At a time when mental health awareness has become more prevalent in common topics of conversation, and concurrently at a time in history where the prohibition against mind-altering ancient medicines such as cannabis and psilocybin (magic mushrooms) has begun to end throughout different regions of the world, I started a …
Read More »The Supreme Court Actually Upheld the Voting Rights Act for Once
After a decade of steadily chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court actually upheld a piece of the landmark civil rights legislation on Thursday, ruling that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters in the state. The case concerned Alabama’s new congressional district map, which was …
Read More »'Poor Things': Emma Stone Is Brought Back to Life in New Trailer
Following a teaser last month, Searchlight Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest offbeat comedy, Poor Things, starring Emma Stone. The film, based onAlasdair Grey’s novelof the same name, is a sort of Big-meets-Reanimator as Stone plays Bella Baxter, a woman who — thanks to her …
Read More »Taylor Swift Soundtracks August Slipping Away in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 2 Teaser
August slipped away faster than any of the characters in the Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty could have prepared for in the teaser trailer for its second season. Premiering with two episodes on July 14, followed by weekly releases, the show’s return finds Taylor Swift soundtracking another …
Read More »Watch Pink's Daughter Willow Steal the Show With 'Cover Me in Sunshine' Performance
On Wednesday, Pink‘s daughter, Willow Sage Hart, surprised fans in Bolton, England when the 12-year-old strode out onstage during “Cover Me in Sunshine” and took the song’s reins from her mother. Pink had been performing the tune with her guitarist when she turned and held out her hand, welcoming the …
Read More »Kimberly Perry on The Band Perry's Breakup: 'Did We Leave or Were We Kicked Out?'
In October of 2020, The Band Perry — siblings Kimberly, Reid, and Neil —headed down to Dallas, Texas, to try and give their recording days as family trio one last shot. Unmoored during Covid lockdown and slowly finding their way back to Tennessee from their shared Sherman Oaks, California, house, …
Read More »Communication Strategies for Bullying and High-Pressure Situations
A long time ago, I sat before a Senate committee at the request of Senator Donna Nesslebush (head of the Rhode Island Coalition of Domestic Violence at the time). The goal was to communicate that bullying/abuse has no age, no gender, no race — it affects all. It’s not only …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Thinks Her Dad Rob Grant 'Plays Just Like Billy Joel' on New Collab
Daddy Del Rey released his new album. On Thursday, Rob Grant released his piano album Lost at Sea — and with it, a second collaboration featuring his daughter Lana Del Rey. Produced by Jack Antonoff, “Hollywood Bowl” sounds like a song Del Rey could’ve snuck on her album There’s a …
Read More »The FDA Warned Ozempic Users. They Don't Give a F-ck
Before August 2021, Emily Clasen had never heard of Ozempic. The 31-year-old from Fort Wayne, Indiana tells Rolling Stone that after her best friend at work mentioned the drug, she brought it up with her doctor. She had tried other weight loss drugs, like phentermine, but the side effects made …
Read More »How the Engagement Model Made Social Media Antisocial
For years, there have been subtle and highly visible changes in the way most major social media platforms operate. Platforms say these changes are in the interests of people and will make the platforms even better. In reality, all these changes are meant to advance an engagement model that promotes …
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