On March 2, three popular women Twitch streamers — Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter, Brittany “Cinna” Watts, and Emily “Emiru” Schunk— were accosted by a man who appeared to be a fan of theirs during a live stream at the Santa Monica Pier. After one of the women denied his request for …
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Vivian Jenna Wilson, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of ultra-wealthy White House “tech support” consultant Elon Musk, gave just her second interview since her father said last year that she had been “killed” by the “woke mind virus,” for a cover story in Teen Vogue. And she didn’t hold back when …
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Get a whiff of this: the feds are coming for your poppers. In recent weeks, federal investigators have been cracking down on manufactures of the popular liquids commonly used as inhalants in the queer community, seizing supplies and forcing businesses to shutter. The clampdown on poppers, which have long occupied …
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When Natalia Grace was adopted from Ukraine into the Barnett family as a six-year-old child, no one could have foreseen that the situation would devolve into something that spurred court battles, criminal charges, and multiple documentaries and shows. How that happened is up for debate, with competing stories and narratives …
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In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, interwoven films and limited series spin tales of epic heroes built from dust, battles waged for love, and villainous origins that span decades, planets, and even the space-time continuum. Perhaps it’s this framework that has transformed the public ousting of star Jonathan Majors from a …
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O ne of Jesse Morris’ earliest memories is sitting on his father’s shoulders at the church on Webster Street, in Oregon, Illinois, waiting for his pastor to rise from the dead. On an early spring night in 1992, about 75 people were packed under the high vaulted ceiling of the …
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It’s been almost five years, and I’m still waking up in a body I don’t recognize. I was among the first wave of New Yorkers who contracted Covid-19 in the spring of 2020 — during the early days of lockdowns, before we were even wearing masks — and like the …
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Thousands of U.S. Forest Service and National Park employees have a collateral duty to work on wildland fires as a part of a firefighting militia. Aside from their work monitoring fragile ecosystems and educating people about “Leave No Trace” principles, they are frequently called upon to jump on an engine, …
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When mom and creator Cathy Pedrayes was scrolling TikTok around Christmas, she started to notice a surplus of accounts using AI avatars to promote knockoff products. Since it was the holiday shopping season, she thought little of it —until she stumbled across a video that felt equal parts ridiculous and …
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Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter, Brittany “Cinna” Watts, and Emily “Emiru” Schunk are popular Twitch streamers with millions of social media followers. Over the years, they’ve each cultivated a massive community that tunes in to watch them play video games, participate in boot camps, compete in cook-offs, and sometimes, get together to …
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