Lady Gaga unleashed a righteous invective against the ugly responses to her International Women’s Day post with trans actor/influencer Dylan Mulvaney. “I feel very protective in this moment, not only of Dylan, but of the trans community who continues to lead the way with their endless grace and inspiration in …
Read More »Here's How Much You Would've Made Investing in 'Woke' Companies This Year
“Get woke, go broke,” a favorite rallying cry of conservative culture warriors, echoed far and wide in 2023 as one company after another was targeted for a boycott over supposed leftist tendencies. Raging right-wingers bashed cans of Bud Light, trashed displays at Target stores, and backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
Read More »Streamy Awards 2023: The Complete Winners List
The Streamy Awards, which celebrates the achievements and successes of online media, returned to Los Angeles this year on Sunday, Aug. 27. While the award show began in 2009 to recognize web series, it’s now branched out to encompass creators across platforms and continues to honor digital creators in categories …
Read More »On the Ground at Creators' Biggest Night
What better place than the 2023 Streamys for Dream — the masked Twitch streamer now signed to Mercury and Republic Records — to do a second face reveal? After struggling to read the teleprompter because of his white, smiley-face mask, the creator let out his wavy hair from behind the …
Read More »DeSantis Wants to Sue Bud Light's Parent Company Over Effects of Boycott He Promoted
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called on his state’s Board of Administration to explore legal action against Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch (AB InBev), under the guise that a stock devaluation resulting from conservative boycotts against the brand is affecting Florida’s pension fund. Earlier this year, conservatives had a full …
Read More »Trans Influencer Dylan Mulvaney Breaks Her Silence on Bud Light Controversy
Still crying over your cans of Bud Light? Well, that’s too bad, because TikTok star and trans actress Dylan Mulvaney wants the right-wing media —and Bud Light — to know that no amount of backlash will stop her from fighting for her community. Best known for her viral TikTok series …
Read More »Dylan Mulvaney Addresses Right-Wing Backlash Over Bud Light Endorsement
Earlier this month transgenderactor and activist Dylan Mulvaney partnered with Bud Light to celebrate both March Madness and Day 365, one full year since her transition began. The collaboration ignited right-wing backlash, and eventually prompteda carefully crafted piece of crisis PRfrom CEO Brendan Whitworth after Kid Rockopened fire on cases …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Proposes Penis-Shaped Shaft Beer for Bud Light Boycotters
Some men need things spelled out for them in the simplest terms possible, as to avoid confusion at all costs. It’s why body wash brands like Raw Sugar and Dove have men-specific lines. The products don’t clean their bodies any better than if the word “men” wasn’t printed on the …
Read More »Companies That Get 'Woke' Aren't Going Broke — They're More Profitable Than Ever
“Get woke, go broke,” has become a rallying cry of the political right whenever they see a brand make the slightest effort to align itself with liberal or progressive values. It’s a meme that allows MAGA country to believe that there is ongoing, massive backlash to products that acknowledge and …
Read More »Dylan Mulvaney Won't Be Silenced by the Right-Wing Freakout Over Her and Bud Light
What do Kid Rock, conservative tears, and a bullet-ridden case of Bud Light have to do with transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney? The answer should be absolutely nothing. Yet somehow, Mulvaney found herself the target of right-wing attacks due to a recently announced Bud Light collab with the trans TikTok …
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