You don’t rack up 140 million YouTube subscribers without winning yourself some toxic fans. Jimmy Donaldson — a.k.a. MrBeast — has his share despite a personal brand built around positivity, as well as goofy, expensive stunts. One of the most-watched creators online, Donaldson styles his MrBeast channel as an institution …
Read More »They're Selling Nudes of Imaginary Women on Reddit — and It's Working
“F/19 feeling pretty today,” Claudia’s post reads. She’s got straight black bangs and giant blue-green eyes, with just the socially appropriate amount of cleavage sticking out of her grey tank top. With her alabaster skin, delicate features, and vaguely indie hairstyle, she looks exactly like someone the average Redditor would …
Read More »Sarah Snook Talks That Huge 'Succession' Shocker and Shiv's Anguish
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, which we recapped here. This week’s Succession was a seismic one for the entire cast of characters, since it involves all of them responding to the shocking news that Logan has died in the middle of a flight to Europe. …
Read More »'Showing Up' Is an Early Contender for Best Movie of the Year
Art can be taken in (or, from a more mercenary point of view, consumed) as something abstract, enlightening, subtextual, subversive, thought-provoking, transcendental. The actual making of it, however, depends on a very specific inspiration-to-perspiration ratio. Showing Up is all about putting the work into artwork, what it takes to marshal …
Read More »Sixteen Kids Are Fighting the Climate Crisis in Court
G race Gibson-Snyder takes a sip of chai from her reusable mug in the crowded coffee shop. She grew up here in Missoula, she says, “with a love of nature untainted by worry.” Every year on her birthday, her family took her to Yellowstone to hike and backpack. She rafted …
Read More »Steven Yeun Still Feels Like an Outsider in America
Steven Yeun had a lot to say while speaking with Rolling Stone for a story about the making of his incredible new Netflix series Beef, where he plays Danny, a contractor whose life is falling apart even before he and a stranger named Amy (Ali Wong) get into a road …
Read More »The Depop Discourse Is Distracting From Fashion's Real Problems
Kelley Heyer is a Pisces. So when she found a mermaid-blue vintage dress on eBay for under $60, she knew it would be the perfect base for her birthday dress. With the help of a friend, Heyer spent over 20 hours sewing, cutting, and altering to turn the long organza …
Read More »'Abuse of Power': Alvin Bragg Slams Jim Jordan for Subpoena
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is doing his best to undermine Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against the former president. The Trump sycophant issued a subpoena to former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz on Wednesday, demanding testimony regarding his resignation from Bragg’s office. Pomerantz’s departure from …
Read More »MAGA Pastors: Trump Was Indicted for Your Sins
After his indictment on 34 felony counts Tuesday, Donald Trump sought out a faithful audience, joining a conference call with Christian supporters who see him as not simply battling a liberal prosecutor, but ensnared in a “demonic situation.” Trump’s longtime religious adviser Paula White Cain, working with an evangelical group …
Read More »MTG Flees Her Own Trump-Arrest Protest as Hecklers Drown Her Out
Donald Trump is in New York City today, where he will soon be arrested and arraigned on what is expected to be north of 30 charges pertaining to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. New York City has been heavily fortified with security, and supporters and …
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