T ucked between a taqueria and a discount tobacco store on downtown San Francisco’s Market Street sits the International Art Museum of America (IAMA). The white-column-framed double doors open into a towering hall with a pond and a mossy wooden treehouse. Upstairs, past a pair of imperial guardian lions, the …
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“The Fat Girl Cheat Codes to Obtaining A Skinny Body.” “Skinny Girl Activities To Live A Skinny Life” “A Step By Step Guide on How To Get Skinny.” These are just a few of the most recent video titles from content creator Liv Schmidt. On YouTube, where Schmidt currently posts, …
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On Friday, Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, tweeted the findings of a three-month investigation into allegations about his company’s “workplace environment and culture,” as well as specific allegations against current and former employees. According to the email shared by Donaldson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP found that allegations of sexual …
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The Netflix film Woman of the Hour tells the based-on-real-events story of serial murderer Rodney Alcala — better known as “The Dating Game Killer” — who appeared on the primetime game show in 1978, in the midst of a spree of violent attacks and murders of women. Anna Kendrick directs …
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I got out of the Uber in industrial Brooklyn, trying to get my bearings on this sweatbox morning. There was no address on the brewery to my right or the scrapyard across the street. I tried the front door of a brick-block building, but found it firmly locked. Five minutes …
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On Feb 13, 2017, teenagers Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13 were dropped off near Monon High Bridge, a popular hiking trail in the small community of Delphi, Indiana. Their plan was to walk the trail before being picked up to go home. During their walk, German …
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There’s something comforting about watching Jennie Young’s TikToks. It may have to do with the calm assurance of her voice: it feels like you’re meeting during private office hours. Except, instead of the essay that’s due next week, you’re talking about the challenges of finding your soulmate on Hinge. A …
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On Wednesday, five men who had worked as “ring boys” for World Wrestling Entertainment as young teenagers in the 1980s filed a lawsuit alleging that they were groomed and sexually abused by ring crew boss and ring announcer Mel Phillips on the company’s watch. The suit, filed by five John …
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Everyone loves a good breakup song. It’s why when Jillian Lavin, who also performs under her stage name Spritely, had her heart abruptly broken by her boyfriend of over three years, she decided to post a jokey song about it on TikTok in the hopes that it would bring some …
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When Lunchly, a prepackaged meal created by YouTubers KSI, Logan Paul, and Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, started to hit store shelves earlier this month, users filmed themselves opening packages only to be met with food that didn’t look particularly appealing; according to videos that started popping up online, there was mold …
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