“Sex tape” became a household phrase via a portrait of domesticity, even if Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee comprised no ordinary couple. For anyone even vaguely cognizant of the happenings in pop culture, the 1996 release of Pam & Tommy Lee: Hardcore and Uncensored was impossible to ignore. Few adult releases since the…

This week, Drew Barrymore pulled a Spagett! during her eponymous talk show’s Design Week, and hid behind furniture to terrify a woman whose house she redecorated. Elsewhere during the Design Week festivities, Barrymore rhapsodized a water filter, got honest for a second about a desk chair (“It must be comfortable”),…

Contrary to what has previously and erroneously published on this website, there is such a thing as a single best track on Amy Grant’s 1992 album Home for Christmas. The answer is “Breath of Heaven” and anyone who even tries to bring other tracks into the discussion has never been tasked with singing “Breath of…

On Thursday, Republican Senator Rand Paul made the very pointed choice of using the confirmation hearing of Dr. Rachel Levine—a widely respected public health official and a trans woman—to spew lies and misinformation about trans youth and gender-affirming care, like prescribing puberty blockers, which he equated to…

Just a few months after sharing her story of domestic abuse with the public, FKA Twigs is covering the new issue of British style publication The Face magazine with an interview by her good friend Michaela Coel. Coel, the mind behind series such as Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You, apparently befriended Twigs after…

The popular Gimlet Media podcast “Reply All” is going on a hiatus after a mini-series on last year’s scandal surrounding the racist culture at Bon Appétit led a former employee to reveal that several members of the “Reply All” team had engaged in similarly toxic behavior at Gimlet itself. Two of the “Reply All” team…

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, a bill that would amend the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in areas including employment, housing, and education. The vote was 224 to 206, with three…

John Geddert, a gymnastics coach who had a hand in securing the women’s 2012 Olympic gold medal, was charged with 24 counts of criminal misconduct on Thursday, according to the Washington Post. Among the charges were “20 counts of human trafficking and forced labor, a single count of first-degree sexual assault and…