Chrissy Teigen is facing online harassment because an alt-right conspiracy theory says she’s part of a child sex trafficking ring. (She’s not.)
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Kanye West isn’t going to be president—so we do we keep talking about his supposed presidential campaign?
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The actor and reality show host was almost universally beloved for a while there. Now, he’s a model of what not to do.
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We saw lots of examples of so-called accountability this week. But only one actually seemed genuine.
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The rapper released a new song delving into his anxiety about not having done more to fight anti-Blackness—but he spent half of it criticizing a Black woman.
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That’s why it’s important to unpack KKW’s beautifully-designed, but otherwise empty, Instagram post. Plus, ways to *keep* being a good ally to your Black loved ones.
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The singer name checked a group of mostly Black singers who have all been able to build their careers on songs about “being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating,” while she has been “crucified” for singing about abusive relationships.
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There’s lots to dig into here, but most recently it’s the question of what we want to happen to people who make racist statements.
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Let’s be honest, celebrity apologies are almost always terrible. So why do we demand them?
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It’s definitely fatphobic to treat her weight loss like an accomplishment. But I don’t think it’s realistic to expect people not to even notice.
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Sunday’s #StrongerTogether concert raised $6 million for Food Banks Canada. It also perpetuated a vision of Canada that doesn’t include people like me.
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Drake’s PR strategy is normally pretty genius, but as it turns out, a global pandemic is a great reason to rethink your approach
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The actor is launching a new site, A Starting Point, that promises to offer non-partisan explanations of the issues American voters care about, and I just don’t get why.
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Okay, that’s possibly overstating things—but I’ve been thinking about selfishness recently, and during this pandemic, she’s one of the few super rich people who come out looking good
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As (almost) everyone practices social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, we’re realizing some things that probably should have been obvious already. For example: the glaring gap between rich, privileged celebrities and the rest of us
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Loathe as I am to agree with Williams, her comments about Minaj’s decision to marry a convicted sex offender aren’t *totally* off-base
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What’s worse, the YouTuber-turned-late night host has zero claim to Trini culture, so her repeated appropriation is getting old
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In the days following Harvey Weinstein’s guilty verdict, news stories started reminding us how much work still needs to be done. That’s true—but we should still acknowledge this win
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We all want our celebrity heroes to mirror our politics—but they’re often very rich and very powerful, so how much do they really have our backs?
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After Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, conversation quickly turned to his legacy—and where the 2003 rape allegations against him fit in.
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