We’re told that, under capitalism, mass suffering and inequality are all worth it because it still means we have choices. Sure, three corporations own basically every product we have to choose from, but that is, supposedly, better than the socialist nightmare of government-provided health care. And yet, here we all…
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As of Sunday evening, there exists a small number of people who know what the hell the Barbie movie is all about. The summer blockbuster has used its seemingly astronomical marketing budget to shove this movie so far down our throats that we’ve been shitting pink for months. (I’m not complaining!) But despite all the…
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Over the weekend, Jonah Hill’s ex-girlfriend Sarah Brady shared disturbing texts Hill sent her during their relationship, which then spread across the internet like a rash—and understandably so. Here was a male celebrity who had built a brand around being an evolved man, and who released a Netflix documentary about…
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A Nebraska woman took a plea deal Friday in a case that involved her ordering abortion pills for her teenage daughter. Self-managed abortion isn’t explicitly illegal in the state—only Nevada and South Carolina ban it—but prosecutors can and do criminalize people for abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth by charging…
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Larry Nassar—the former doctor who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually abusing young female gymnasts at Michigan State University and in his position on the USA Gymnastics team—was stabbed 10 times on Sunday inside the United States Penitentiary Coleman, according to the CNN.
Sightings: They’re not just for Bigfoot! It appears that Madonna and Jamie Foxx are on the mend—or at least not strictly bedridden after being temporarily taken down by health issues. Both were spotted in the wild this weekend. There are a lot of issues with the surveillance state, but at least in this case it can…
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