Four bona fide Thirst Experts on why we should definitely be discussing hot men, especially Pedro Pascal
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One of the OG YouTube comedians has been trending this week after several former young fans alleged she groomed them, and in addition to being awful, this situation shows us a lot about the nature of online fame.
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It looks like the Dawson’s Creek alum was radicalized by the wellness industry—and yes, that is very much a thing.
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It looks like TSwift is dating the (extremely problematic) 1975 frontman Matty Healy, and there’s been some disagreement about whether that’s a problem. Allow me to clear it up for you.
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An article calling for studios to spread the casting love around sparked days of replies from the actor, and I’m genuinely curious why his team hasn’t taken away his Twitter password.
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Actually, we’re going to talk about the true crime-ification of internet culture and how that benefits platforms like TikTok, but Hailey and Selena *are* our entry point!
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Including how she’s like Lucille Ball when it comes to the public performance of pregnancy, why her fashion choices matter and what the internet’s reaction says about our approach to productivity.
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This week, it seemed like the entire internet had jokes about the actor allegedly dating a 19-year-old. But… it’s not really funny?
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Mindy Kaling's shows *do* tend to include lots of examples of racism and misogyny. But this week's backlash against her was still kind of weird.
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‘Spare’ features plenty of juicy details, but it’s short on real reflection about the institutions Harry belongs to… and why he still believes in them.
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It’s year-end round-up szn! Here’s my contribution to the genre.
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When Kelly Rowland shushed the crowd at the AMAs, it restarted an old conversation about Brown, whose talent is only outshone by his long history of abusive behaviour.
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It’s impossible to think about Aaron Carter without considering the role childhood fame played in his tragic life and too-early death.
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West has faced serious consequences for his antisemitism, and rightly so. But we need to talk about why it took so long for companies to respond to his problematic behaviour.
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I also thought Jason Sudeikis being upset about salad dressing was hilarious—until I realized that this story is actually about labour issues and emotional abuse.
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Over the past couple of weeks, Singh posted a slew of TiKToks celebrating Caribbean culture, and especially chutney music. Here's why that's a problem.
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Kim Kardashian looks pretty different these days—lighter skin, blonde hair, noticeably thinner. But while I’ve been thinking about this new aesthetic as a return to whiteness, it might actually be more complicated than that.
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Between Bette Midler and E. Jean Carroll, I am all out of patience for privileged white women who don’t understand the concept of intersectionality.
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Five years ago, #MeToo, Tarana Burke’s feminist movement went viral, ushering in an era of accountability for predatory men. The Depp/Heard verdict proves just how short-lived that era was.
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Leaked footage of Jesse Williams performing a nude scene on Broadway was received *very* differently from Britney Spears’ latest photo dump of nude photos on Instagram—which perfectly illustrates the gendered ways we think about nudity, desirability and privacy.
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