Новости за 05.12.2018

Over the last few days, 26-year-old Lily Fox has been manually going through her Tumblr blog and backing up, then deleting, every single nude photo that she’s posted over the last five years. For the time being, she’s left up some tame shots of herself in lingerie—the kind of images you might see in a Victoria’s…

In October, the Hungarian government effectively banned gender studies programs when it revoked accreditation and funding for master’s and Ph.D. programs in the field, a move approved by the country’s authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orban. An Orban spokesperson explained the rationale to CNN, saying, “The…

The way that “Thank U, Next” has taken over our hearts and minds and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 almost makes me want to say no one is having a better year than Ariana Grande. Almost. But with everything that preceded the runaway single’s debut—two breakups, including the end of her engagement with Pete…

I thought blenders were the one kitchen appliance that couldn’t really be improved upon any further — until I saw this $30 PopBabies Portable Blender, and realized that the next step for the blender was leaving the kitchen all together.

Before the sun came up on Wednesday morning, Wisconsin’s lame-duck Republican-controlled state Senate passed a bill by a one-vote margin that would limit early voting and the power of the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general. It was a last-minute power grab, an attempt by state Republicans to…

On Tuesday, New York Magazine’s the Cut published a horribly offensive essay, one that played into racist and sexist narratives, alleging that Priyanka Chopra is a “global scam artist” who manipulated a younger rich white guy into marrying her against his will. The lede of the piece, which was “updated” and later…

Earlier this year, the University of Chicago expelled a male student one week before graduation, for sexually assaulting a female student. The former student is now suing the university for gender discrimination, the Chicago Maroon reports.

In the two weeks the world has known about Megan Fox’s archaeology show Legends of the Lost, I’ve thought of little else. Who could make the general public care about artifacts if not a gorgeous person who once revealed herself to be an aspiring VICE contributor because of her “bit of a journalistic streak”? Who but…

Maddie and Megan Dursley, of Jezebel podcast DirtCast, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense.

I’m but a humble blogger, not a body language expert, but I know side eye when I see it. Michelle Obama served it up hot and ready when President Trump and First Lady Melania arrived at the state funeral of George H.W. Bush on Wednesday. 

In 2014, on the 25th anniversary of her 1984 book The Second Shift, sociologist Arlie Hochschild was asked if we had made progress on the “double burden”—labor done both in the home and in the workplace—experienced by a growing number of women joining the workforce in the 1980s. Hochschild expressed that we had moved…

Honey, she’s home!

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World leaders have largely failed to heed the warnings of scientists, climate researchers, and environmental activists regarding the imminent need to address climate change, but maybe they will listen to 15-year-old Greta Thunberg.

In 2002, Puerto Rican Senator Velda González misguidedly conflated her anti-reggaeton and perreo stance with fighting for women’s rights, calling the percussion-heavy genre a “triggering factor for criminal acts,” and claiming that reggaeton as a whole was denigrating women. At the time, though, Gonzalez’s sentiment…

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s wedding was a sight to behold: There were four days of festivities; there was a 75-foot long veil; there were in-laws Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, also engaged, announcing their own wedding date so shortly afterward you have to wonder—did they feel a little upstaged? (I would!)

Reincarnation seems so stressful. According to Joan Collins, her late sister Jackie Collins has been reincarnated as a fly, living her second life as an insect, albeit one which seems to prefer her company. In a recent Guardian interview, she said:

After CNN investigation released last week revealed that police in an estimated 400 cases across the country had thrown away rape kits before the statute of limitations expired, lawmakers now have an opportunity to crack down on the officers trashing them.

‘Tis the season to do dishes … and if you’re doing a lot of dishes, you need a lot of dish towels. As someone who does a lot of dishes, and who also gets paid to think about dish towels (weird job, but someone’s gotta do it), I have THOUGHTS to share on all kinds of kitchen towels.

Everyone knows that the best kind of present is one that includes multiple presents, so these $7 Target Beauty Boxes would truly be the gift that keeps on giving. There are two discounted boxes — one with six skincare products for women and the other featuring six grooming favorites for men — that are luxurious enough…

In their annual list of the 100 most powerful women, Forbes lists the names of very rich women. Every year they list the names!

Kevin Hart has accepted the job no one else wanted.

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The embattled former head of CBS, Les Moonves, reportedly destroyed evidence and deceived investigators in an attempt to prevent damage to his reputation and his severance package, according to a draft of a report drawn up for the board at CBS, and obtained by The New York Times.

Cardi B will no longer put the pussy on Offset: the couple have split after 15 months of marriage. Love, once again... is dead.

In New York City, a premiere screening of Lifetime’s forthcoming documentary series Surviving R. Kelly was reportedly evacuated on Tuesday night after a gun threat was called into the venue.

What is going on?? Does no Hollywood pitch meeting end in not-a-movie?