Новости за 07.06.2021

It would be nice to live in a functioning democracy where the majority party elected by the will of the people actually passed legislation that is not only hugely popular, but whose goals the elected officials themselves claim to support.

Over Memorial Day Weekend, someone on Twitter discovered the fact that Ellie Kemper participated in St. Louis’s Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball where she was crowned the Veiled Prophet Queen of Love and Beauty in 1999. Kemper temporarily trended on Twitter, as hundreds of thousands of people discovered that there are…

Over the course of the summer, Jezebel is asking authors from across genres to recommend summer reads. Today’s guest is Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo, the kickoff to a new cozy mystery series. Protagonist Lila Macapagal moves home after a breakup and is quickly enlisted in reviving her Tita Rosie’s…

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The podcast Hold Still, Vincent, a dramatization of the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, has been pulled after criticism from Chin’s family as well as journalist Helen Zia, whose activist work following Chin’s racially motivated murder helped bring federal civil rights charges against Chin’s assailants. NBC News reports…

Over the weekend, international tabloid menace The Sun spun a seemingly wild yarn about a falling out between Mariah Carey and Jay-Z, which culminated, or so the rag claimed, in a “blazing row” between the two. Just as swiftly as rumors cropped up, Carey came to squash them: “Poof! —Vamoose, sonofabitch!”

Gymnast Simone Biles is, as the kids say, the GOAT, the greatest of all time. And while some might want her to be self-effacing because Black women are not allowed to express joy or pride in their accomplishments, Biles is taking a refreshing new approach. Hidden in the detailing on the last three leotards Biles has…

When I first started getting targeted ads for Peacock’s original series, We Are Lady Parts I immediately decided I would not like the show as a matter of principle. As it was advertised, Lady Parts is a show about five Muslim British women of color in a band, most of whom wear religious covering of some sort, and the…

Last year Yale law professor and husband to Tiger Mom author Amy Chua Jeb Rubenfeld was placed on a two-year suspension from teaching after the school found that he had sexually harassed three students. But the specifics of the allegations against Rubenfeld, which included verbal harassment and attempted kissing,…

Last week, a Lufkin, Texas, bakery called Confections posted a photo of a rainbow-colored heart-shaped cookie it had made in honor of Pride month. “More LOVE. Less hate,” the bakery, owned by two sisters, wrote on its Facebook page. “Happy Pride to all our LGBTQ friends! All lovers of cookies and happiness are welcome…

My fealty to Jeff Bezos begins and ends with Amazon Prime, a habit that I am incapable of breaking, though I try every now and again. He is a gross little man who is bad at sexting and now he is going to fulfill his destiny as an actual supervillain by going to space.

Not that anyone should be bothered to care but this weekend, retired boxer Floyd Mayweather stepped into the ring with YouTuber and fitness enthusiast Logan Paul. Paul, who has been attempting to make some sort of career move out of boxing non-boxers and retirees, went eight excruciatingly boring rounds with…

Naomi Wolf—once famous for her 1990 book The Beauty Myth, now best-known for constant lying—has been suspended from Twitter after spreading misinformation about the covid vaccine to her more than 140,000 followers.

Simone Biles has participated in another gymnastics competition, which means I’m here to report that Biles has made history yet again.

Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You is a critical success largely because of its layered and nuanced portrayal of consent, assault, and trauma.

Chrissy Teigen has reportedly stepped down from her guest role in an upcoming episode of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever following Courtney Stodden’s revelations about being bullied by Teigen a decade ago.