders in Iowa aren't teasing Rasmuson into conforming to social norms, then American values are truly in trouble ...


Ryan McKee, Asylum's resident genius, analyzes the latest Internet trends.