Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light, the official film of the Louis Vuitton 2021 fall-winter men’s show, is a suitably opulent and bugged-out curio of high celebrity culture. Saul Williams emerges from a snowy wilderness reciting poetry to himself, Louis […]
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Twitter’s Head of Trust and Safety Resigns After Just 7 Months
Twitter’s head of trust and safety Ella Irwin resigned on Thursday, Reuters reported. After Elon Musk decimated the social media company’s Trust and Safety Council — which was comprised of about 100 independent civil rights […]
This J-Pop Group Say They Were Doxxed. Did the Internet Go Too Far?
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Bill Cosby Faces New Lawsuit Accusing Him of 1969 Rape
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Kari Faux: Real B*tches Don’t Die!
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Dave Matthews Band: Walk Around the Moon
The most famous lyric in “Crash Into Me,” Dave Matthews Band’s breakout love song from 1996, was a mistake. After recording several takes, Matthews added a throwaway line as a joke: “Hike up your skirt a […]
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Hey, Remember How Tesla Used to Celebrate Pride Month?
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