There is a meme in near-constant circulation among the fairly small ethos of kindhearted Facebook users featuring variations of an axiom along the lines of: “Never make fun of someone who mispronounces a word. It means they read it in a book.” While it is generally a good rule to never make fun of anyone for the way…
When I have to take the garbage out, I am usually dressed in whatever clothing was available to me at the moment the stench of the trash made its presence known. This is fine for normal people, but not for Rihanna, who has once again moved me towards careful consideration of my wardrobe.
Kathie Klages, a former head gymnastics coach at Michigan State University, was found guilty in February of a felony and misdemeanor for lying to police officers about her knowledge of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, according to AP. On Tuesday afternoon, Klages was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 18 months of probation…
You’ve probably heard, anecdotally, that Jeff Bezos earns your salary in some absurdly short amount of time—but do you know exactly how short? Well, now there’s a tech CEO salary calculator from SimpleTexting that can give you the infuriatingly precise answer. You can also use it to figure out how quickly Elon Musk…
My relationship with shoes has fallen off since the pandemic began in earnest, as has my relationship with most clothing items that constrain, constrict, or otherwise impede my now-minimal movements. Flip-flops, the shoes that I truly wish to wear for the rest of my days, are now the only shoes I really do wear—a…
As anyone who has ever stood within earshot of me for longer than three minutes knows, I am a doctor. Specifically speaking, my PhD gives me dominion over all literature, but more specifically, I am a doctor of books written within a certain time frame that contain elements of the gothic. However, like Drs Drew, Phil,…
Ever since her dazzling performance in the music video for “Cellophane,” FKA twigs, already an experienced dancer, has incorporated pole-dancing into her videos and live performances. But now she wants to “step forward, pay respect, and shine a light” on the sex workers who have influenced her own work, she wrote in…
In late July, rapper Talib Kweli posted a lengthy message to his Instagram account, announcing that after 11 years, he was finally leaving Twitter. “I have officially left @twitter for the greener pastures of @patreon which is membership fee based,” Kweli wrote. “Now most of my exchanges will always be with real fans…
A so-called “inappropriate and offensive” comic panel was removed from several newspapers after readers complained about the funny and entirely uncontroversial column. The image depicted two women at a grocery store, one Black wearing a face mask and a shirt that read, “I can’t breathe.” The other, a white woman with…
The Bachelorette universe has been ablaze with drama over the last few weeks, so bear with me: No one knows what the forthcoming season is going to look like, or even who will be involved, and these issues are only loosely tied to covid-19 delays. Intrigued? Me too!
Katy Perry exists insofar that sometimes I hear her music in the grocery store, or the changing room of a Wet Seal, and am like: “Oh! Katy Perry, she exists.” This state of being has, to her benefit, allowed Perry to slither out of numerous public controversies, like that time she bulldozed over some nuns to turn…
On Monday evening, Axios aired an interview with Donald Trump, during which he, in typical fashion, said some truly dumb shit. Because I have some self-respect, I refused to watch (what would I learn that I didn’t already know?), but unfortunately, clips from the interview kept on being thrown my way, like piles of…
In the summer of 2018, Laurel Austin told her ex-husband, Brad, that she had started their two youngest sons, Joshua and Jeremy, on a new protocol. The protocol required Joshua, 30, and Jeremy, 28, to take a shot of liquid every few hours and according to Laurel, it was working wonders. Like their two older siblings,…
Lifetime is slowly catching up to the 21st century, one gingerly progressive step at a time: Last year, the network included its first-ever same-sex kiss in one of its holiday movies. This year, it’s taking it up a notch and actually featuring a full same-sex romance. Get ready, senescent America!
Howard Ratners of the world, take note: A Tanzanian miner has sold an ultra-rara gem called Tanzanite for $2 million.
Three Salvadoran police officers have been convicted in the murder of Camila Díaz Córdova, a trans woman who was deported from the U.S. in 2018 after attempting to seek asylum.
It’s long been thought by certain Britney Spears...let’s call them “enthusiasts”...that Britney needs to be freed, specifically, from the conservatorship helmed by her father, Jamie, since 2008.
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