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Third Eye Blind Trolls RNC After-Party With Comments About Science, Songs...
Someone in charge of booking entertainment for a post-Republican National Convention party done goofed. Third Eye Blind, a San Francisco band that peaked in 1997 but which continues to make new music...
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Internet Tantrum of the Week: Why #FreeMilo is Kinda Funny But Really Important
There’s a mass tantrum underway on Twitter right now, and it’s going by several names: #FreeMilo, #FreeMiloNow, and #FreeNero are just a few. (The grossest is #FreeDaddy.) Now, be forewarned — what...
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Cleveland, Rocked: Music At The Republican National Convention
Throughout the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week, there was a persistent and obvious theme of discord on repeat. Call it “Music vs. Meaning” and let us sing some of its many verses:...
View ArticleHere’s Muppet Band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Performing at Outside Lands
Of all the festival lineup announcements I’ve received in my life — both as a music-loving citizen and as a music writer — perhaps none has made me actually yelp with surprised delight so much as when...
View ArticleWanna Get a Text When Frank Ocean’s Album Finally Drops? There’s an App For That
Frank Ocean purgatory driving you insane? Give the nice robot your phone number, and rest assured knowing you won't miss a thing.
View ArticleSo There’s a Naked Donald Trump Statue in the Castro Now [NSFW]
Don't say you weren't warned.
View ArticleProfessor Tyra Banks to Teach MBA Course at Stanford
This is not a drill: You have until April 2017 to perfect your smize.
View ArticleE-40 Donates $25,000 In Backpacks, Other Supplies to Vallejo Middle School
"School is everything," the rapper told reporters of his latest philanthropic deed.
View ArticleSuper-Thin Dolls Make Girls Hate Their Bodies, Says Study That Surprises No One
Science backs up what generations of women could already tell you: There's something insidious about being surrounded by implausible representations of the female body -- and it starts pretty much from...
View ArticleOakland Fire: Benefits, Vigils and Other Ways to Honor the Victims
A list of benefits, vigils and other events happening around the Bay Area for those affected by the Oakland fire.
View ArticleSteve Bannon’s Shakespearean LA Riots Play Is Just As Terrible As You’d Expect
We're not kidding. This is an actual real thing.
View ArticleMapping Privilege: What’s the Difference Between a Gun and a Sex Toy?
Jessica Jin's 'Cocks Not Glocks' campaign uses humor, community organizing, and social media to challenge gun laws — and Asian American stereotypes.
View ArticleRevenge-Seeking Turkeys Are Attacking America
All across the country, turkeys have been knocking over cyclists, breaking into garages, harassing postal workers, and worse.
View ArticleR. Kelly’s “I Admit” Has All the Hallmarks of Abuser Logic
The 19-minute track -- with its startling refrain of "I admit it, I did it" -- offers a disturbing look inside the mind of R. Kelly.
View ArticleMeghan Markle Closing Her Own Car Door Excites Social Media Users
OMG. The Duchess of Sussex stepped out of her car Tuesday evening after the the door was opened for her, and then shut it herself.
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‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside,’ Seen as Sexist, Frozen Out By Radio Stations
This #MeToo-era-cum-yuletide-season, radio stations are pulling the plug on that holiday earworm with lyrics that, to some, ring date-rape warning bells, rather than evoking innocent snow-bound...
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The Fierce Female Characters of Film in 2018
Consider the cast of fierce female characters on screen in 2018. Danai Gurira’s unflappable war general in Black Panther. Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone in the love and power triangle The...
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Backlash Erupts After Gillette Launches a New #MeToo-Inspired Ad Campaign
Giant razor-maker Gillette got itself into a bit of a tough scrape with a new, nearly 2-minute-long ad promoting the ideals of the #MeToo movement. For over a century, Gillette has championed the...
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Leave Tom Brady’s Mouth Kisses Alone
Sunday’s Super Bowl was notable for three key reasons. First and foremost, this was a game so incredibly dull even football fans thought it was boring. (CNN’s Jeff Pearlman called it “a boring, lame,...
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Who Charges Those Annoying Electric Scooters? Meet the “Juicers”
Some people love electric scooters. Some people hate them. And some people charge them—for money. By day, Joel Kirzner is a consultant in Arlington, Va. But when he wraps up work in the office, he...
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