censorship
Friends episodes that reference anything diverging from heterosexuality have been censored in China, CNN reports. Multiple episodes featuring characters who are LGBTQIA+ have been removed from Chinese streaming platforms. Any mention of Ross’s (David Schwimmer) ex-wife, Carol (Anita Barone) who marries Ross, has his child, and then comes out as a lesbian in the TV show were removed. According […]
50 Cent has decided to use his infamous trolling skills against Madonna. The hip-hop mogul posted a screenshot on Instagram from Madge’s controversial photoshoot, in which she was seen wearing a fishnet getup that bared her nipples and derriere. 50 shared one of the images that showed the “Material Girl” partially under a bed with her butt in […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is taking on social media giants with the signing of House Bill 20. The legislation, which was passed by the state Senate earlier this month, aims to crackdown on popular platforms that allegedly censor conservative viewpoints. Under the law, any web service with at least 50 million active users in the United States will […]
Amy Coney Barrett, Trump‘s pick to succeed the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court, spells potential trouble for a multitude of reasons impossible to overstate. Earlier this month, for example, Lambda Legal—the largest national legal organization with a mission focused on securing and maintaining “full recognition” of civil rights for LGBTQ people—published an […]
In the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd, several powers that be in the entertainment industry reacted by scrubbing long-since completed projects (or providing contextual disclaimers) for scenes/depictions that some viewers might find racist. A couple choice examples include: NBC Universal yanking 30 Rock episodes with characters in blackface, The Office taking out […]
There’s finally a live-action X-Men film available to stream on Disney+, and surprisingly it’s arrived without edits to its more mature content. Often regarded as one of the best films in 21st Century Fox’s X-Men series, Days of Future Past is available for streaming on the platform in the U.S. So far there hasn’t been a lot of superhero movies outside of the Marvel […]
In hip-hop, it’s common practice to display pride in your hometown or neighborhood in your lyrics. Yet, one Saudi Arabian rapper is facing prison time for making a record that highlights the city of Mecca. A young woman rapper named Asayel Slay created a rap song called “Girl of Mecca.” In the lyrics, she praises women from the […]
The Guerilla Unit general is hungry for more. While browsing through Bloomberg on Wednesday, 50 Cent came across an article that mentioned China‘s 50 Cent Army. This led the rapper to take to Twitter where he announced that he’s willing to go to China to claim what’s rightfully his. Ironically, if 50 Cent used his social media antics for the […]
It’s certainly no secret by now that Instagram‘s so-called “Community Guidelines” are wonky as hell, to say the least. To highlight the app’s tendency to target women with their arguable censorship methods, The Stand star Amber Heard has shared a tongue-in-cheek edit of a photo that was apparently the victim of Instagram’s policies. Noting that IG’s […]
A maddening example of yet another superdumb thing that apparently just happens now, wherein a purported POTUS criticizes art and the release of said art is subsequently punished, got an expected (but no less welcomed) update Monday in the form of a response from one of the affected artists. Speaking with Variety for an exclusive […]
