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Mic, the well-funded website for woke millennials, has produced a corny video about voting called “69 the vote.” Now, we issue a tearful goodbye to 69, the only pure thing that was left in this hateful world. This is why we can’t have nice things. core-decorated Source: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
What follows are 73 pages of emails I received last week in response to a public records request I filed with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office back in March. I filed the request just after publishing a lengthy investigation into bizarre hijinks that were allegedly going on at the PBSO. According to sources that…
I can’t believe it’s been 14 years since 2016, a year I’ve decided to fixate on for no particular reason. The only thing more surprising than how things have changed is the way they’ve remained the same. Whoa. Kotaku isn’t going anywhere. We’re celebrating Senior Week as a transition from one era to the next,…
Images via Getty. On Tuesday, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wrote a post on Facebook about his annoyance with some of his “candyass” male co-stars on the set of Fast 8. Because he named no names, we were left to speculate, with many fans guessing that the Rock’s beef was with Fast & the Furious newcomer…
Next week, Kotaku’s parent company Gawker Media will have a new owner. We don’t expect very much to change around here—we’ll still be bringing you all the latest TV show and snack news you crave—but it’s still the end of an era in many ways, so join us for a senior week Q&A. You can…
Ashley Judd at the 2015 Social Good Summit in September (Image via Getty) PHILADELPHIA — Because of traffic following President Obama’s speech at the Wells Fargo Arena, celebrity guests didn’t arrive at the red carpet of the Creative Coalition Gala featuring Fergie until nearly 1 a.m. The few attending reporters and photographers stared tiredly at…
Illustration by Jim Cooke If you are a person who has sex with men, you’ve likely encountered this very real phenomenon: After fucking, while you’re still a tangle of sweaty limbs and heaving torsos, your partner—probably still inside you—looks deeply into your eyes and whispers a husky and sensitive “hey.” What you say back depends…
Image via AP. This year’s Democratic Party Platform has been described as one the most progressive ever produced, particularly on the issue of sexual assault. “Democrats,” the platform states, “are committed to ending the scourge of violence against women wherever it occurs —whether in our homes, streets, schools, military, or elsewhere.” The platform’s commitment to…
In May 2013, Gawker editor John Cook received a tip that the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, had a habit of smoking crack cocaine, that a video existed showing the mayor smoking crack, and that the video could be available to a media outlet under the right terms. Cook traveled to Toronto, met with the…
Ally. Image via Getty. In the middle of a hot Tennessee summer, young Harry T. Burn was mulling the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Congress had proposed the amendment a year prior and it looked like it might die since only 35 states saw fit to ratify and others refused to hold special sessions in…