He appears behind tinted glasses, sporting a distressed wool jacket, no undershirt, and a massive gold chain sporting his initials, DB. He has a goatee, manicured to jut out at the chin. A reporter questions him about a heated exchange he had with LeBron James, the best basketball player of …
Read More »They Wrote a Song to Help Them Stop Crying. Now All of TikTok Is Singing Along
HATE. It’s one of the easiest things to receive when you put yourself (or your work) on the internet. But for Corinne Savage —stage name Corook— and Olivia Barton, two Nashville-based indie musicians and partners, an afternoon of tears and a simple ditty about wishing to fit in turned into …
Read More »'A Very Specific Flavor of Sh-t': Why Mommy Influencers Make Us Feel So Bad About Ourselves
On the internet content creator hierarchy, there’s no one more widely reviled than the momfluencer. With her flawless locks and perfectly appointed nursery in various shades of ecru, with nary an errant Lego or Cheerio in sight, she has been a figure of both derision and immense authority, with all …
Read More »Koko Da Doll, Black Trans Sundance Star, Killed at Age 35
Koko Da Doll, the star of the Sundance hit documentary Kokomo City, was found murdered in Atlanta on Tuesday. She was 35. According to the Atlanta Police Department, on Tuesday at 10:42 pm, officers responded to reports of a woman shot in the Westhaven neighborhood of Atlanta and found the …
Read More »How TikTok Creator Alix Earle's Journey With Acne 'Catapulted' Her Following
Alix Earle is reflecting on her career as a TikTok creator. In a new interview for Rolling Stone‘s Creator Issue, the Internet personality looked back on how she was able to build a following of 5 million followers on TikTok by being honest about her struggles with her skin. “Sharing …
Read More »Ralph Yarl's Classmates Demand Justice at Unity Walk
Ralph Yarl’s classmates gathered for a unity walk Tuesday, April 18, to show their support for the Black 16-year-old, who was just released from the hospital after being shot twice by a white man last week. Per KSHB 41 in Kansas City, about 1,500 students and some staff marched around …
Read More »Tyre Nichols' Family Files Civil Lawsuit Against City of Memphis, Police Dept., and Scorpion Unit Officers
The estate of Tyre Nichols has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Memphis, the city’s police department, and the officers in the SCORPION Unit whose encounter with Nichols ultimately resulted in his death days later. The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee federal court Wednesday on behalf of Nichols’ …
Read More »Meet the Overachieving Creator Teaching TikTok To Chill The F-ck Out
On a usual Sunday morning, Timm Chiusano has a somewhat extreme routine: a 4 a.m. alarm, emails, a 3.6-mile walk to the Brooklyn promenade, and a visit to the gym, all before most people wake up. With his sneakerhead style and full sleeves of tattoos, nothing about his slightly hunched …
Read More »'I Got an Umbrella and Ambition': Indictment Reveals Alleged Conspiracy Behind Gay Bar Deaths
In the spring of 2022, two men were drugged and robbed after leaving gay bars in New York. Both died from their overdoses, setting the city’s LGBTQ community on edge at a time when they were already facing an increase in legislative attacks from the right. On Wednesday, authorities announced …
Read More »Man Charged With Shooting Ralph Yarl Pleads Not Guilty
The man charged in the shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl after he rang the wrong doorbell has pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Yarl twice, entered the plea in a Liberty, Missouri courtroom Wednesday, six days after …
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