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According to a concerning trend piece on the current ‘dating apocalypse’ of twentysomethings, hookup culture has hit a critical mass of excess and indulgence, and the kids are not alright—they are, in fact, all fucked out with nobody to love. RIP going steady. The piece comes courtesy of Vanity Fair via journo Nancy Jo Sales,…
Would you look at that adorable couple? That is Daniel and Larry Lennox-Choate, and they are dudes who are so gay for each other that they decided to get married at their alma mater, which is, ahem, WEST POINT. They were the first gay couple to do that, in 2013! And well, we guess they’ve been living…
LGBT activists are calling for a boycott of Stonewall, Roland Emmerich’s film about the riots that are often cited as the beginnings of the gay rights movement, after claims that the director has “whitewashed” the protest, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The trailer for the film, which is being touted as a potential Oscar contender,…
On Friday night, frequent Fox news analyst and founder of RedState, Erick Erickson, announced that he had disinvited Donald Trump from a RedState gathering in Atlanta this weekend, citing sexist comments made by Trump about Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly. “I have tried to give a great deal of latitude to Donald Trump in…
Courtesy of Marvel (Evans, Pratt); Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures (Cooper); From Moviestore/Rex/Rex USA (Taylor-Johnson). The lack of equality in talent behind the cameras in Hollywood has been at the center of conversation many times this year. And while we know that kind of inequality bleeds into the stories we see in front of the…
content The Lineup During an Oct. 9 court hearing, Blazs denied Boyle’s request to toss the photo spreads. The judge also decided, Boyle said, that the state hadn’t violated any discovery rules or laws primarily because he didn’t find the discovery and document delays to be deliberate. But the defense’s ongoing complaints about discovery had…
This article is part of a collaboration with iQ by Intel. We tend to talk about the boys when we talk about esports. Competitive gaming is driven by talented young men whose skills at videogames are second to none. They are incredible with a keyboard and mouse, and they have XY chromosomes—or at least, the vast…
Donald Trump has been officially banned from one of the biggest gatherings of conservative activists after implying he received hostile questioning during the first Republican presidential debate because the television moderator was menstruating. Trump was uninvited from the RedState Gathering late on Friday after saying in a CNN interview that Fox News’s Megyn Kelly “had…
Cynthia Jordan, a vice-president at a stock transfer fund, said cab driver Baqir Raza refused to pick up her and her daughters, but let two white females get into his taxi. View Full Caption LinkedIn/Cynthia Jordan MIDTOWN — A yellow taxi driver must pay $25,000 in fines and compensation for discriminating against a…
The day after the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election, the social media conversation turned to Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and her questions for the candidates. (Fox News Channel) Donald Trump was not terribly happy with Megyn Kelly’s questions Thursday night. Viewers nationwide saw that. A reminder: KELLY: Your Twitter account has…