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 […]
Yet another white person was filmed calling the police on a Black person for no apparent reason—this time at a baggage claim. A woman tweeted last month about being harassed by a baggage claim attendant when she flew with Delta Airlines to Logan International Airport in Boston. The woman, identified as Arlene by the Root, explained […]
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, […]
Resistance to changes brought about by the #MeToo movement by a particular type of Man has left subsets of that Man to either A) turn to the violent incel movement or B) claim they are now “afraid” to interact or flirt with women. The former, while disturbing beyond words, is less common while the latter […]
Back in 2015, River Pointe Church bought a house in Houston, TX, across the street from an art gallery called the Hiram Butler Gallery. The two places being across the street from each other presented absolutely no problem except for one issue—parking.
Many of us, from birth, are dog people. From the moment we can say the word “puppy,” we are chasing down every four-legged furry friend we see, no matter where we are. But, not all of us are fortunate enough to have a dog.
