Half a decade or so ago, the electric guitar received a wellness check. As sales plummeted and legacy manufacturers slogged through financial straits, concerned parties blamed the popularity of pop, hip-hop, and electronic music, genres […]
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Only a few rap songs from the past few years have lyrics that offer a welcome shock every single time I hear them. On the shortlist is Rio Da Yung OG’s punchline-driven madness “Legendary”; RXK […]
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Outrage Over ‘Call of Duty’ LGBTQ Pride Brings Us Full Circle to Gamergate
Another day, another multibillion-dollar corporate giant in the crosshairs of the “anti-woke” right. This time, it’s Activision Blizzard, the fifth-largest video game firm in the world, that aggrieved reactionaries are threatening to boycott. As with […]
PETA Founder on Sending Her Body Parts to Enemies When She Dies and That Pete Davidson Voicemail
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Andrew Tate Served With Legal Letter of Claim Alleging Sexual Assault, Physical Abuse
Four women in the U.K. have now united to prepare legal actions against Andrew Tate, the misogynistic social media personality, alleging rape, physical assaults, and coercive behavior. The legal firm McCue Jury & Partners served […]
Former Dodgers Pitcher Trevor Bauer Faces Another Sexual Assault Allegation
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Christine and the Queens: Paranoïa, Angels, True Love
Christine and the Queens’ last record, Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue), was a lengthy and labyrinthine concept album wrapped around a fuckboy alter ego. It should have been fun, but the music was plodding and unwieldy, […]
Jess Williamson: Time Ain’t Accidental
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Jenny Lewis: Joy’all
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Why Are So Many Popular Wellness Influencers Red-Pilled?
A few years ago, around the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a perplexing shift in the wellness space. Yoga teachers, holistic healers, crystal sellers — people who had never posted anything remotely political, […]
Charlie Puth Frees Us All, Admits to Saying ‘I’m Hungies’
We did it, folks. After a nearly five-year battle that completely overshadowed the lead single potential of Charlie Puth’s 2018 song “Empty Cups,” the pitch-perfect thirst trapper has finally admitted to telling his driver those […]