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Last weekend, a 25-year-old Florida woman fired an “AR-15-style weapon” at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Beverly Hills mansion. Old social media posts indicate an odd obsession with the star, but I'm not sure fandom is the right lens to use here
The discourse about Tourette’s activist John Davidson shouting the n-word during Sunday’s ceremony is still going strong, and for good reason: it illuminates the tension between different marginalized groups. But, I’d argue, it also offers an opportunity for connection.
Entertainment journalist Kristen Lopez on Hollywood’s favourite ableist tropes, how on-screen representations reflect what’s happening in the real world and her new book, Popcorn Disabilities.
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