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The Big-Boob Struggle Is Real
I spent $300 on bras last week. Lane Bryant had an incredible sale: any single bra for $29.50. On Thanksgiving night, I bought four bras on their website. On Black Friday, I bought six more. I felt accomplished. This was a big fucking deal. I couldn’t keep it to myself. I had to share it…
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New York District Attorney Indicted in Cover-Up of Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
A New York district attorney was indicted by a state grand jury Friday afternoon on charges of official misconduct and perjury in relation to the investigation of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of an unarmed black man after a traffic stop. In Justice Today reports that Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E.…
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BBWs Are Popping, and We Have the Sauce
Recently, a big girl hopped up onto the checkout counter at Walmart to make an important announcement that everyone needed to hear: BBWs are popping. We have the sauce. When Senior Editor Stephen A. Crockett Jr. posted this video in our Slack chat early Friday afternoon, I felt it in my spirit. That big girl…
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Michael Flynn Releases Statement After Pleading Guilty to Lying to the FBI; James Comey Responds With Epic Subtweet
Updated Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, 1:03 p.m. EST: After pleading guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Michael Flynn released the following statement accepting responsibility for his actions: Statement by Lt. General Michael T. Flynn (Ret.) After over 33 years of military service to our country,…
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‘Minecraft’ Creator Goes Full White Man Denying White Privilege on Twitter
Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of the game “Minecraft,” appeared to have a white-privilege meltdown on Twitter early Thursday regarding his belief that it is “ok to be white” and white privilege, as he says, is a “made up metric.” It started with a single tweet early Thursday morning. “It’s ok to be white,” Persson,…
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Does Size Really Matter?
In one of my previous posts, I asserted that I am, in fact, a size queen. I am also queen-size, but that’s a different post for a different time. Suffice it to say that when I made my claim to size-queen-dom, there were many who objected to my saying it and felt that it a)…
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Nazi Sympathizer Loses His Job and Home After Being Profiled by the New York Times
Today in “Ahahaha, that’s what the fuck you get” news, the Nazi sympathizer who was profiled by the New York Times in an attempt to humanize him and his racist ideology says he has lost his job in the ensuing backlash from the article and could soon lose his home. Tony Hovater, 29, told the…
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Have You Been Singing the Wrong Lyrics to Your Favorite T-Pain Song?
We all have that one song or two that we have been singing loudly and proudly for some time, all while having the lyrics completely wrong. It’s usually not intentional; it’s more about what we understand the artist to have said over the music. T-Pain songs are no exception. His brilliant Auto-Tune skills (the boy…
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Which Is the Better Michael Jackson Album: Thriller or Off the Wall?
Thursday marks the 35th anniversary of the release of what is probably Michael Jackson’s most popular album, Thriller. This album changed the game in a lot of ways, but most especially where it comes to the music-video genre. In short, it was a work of genius. There are so many jams on that album—from “Beat…
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In The Defiant Ones, We Watch Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Grow Into Their Crafts and Make Magic, and Money, Happen
I was fortunate enough to be one of a small group of journalists who were invited to an intimate dinner with movie director Allen Hughes (Menace II Society, Dead Presidents) and music mogul Jimmy Iovine to discuss the documentary on which they collaborated, The Defiant Ones. Over the course of two hours, we had the…
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