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LGBT people have been freaking out about Donald Trump. Many are hurrying to plan weddings before Inauguration Day, afraid the president-elect will overturn marriage equality immediately. courtenay and I are considering getting married before January and trump tries to take it away. Y’all want an invite, let me know. 🙆🏻 — SuperSarah🏳️🌈 (@its_supersarah) ID: 9970321…
Uber says it has permanently suspended the driver. When Erika Szabo, a video game and anime YouTube personality, ordered an Uber on a Sunday afternoon following a guest appearance at a convention in Toronto, she was looking to get home quickly after a long day and shitty weather. Just as her Uber driver pulled up, however,…
Chris Hemsworth has just demonstrated the right way to own up to racist or insensitive behavior. On Thursday, Hemsworth shared a photo on his official Instagram in solidarity with the protestors of the Standing Rock pipeline protest, and in the process apologized for cultural appropriation in the past. Hemsworth, who is currently filming the next…
Home > World News > U.S. Election 2016 www_responsive/articlebody.vm Opinion Trump’s Win, the Greatest Victory for anti-Semitism in America Since 1941 The Jew haters are celebrating. And Jews – from Jared Kushner to Sheldon Adelson –helped it happen. Screen grab of Donald Trump’s tweet of an image of Hillary Clinton with…
In the days following Donald Trump’s upset presidential victory, his supporters, emboldened by the rhetoric of his campaign, have been involved in countless acts of hate across the country ranging from verbal to physical abuse. “Silicon Valley” stars Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Middleditch came face to face with Trump’s America Friday night when two internet…
Nation Throws Off Tyrannical Yoke Of Moderate Respect For Women Close WASHINGTON—Political experts are hailing Donald Trump’s historic presidential victory early Wednesday as a resounding declaration that the nation is finally ready to cast off the tyrannical yoke of moderate respect for women that has suffocated the citizens of this country for generations. “Under…
Amy Schumer accepts the Critics’ Choice MVP award at the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards on Jan. 17. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Update: Schumer posted a note to Medium Thursday night saying the video was “never a parody.” “It was just us women celebrating each other,” she wrote. “The video Beyoncé made was so moving and I wouldn’t ever…
own it FEATURE October 28, 2016 by Nikki Gloudeman W. Kamau Bell likes to talk about the power of awkward conversations; in his show, Kamau Right Now!, he even devotes an entire segment to real talk that gets uncomfortable. But last night, during the one-year anniversary of his show for KALW and…
Romance is part of the essential fabric of the comic book movie. Where would Christopher Reeve’s Superman have been without Margot Kidder’s vivacious Lois Lane in the Richard Donner and Richard Lester films – the flawed, human counterweight to the tedious perfection of everyone’s favorite big blue alien boy scout? Would the early Sam Raimi…
Despite relatively small numbers by most estimates, the alt-right, a group of almost entirely anonymous posters without a leadership structure, emerged as a potent online force over the past year. As the presidential campaign wore on and minorities, journalists, and Clinton supporters were subjected to an unending campaign of insults, harassment, false information, and horrifying…