The grizzly swung with its massive right paw. In a desperate attempt to protect his head, Jon Bentzel raised his left arm above him like a karate block and ducked, bracing for the impact of the enormous, fur-lined paw. The bear clubbed him, rattled his dome, hit his wristwatch, and …
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This article contains a major spoiler for the 2024 film Conclave. Susan Bin is not a Catholic. She tells Rolling Stone that she’s been to a single Mass service in her life, “and that’s a long story.” But she’s engaged with the church from an academic perspective as someone who …
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M y For You Page is coming to life. I’m in the back of the content creator collective AMP’s official RV, shuttling through the outskirts of Atlanta on our way to the studio. Like in the clips that inundate my feeds, each member brings a specific vibe: Duke Dennis possesses …
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Lady Gaga shattered the record for the highest attended concert by a female artist in history with a free show at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, with a staggering crowd of more than 2 million catching her first live performance in Brazil since 2012. What the pop …
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Belligerent Sexual Tension. Alternate Universe. Kink Negotiation. Omegaverse. When people search for fan fiction on site Archive of Our Own— known among its legions of fans as AO3 — there’s a neverending set of tags the site’s 8 million-and-counting users can sort through to find their perfect fic. Now, this …
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A 400-page report from the Department of Health and Human Services released on May 1 regarding gender-affirming care for transgender youth is drawing backlash from medical and mental health professionals, parents, and LGBTQ+ organizations. The report comes three months after Donald Trump’s executive order outlining his plans to eliminate gender-affirming …
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Less than a year after marrying a man she had met at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kat felt tension mounting between them. It was the second marriage for both after marriages of 15-plus years and having kids, and they had pledged to go into it “completely level-headedly,” Kat …
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The authors are all staff writers at The Harvard Lampoon, the school’s 150-year-old humor magazine. It has been 19 days, four hours, seven minutes, and 33 seconds since Harvard University leapfrogged Rosie O’Donnell to become Donald Trump’s most hated American institution. On April 11, the White House sent a letter …
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P iper Rockelle’s pug, Frank, scuttles around the room as she sits cross-legged on her bed in a pink hoodie and pajama pants patterned with teddy bears, the shades drawn against the waning California sunlight. Her long brown hair falls over her shoulders and she clicks her French-tipped nails together …
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Carson. Letterman. O’Brien. Baira. Rahma. Williams. You may not recognize those last few names, but there’s a direct line between them and some late-night legends. They’re part of the wave of TikTok talk-show hosts who are remixing old-school late-night tropes — breezy interview segments, parlor games, silly characters — for …
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