In March, Meghan Markle announced her forthcoming lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. Sure, the name might make you think of a California Pizza Kitchen or another chain restaurant located off an exurban highway exit. But the litany of items the burgeoning brand promised they'd eventually sell after filing for trademark—from cookbooks to tableware to actual food—at least sounded kind of intriguing. Well, the first product has finally been revealed and it's *insert drum roll here* strawberry jam. Читать дальше...
Remember when British restauranteur Keith McNally called James Corden "a tiny cretin of a man" on Instagram and banned him from New York bistro, Balthazar? Well, the troll has clocked back in, baby! On Monday, the man behind Pastis, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, and Balthazar once again went on Instagram—completely unprompted—to insult a different cretinous celebrity: none other than the Alive Girl herself, Lauren Sánchez. "Does anybody else find Jeff Bezos’ New wife - Lauren Sanchez - ABSOLUTELY REVOLTING?"... Читать дальше...
Jezebel readers are, by now, aware of the threat posed by the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law that's still on the books. The law, written in 1873, bans sending any drug or device used for abortion through the mail and conservative activists want a future Donald Trump administration to enforce the law for the first time in almost 100 years. (Comstock unfortunately also applies to "common carriers," including UPS and FedEx.) The prevailing interpretation from the federal courts and... Читать дальше...
At the end of 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bill to allow pregnant workers to take bathroom breaks without retaliation, among other common-sense protections. After significant pushback from Senate Republicans who were determined to paint the bill as a poison pill to push “abortion on demand” (if only!), the law took effect last summer. And on Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a list of final regulations to detail how the law will work in... Читать дальше...
In her new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, Amanda Montell embarks on a journey to explain the cognitive biases that warp our very-online brains. From attributing the appeal of conspiratorial wellness influencers to proportionality bias to debunking the “zero sum bias” that prompts the debilitating comparisons we make on social media, Montell puts words (and real psychological concepts) to some of the most persistent angsts of the 2020s. In the excerpt below,... Читать дальше...
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan announced their separation in 2018 after nine years of marriage, but the exes—who are both currently engaged to other people—are still squaring things away financially. And it’s gotten quite messy: According to a Monday report in People, Dewan and Tatum are on the brink of going to trial over Tatum’s Magic Mike money, after Tatum’s lawyers said in court documents that they’ve "exhausted all efforts in an attempt to settle this matter without litigation." Court filings... Читать дальше...
