On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star was vandalized again—this time by British-born street artist Plastic Jesus. It wasn’t destroyed like it was with a pickaxe in July, it was simply put in sidewalk jail. That is to say, Plastic Jesus put bars over the star, so even if Donald Trump doesn’t go to […]
With Halloween right around the corner, it’s only right that new and offensive costumes begin popping up on our social media feeds.
Have you ever seen someone you’d like to talk to, but the moment passed? Perhaps because you were traveling in two separate cars? That’s exactly what happened to two women on different journeys this week. One woman, named Stephanie, posted that she was in a car with her Lyft driver, discussing her future haircut. It’s […]
Wow, rapper Snoop Dogg is seriously not a fan of Donald Trump, or of Kanye West for that matter. Snoop appeared on DJ Suss One’s show on SiriusXM, where he let loose with the F-bombs when the subject of Trump and Kanye came up.
Passengers on a commercial airliner were left bleeding from their noses and ears after a cockpit crew forgot to maintain the cabin pressure system during a flight in India. According to India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, more than 30 passengers on the 166-passenger flight suffered bleeding from their facial orifices on the Jet Airways flight […]
No matter whether you’re watching for the first time or are on your latest rewatch, catching up with Game of Thrones often ends with one big question (amid all of the other things we want to be answered): Are there other TV shows like Game of Thrones to tackle next? Game of Thrones has, for better and for worse, changed television […]
In a powerful but heartbreaking video that’s gone viral on Twitter, dozens of women showed their support for Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto professor who accused conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her when they were both teenagers.
Ride-sharing apps can be a blessing when you’re out somewhere with no cabs or car services. But Lyft and Uber have both received considerable scrutiny for how they treat their workers and for how they guard the safety of the passengers. Drivers are required to take background checks before they can sign up, but that […]
If you were having trouble deciphering how Australia felt about Serena Williams following her loss at the U.S. Open final match, trouble no longer. This week, after last week’s deeply racist cartoon in the Herald Sun went viral, three Australian amateur football players have apologized and brought the Australian Football League (AFL) under fire for wearing blackface to “dress up” as Serena and Venus Williams and […]
Every interaction that begins on the Internet and threatens to become a meeting IRL is one to be insanely wary of. Take, for example, online dating. Or even scarier: Online buying. (Like, from people. Not companies.) We’ve been blessed with many a tale in which a bewildered seller is confronted by an individual who feels […]
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto University professor who said Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her and attempted to rape her when they were in high school 35 years ago, has faced death threats since coming forward. According to the New York Times, her email has been hacked, she’s had fake accounts impersonate her online, and her family has […]
Hey, have you heard that women get harassed a lot on the Internet? It’s true. There’s not really any way around it. You can dress down, you can dress up, you can be serious, or funny, or smart, or stupid, or whatever. Mix and match! You’ll still get lots of awful messages from dudes who […]
Ah, the Youths. They make my old cranky heart feel hope for the future again. No matter how bad the world gets, kids find ways to make things feel ridiculous and fun again. They’re discovering the things we all take for granted, like pranking your friend from a public place and leaving their sensitive personal […]
Any happiness expert will tell you that happiness isn’t always something you naturally feel. Good moods come and go, but even when you’re down, you can at least try to find ways to make yourself feel better.
Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are undoubtedly one of the more genuine celebrity couples, made all the more relatable by their candidness when it comes to their marriage, parenting, and Dax’s struggle with sobriety. In fact, a couple of weeks ago Bell shared a touching Instagram post in tribute of Shepard’s 14th year sober, […]
