Новости за 23.07.2021

Let’s get this out of the way from the jump: The rumor that the Olympic organizing committee constructed anti-sex beds made of cardboard to prevent athletes from fucking non-stop in the Olympic village—as tradition dictates—is just that, a rumor. The beds are made of tough cardboard for sustainability purposes, and…

Once, a co-worker told me that when I was middle-aged and no one street-harassed me anymore, I’d miss the attention. Another time, I tried to explain to a middle-aged white woman that while I got street harassed plenty, my non-white friends got double or even triple the number of lewd comments, following creeps, and…

TikTok abounds with java enthusiasts making beautiful and fussy lattés, replete with accoutrements that function primarily for aesthetics. If we are to believe that TikTok is gospel, it seems that everyone with a need or desire for caffeine is now a self-trained barista. Consider this rose milk latté, which features…

The postponed Tokyo Olympics have been cursed by nonsensical organizer decisions, rampant firings, and rumors of anti-sex beds which aren’t actually anti-sex beds. Oh, and there’s still a state of emergency in Japan due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Hey, at least Naomi Osaka is there to bless everyone with her…

The new National Geographic/Disney+ documentary Playing with Sharks pulls off the rare feat of being thrilling and moving. Such a multivalent tone is, in fact, pitch perfect for an examination of humankind’s fraught relationship with sharks. The emotional high point of Sally Aitken’s film about Australian…

There is only one true way to announce to the world that you are really truly dating someone and it’s not just some stunt, and that is going to a friend’s social event, taking a picture in their photo booth, and posting it on Instagram. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have finally taken their relationship to the corny…

On Thursday, Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez filed a lawsuit against the newspaper, former executive editor Marty Baron, and other senior leaders at the publication accusing them of unlawfully discriminating against her after she publicly revealed that she had been sexually assaulted. Leadership at The Post…

On Wednesday, NBA Countdown host and ESPN reporter Maria Taylor announced that she is leaving the company. This news comes less than a month after a New York Times report revealed that despite being deemed a “rising star” at ESPN, Taylor had spent nearly a year pushing the company to discipline a white colleague of…

After almost a year of uneasy build-up, it’s finally happening—on Thursday, Mississippi filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade in order to uphold a state law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Mississippi anti-abortion law that the court will be examining in the case …

Not content to sit on the sidelines while Erika Jayne swan dives into a Olympic-sized pool of lawsuits and debts, Dorit Kemsley has joined the exclusive club of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast members barreling towards financial ruin. A new report says she and husband PK owe $1.3 million in unpaid taxes. Yikes,…

Somewhere in the United States, Christine Blasey Ford is staring at her computer screen muttering to herself and anyone within earshot, “I fucking told you so.”