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Ariana Grande was one of the first artists to show public support after Kesha was denied the opportunity to break from her recording contract with her alleged abuser Dr. Luke. Ariana talked more about the industry double standards in a recent interview. “I love Kesha. I worked with her when I was a lot younger….
Whether you keep up with celebrity affairs or not, you can’t really ignore the Kardashians—and you definitely can’t avoid knowing what people think about them. When Kim Kardashian posted a nude selfie on Twitter this week, there was a smattering of “you go girl” support, but also a wave of criticism about her immodesty or…
Kurt Bardella, who quit as Breitbart’s spokesman on Friday over the news site’s handling of an assault on its own reporter at a Donald Trump press conference, said that he could no longer go on. “It became untenable for me personally to continue in this situation. If you can’t give 100 percent, you can’t represent your…
A Breitbart reporter says she has filed charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager, alleging that he grabbed her and bruised her while she was attempting to ask a question. The reporter, Michelle Fields, confirmed to CNNMoney that she filed charges against Corey Lewandowski Friday with the police department in Jupiter, Florida. Police in Jupiter said…
Donald Trump is juggling two brewing controversies not directly involving him, but his campaign today. The campaign was forced to release a terse four word statement on the arrest of a North Carolina supporter caught assaulting a protestor at a Fayetteville rally last night: “We are not involved.” The Trump campaign’s official response to allegations…
Image Credit: Marvel Captain America may get all the glory when it comes to saving the fictional world of the Marvel Universe, but our real world desperately needs saving too. And it’s going to require more than an indestructible shield. To save our planet, we’re going to need science. That’s why Marvel Studios, in partnership…
Everything seemed to be done right when American University investigated Faith Ferber’s sexual assault report. At a hearing this fall, the male student she accused admitted that he was responsible. And that’s when things fell apart, according to Ferber. AU, a private university in Washington, D.C., punished him with just a year of probation. The dean…
Glass ceiling? What glass ceiling? That’s the view of the vast majority of male employees when it comes to workplace discrimination faced by women, according to a new PayScale survey—and it points up a huge challenge to overcoming the problem: You can’t fix something that you don’t see. The PayScale survey, conducted online over the…
MSNBC has canceled its weekend morning editorial program Melissa Harris-Perry. The cancellation deals a significant blow to diversity on cable news, as Harris-Perry consistently hosted the most diverse guests of any of the Sunday morning news shows. But the lack of diversity on Sunday morning shows is just part of a much broader media diversity problem. People of color are…
Not Your Korean Sidekick: The Frustrating Career of John Cho By Joe Starr | Think Pieces | March 9, 2016 | Comments (View) Go to www.addthis.com/dashboard to customize your tools In 2004, John Cho broke a glass ceiling with Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. He and Kal Penn wanted to make a…