Most of the pleasure of going to Ikea is the same as going to any other store: selecting an item to buy and then leaving with said item so that you and your lover might spend an evening arguing over the proper construction of a KALLAX. The new Ikea store, set to open in New York City sometime in 2019, will be just…
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I was 17 when I emailed Tavi Gevinson to ask if I could be a part of whatever her new magazine was going to be. At the time I was a high schooler living in the suburbs with a now-deleted blog I updated almost obsessively (all laughably after school, since I did not own a smartphone), all for a readership of probably…
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When Tyra Banks first appears as a living doll (Eve) in the Life-Size sequel, 20 minutes into the movie, she’s laying on the bed of protagonist Gracie Martin (portrayed by Francia Raisa), introduced through a heavy-handed joke about a black-out hookup. The bit carries on for another 20 minutes, though it feels much…
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Farewell, forever-looping GIFs of ladies touching tongues. Goodbye, meticulously curated sub-niches, like Kawaii BDSM. And, probably, “rest in peace” to Tumblr itself, which just decided to get rid of the only thing the Yahoo-owned microblogging platform had going for it: porn.
With the entire world looking on, willing four grown people they’ve never met to fully embody a made-for-TV holiday movie, Will and Kate and Harry and Meghan will be spending Christmas together, with the Queen, at Sandringham.
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Barbara Lee, one of the most progressive member of the House, lost her bid for House Democratic Caucus chair last week to Hakeem Jeffries. She was reportedly undermined by outgoing caucus chair Joe Crowley, who spread the rumor that Lee had donated to his primary challenger, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, insinuating that…
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Chris Noth says his character definitely wasn’t going to die in Sex and the City 3, a movie that will likely never fucking happen.
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Lawmakers in Michigan have introduced a resolution urging restaurants in the state to stop offering “girls” and “boys” toys with kids meals. Instead, they argue, customers should be offered a toy-specific choice, like “My Little Pony or Transformer,” reports Fox 8 News.
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With the aid of women’s rights groups and volunteers, a group of women in Syria have created a self-sustainable feminist commune outside of the structures of patriarchy and capitalism.
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Pope Francis, misguidedly known as the “Cool Pope” because he is a supporter of mothers who breastfeed and climate change, has a history of being unclear about whether he thinks God would be cool with gay people in the church, or people being gay, period. His latest comments on the matter further expose that his views…
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Thousands of people have signed an online petition by current and former employees of fashion brand Ted Baker demanding that the company’s CEO Ray Kelvin end his alleged behavior of “forced hugging” and inappropriate touching.
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According to a Pew Research Center study, more and more Americans are in support of gender equality in the workplace—maybe just not at home.
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No Labels, the group doggedly preaching the gospel of “bipartisanship” (ie. consensus politics among rich elites untouched by most of the material consequences of their own policies), is also working very hard to cultivate more bipartisanship among its most important constituency: big donors. On Monday, the Daily…
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Southwest Key Programs, ostensibly a “charity,” is the organization behind largest network of detention centers housing migrant children in the country. On Sunday, The New York Times published an investigation of the nonprofit and the man behind it: Juan Sanchez, the organization’s chief executive who has made a…
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PBS and the BBC have released a trailer for the new, no-singing Les Misérables mini-series. Despite the lack of singing and adaptor Andrew Davies’ apparent determination to rescue the book from the phenomenally popular musical, it is clear they are attacking the source material with a similar level of dramatic fervor.
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The MeToo movement has struck so much fear—of saying something that could be misinterpreted or lead to false sexual harassment or misconduct charges—into the hearts of the men of Wall Street that they’ve decided to just avoid women in the workplace as much as possible, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
Halsey, who was a featured performer at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last month, criticized the label via an Instagram post which utilized the signature VS hues, white and slutty fuschia. On Sunday night, the singer wrote: “...After I filmed the performance, some comments were made regarding the show that I…
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Fashion has gotten a little modest lately. With the onslaught of designer clogs, workwear, and dresses pulled straight from the pages of Little House on the Prairie, fashion It girls look like they’re often better dressed to churn butter than go out and party.
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Michelle Obama has some words of wisdom for Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, about being suddenly thrust into the public eye. “Like me, Meghan probably never dreamt that she’d have a life like this,” Obama told the British edition of Good Housekeeping; she’s the cover star of their January 2019 issue. “The pressure…
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Chances are, if you’ve seen a glossy, dramatic music video for a woman pop artist in the past few years, director Hannah Lux Davis had something to do with it. The veteran music video director has worked with artists like Demi Lovato, Halsey, Kacey Musgraves, and more, and is known for her super-saturated, neon-lit…
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Donald Trump’s boner for murderous dictators is the opposite of news at this point, yet it’s still jarring to think about Trump’s pulsating crush on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, confirmed Sunday night by South Korean president Moon Jae-in. Moon says Trump told him he has a “very friendly view” of Kim and wants to…
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Timothée Chalamet’s cheekbones were born to be a Wes Anderson bellhop, or Boy Scout, or precocious high school student, or stop-motion King Charles Spaniel. And soon, they will fulfill their destiny, as the Internet’s third favorite boyfriend (behind Noah Centineo and the Hot Duck) has reportedly been cast in…
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A Florida woman’s family is desperately searching for her after she went missing last week while vacationing in Costa Rica.
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The hot duck has dominated the news cycle for far too long. Though his colorful down is undeniably alluring, he is too aware of his own hotness, much like how the boy who returned from summer camp hot turned into an ass once he understood his new power.
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