On Thursday evening, New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon was speaking at a church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side where Debora Vasquez-Barrios, an undocumented immigrant, is taking sanctuary after ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers threatened to deport her. Vasquez-Barrios, who has two small…
2018 hasn’t really taught me lessons so much as affirmed every one of my cynicisms, however I must admit I’ve learned one thing: Going to the movies is free.
Just last month ABC cancelled Roseanne after a racist tweet published by Roseanne Barr, a notorious bigot, sparked torrents of criticism. But on Thursday the network announced that it’s going ahead with a Roseanne spinoff in which the show’s namesake will not appear (per Deadline, she also won’t have any financial or…
Amazon just accidentally let slip that its fourth annual Prime Day event will seemingly last 36 hours, starting at noon on Monday, July 16, and running all the way through Tuesday the 17th, as first spotted by TechRadar. That’s a bit later than in previous years, and still nearly a month off, but you can go ahead and…
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
In October of last year, Terry Crews revealed that a “high-level Hollywood executive” groped him once at a party in 2016. “I understand and empathize with those who have remained silent,” he wrote as part of a longer thread on Twitter. “But Harvey Weinstein is not the only predator.”
If you have shopped for books for kids and young adults lately—particularly for girls—you may have noticed a theme: a proliferation of books about “badass,” “rebel,” and otherwise extraordinary women. What do they actually teach about history and social change, though?
Here is the jacket that Melania Trump wore while on her way to meet migrant children who are detained in Texas because of her husband’s inhumane, brutal policies:
Fourteen years ago, Disney/Pixar released its superhero centerpiece The Incredibles, an animated film about a latex-clad family blessed with superpowers which, when the government abandons them for being different, retreats into suburban existence. The movie won an Oscar, which means the long-awaited sequel, released…
Remember that Amazon commercial? The one with the dog and the baby and the lion mane? I know you do. Anyway, you can reenact it yourself for just $5 with promo code J5UW7SS8
Teens are at their best when they’re both intimidating and vulnerable—roving in packs on skateboards and experiencing life—which is what makes this trailer for The Skate Kitchen so damn good.
Every day is Christmas at the Philadelphia Fusion esports mansion. The team’s marketing and content director Hung Tran gestured to the towering decorated pine tree to the right of the front door by way of explaining the joke: the pro gamers who live here get whatever they want and do whatever they want. But Christmas…
Cisgender journalists have not had (and still don’t really) the best track record when it comes to reporting on the lives of trans people. Frankly, far too many people fuck it up! Included in that history is Donna Minkowitz, The Village Voice reporter who broke the story of 21-year-old Brandon Teena’s brutal murder…
Remember the teenage girl who got dragged by police at a pool party? Well, she’s getting her money and her own pool party.
On a recent Sunday night (June 10, to be exact), primetime viewers found themselves with multiple options for LGBTQIA+ stories: Pose, Vida, and Claws. And not only are all three on major cable networks, but they were all created by queer people.
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Iranian women were able to enter Azadi stadium in Tehran to watch a live broadcast of the World Cup match between Iran and Spain.
Koko, the western lowland gorilla who communicated with humans via sign language, has died in her sleep, according to the Gorilla Foundation. She was 46.
