Today is hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, and earlier this week, Brampton mans Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. We should definitely consider how those two things relate to one another.
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Recently, Sarah Polley and Julia Fox made jokey comments about a trending topic without understanding the context. Here's what that says about the way we communicate online
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In a new 'New Yorker' profile, celebrity food writer Alison Roman proves she still doesn't understand what she did wrong last May—and she doesn't really care to
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Some people refused to listen to necessary critiques around the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in ‘In the Heights’—but thankfully, Lin-Manuel Miranda was not among them.
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After Courtney Stodden reminded the internet that Chrissy Teigen was a terrible Twitter troll back in the day, I kept looking for feminist-leaning publications to weigh in. And I’m still waiting, tbh.
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Jennifer Lopez, Chrissy Teigen and Lady Gaga posted selfies, or were photographed, with members of the military at U.S. President Joe Biden’s inauguration this week. As a reminder, white supremacists—many former military—stormed the Capitol like, two weeks ago.
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These are the biggest stories, worst takes, celebrity heroes and pop culture villains that caught our attention in the approximately 172 months that made up 2020.
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This year’s American election was a referendum on white supremacy—and a large, loud chunk of America proved that they’re into it. That’s why progressives can’t leave the next four years up to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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Nothing. And everyone who’s trying to tell her that she shouldn’t post because it’s private, or attention-seeking, or hypocritical are doing so because they’re buying into a societal desire to control women’s bodies
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On one hand, Kamala Harris has been (fairly) criticized for decidedly unprogressive policies and positions. On the other, her appointment is history-making. Here’s how I’m sorting through my conflicting feelings about Biden’s VP pick.
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Chrissy Teigen is facing online harassment because an alt-right conspiracy theory says she’s part of a child sex trafficking ring. (She’s not.)
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There’s lots to dig into here, but most recently it’s the question of what we want to happen to people who make racist statements.
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Let’s be honest, celebrity apologies are almost always terrible. So why do we demand them?
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