Utah residents attempting to visit Pornhub this month were greeted with a video message from adult performer Cherie DeVille, who explained why they could no longer access the site: their state had just adopted a […]
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‘Drag Isn’t Dangerous’ Telethon Raises Over $500,000 in Donations for LGBTQ+ Charities
Drag Isn’t Dangerous, the livestream telethon hosted by Justin Martindale, Alaska 5000, Peppermint, and Adam Shankman on May 7, has raised over $500,000 in donations for LGBTQ+ causes and drag performers. Pre-telethon donations had already […]
Who Got Most Spectacularly Canceled Online?
From ill-phrased sexts to racist rants, a matrix of the worst recent moments of creator culture The internet takes no prisoners — when you screw up, it’s open season for dunks, drags, mocking memes, and […]
Greg Mendez: Greg Mendez
“Every time you say you wanna know me/I get anxious/cause I would probably tell you about some dumb shit,” Greg Mendez warbles at the beginning of “Maria,” a highlight from his subtly stunning self-titled album that […]
Cloth: Secret Measure
The twin duo of Rachael and Paul Swinton makes lonely, unassuming music as Cloth. Another word to describe their sound is “muted”—as in “quiet,” but also palm-muted guitar riffs, deadened drums, and whispered vocals about struggling […]
Zoon: Bekka Ma’iingan
In their brief yet prolific tenure as Zoon, the Toronto-based composer Daniel Monkman has reoriented shoegaze away from an insular, obfuscating aesthetic into a modern form of folk music—a vehicle through which they can tell their […]
‘Sunshine and Tan Lines’: F1’s Lando Norris Is Listening To More Than Just Engine Noises
Lando Norris is one of the fastest men on the planet — at least while behind the wheel of McLaren’s MCL60 — but on race days, the one thing the 23-year-old Formula 1 driver is […]
When You Try to Watch Pornhub in Utah, You See Me Instead. Here’s Why
It’s a bad week to be an adult porn consumer in Utah, but it’s a great time to be a teenager. The state launched a new law requiring users to verify their ages via uploading […]
Beanie Sigel: The Truth
In 1998, Jay-Z had finally accomplished his mission. With “Hard Knock Life,” he’d blown up on the pop charts, taking his Roc-A-Fella business venture into the big leagues and escaping street life for good. Nevertheless, he […]
At Least Nine Dead in a Mass Shooting at Texas Mall
Multiple people were shot, at least nine fatally, at a mall near Dallas, Texas by a gunman on Saturday, officials said. The unidentified gunman is among the dead and at least nine additional victims were […]
‘It’s Ripped the World Apart’: David Bronner on How Psychedelics Could Be a Cure for Capitalism
In the past four years, four states and 15 U.S. cities have legalized or decriminalized psychedelics or reduced the enforcement of laws regarding them. Research into therapeutic uses for psilocybin, LSD, MDMA and other psychedelics is […]
Tolerance: Anonym / Divin
The index of experimental musicians known colloquially as “the Nurse With Wound list” came printed on the inner sleeve of the British industrial pioneers’ debut album, 1979’s Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine […]