Lizzo must be exhausted. Each week she’s the subject of a new uproar, and last week’s was truly one for the books. After years of establishing her flute skills, playing the instrument is one of her big party tricks. So of course the Library of Congress took the opportunity to …
Read More »An Orthodox Jewish Boys' Choir Is Unironically Going Viral on TikTok
When you think of content that’s most likely to go viral on TikTok — lesbian influencer breakups and/or mukbangs, girls surprising their lackadasical boyfriends at college, women calling out fuckboy employees at high-end furniture stores — Orthodox Jewish kiddie pop groups seem like they’d be pretty low on the list. …
Read More »Stop Thirsting After Serial Killers
Late last week, Ryan Murphy’s latest project Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (catchy name) premiered on Netflix. Of course the serial-killer saga came with a large amount of controversy, specifically from one of the victims’ families, who said that the felt being re-traumatized by the show. But another ugly product …
Read More »Conservatives Are Lying About Schools Teaching 8-Year-Olds 'Porn Literacy'
Of all the states in this great nation, Idaho is not exactly well-known for being a bastion of progressive sexual politics. And yet, last week the Gem State somehow, improbably, became the center of a right-wing moral panic, all focused on a claim that the government was funding sex-ed programs …
Read More »'They Didn't Wait for Lady Gaga': Why a Controversial Theater TikToker Says 'Funny Girl' May Be 'Cursed'
Last week, Lea Michele made her much-ballyhooed debut in Funny Girl. It’s an understatement to say the casting of the former Glee star was not without controversy: although Michele had long been considered an obvious choice for Fanny Brice in the revival, having publicly campaigned for the role for more …
Read More »At 81, Martha Stewart Is Going On a Horny Journey
Martha Stewart is having something of a moment. The celebrity-homemaker-turned-lifestyle-guru-turned-white-collar-criminal-turned-weed-influencer has been spending the last few years quietly unveiling a chiller, more 420-friendly version of herself (the BFF-ship with Snoop doesn’t hurt). Recently, she’s made even more of a pivot on Instagram, where she is currently on a thirst trap …
Read More »Racists Are Worried About the Historical Accuracy of Mermaids
Last week was the D23 Expo, a time when nerds and Disney adults from all corners of the nation unite to preview the Disney company’s upcoming park and film release offerings. One of the most talked-about previews at the Expo was the teaser trailer release for The Little Mermaid, Disney’s …
Read More »A Target Sex-Trafficking Hoax Is Once Again Going Viral On TikTok
On August 28, TikToker @vincemanuele posted a video with the text “Girl at the front of Target in Phoenix keeps saying ‘Marco’ every time a little girl or boy passes her.”In the video, you can faintly hear someone in the background saying what appears to sound like “Marco.” “Human trafficking …
Read More »Welcome Back, Brendan Fraser, You Sexy MF
If you were a person attracted to men born between the years 1980 and 2000, there is a very large chance that your sexual awakening came courtesy of Brendan Fraser. The actor, who got his start in the early 1990s boarding school drama School Ties, originated a certain type of …
Read More »Pole Dancers Are the Latest Target of Far-Right Grooming Panic
This year at the Charlotte Pride Festival, Whitney Ann was more excited than ever to attend. Her pole dancing studio, Pole Body and Arts, was one of the sponsors of the event, and had a booth there. Plus, it was one of her first ever Pride after having come out …
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