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Before Beyoncé used a snippet of a TED Talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her hit song “***Flawless” in 2013, Adichie was an acclaimed author. She’d already published Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics’ Circle award.But, somehow, her accomplishments are always linked to popstar. That became a point…
(iStock) As news of lewd comments made by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump 10 years ago exploded across the Internet on Friday evening, a separate conversation was catching fire on Twitter. Canadian author Kelly Oxford had fired off a few tweets about Trump’s statements, particularly his declaration that he “can do anything” to women, including “grab them by the p—y.”…
Donald Trump agreed to let radio personality Howard Stern refer to his daughter Ivanka as a “piece of a–” and made other lewd remarks about women in recordings uncovered by CNN’s KFile from the GOP presidential nominee’s various appearances on “The Howard Stern Show” in the 1990s and 2000s. CNN published 18 clips today from…
In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on “Days of Our Lives” with actress Arianne Zucker. He is accompanied to the set by “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. The Post has edited this video for length. (Obtained by The Washington Post) Imagine a married man in public life was caught on…
In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on “Days of Our Lives” with actress Arianne Zucker. He is accompanied to the set by “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. The Post has edited this video for length. (Obtained by The Washington Post) Almost nobody in the Republican Party is defending Donald Trump…
In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on “Days of Our Lives” with actress Arianne Zucker. He is accompanied to the set by “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. The Post has edited this video for length. (Obtained by The Washington Post) “This was locker room banter, a private conversation that…
Donald Trump is also coming under fire for saying the so-called Central Park Five are guilty in a statement to CNN. The five black and Latino teens were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park in 1989, but they were exonerated by DNA evidence and a false confession. One of the five, Raymond…
Mike Segar / Reuters Aspirational Ugliness Donald Trump Is Now Going Full-On Pickup Artist His boorish, unpolished, and pushy approach has him on the verge of the White House. Don’t expect him to change his play now. The story of Donald Trump’s misogyny is so old that if it were a person, Donald Trump probably…
What Did Tic Tacs Do to Deserve Donald Trump?! A splash page on Tic Tac’s website, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Credit: tictacusa.com First Donald Trump Jr. had to go and compare refugees to Skittles, and now it turns out his dad totally misuses Tic Tacs. Per The Washington Post’s bombshell report today about a conversation…
A video recorded in 2005 caught Donald Trump on a hot mic making a series of lewd comments, including one about trying to have sex with a married woman. “I moved on her and I failed, I’ll admit it,” Trump can be heard saying in the video. “I did try and fuck her. She was…