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Lana Del Rey is now facing criticism over an Instagram-shared statement, which was itself a response to criticism about her newly unveiled Chemtrails Over the Country Club cover art. On Sunday, Lana gave fans a first look at the front and back covers of her upcoming seventh studio album, as well as the finalized tracklist. In […]
A prominent human rights attorney is facing backlash this week, after she was accused of posing as a Latina throughout her career. According to a recent Prism report, Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan has spent years advocating for Latin communities while presenting herself as a Puerto Rican woman from New York; however, records obtained by the outlet show the 43-year-old white woman—who was said […]
A Dallas-based company is facing criticism over its failed attempt to “refresh” the centuries-old Chinese game of mahjong. As pointed out by NBC News, The Mahjong Line was created by three women who took it upon themselves to redesign the tile-based game “to better reflect the fun that was had when playing with her friends.” The line, which included mahjong sets […]
An Ohio man who has become known as “TeaKO” is shedding more light on that viral Twisted Tea video. Barry Allen gained national attention this month for the way he handled a belligerent white man at a Circle K in Ohio. Cellphone footage shows Allen, a Black man, confronting the white man over his repeated use of the […]
Claims that Hilaria Baldwin attempted to pass as a Spaniard flooded social media this past week. She might have previously been known as a yoga instructor and as Alec Baldwin’s wife, but to fans, she will now be known as the woman who pretended to be from Spain for more than a decade. The mother […]
Over the weekend, the New York Times published an extensive piece from Dan Levin detailing the story of how Mimi Groves was removed from the University of Tennessee‘s cheer squad and ultimately withdrew from the college after a 2016 Snapchat clip resurfaced in which she was seen and heard using the n-word. The clip in question, […]
Hilaria Baldwin has spent a week defending herself after old videos surfaced of her speaking in a presumably Spanish accent. Though more recent videos on her social media sound like what you might expect from a person who was raised in Massachusetts, the clips from years back caused an internet uproar over something Baldwin believes to be […]
A man’s business is now in jeopardy after he was filmed launching a racist tirade against a woman. Over the weekend, YouTube user YamaBread CreamPan shared cellphone footage of the incident, which reportedly went down in a Southern California parking lot. The video shows a man sitting in the driver’s seat of a car as he verbally attacks the […]
Matthew McConaughey is doubling down on his controversial comments on the US political divide. During the promotion run for his new memoir, Greenlights, the Oscar-winning actor appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss the book as well as the growing tensions between the left and right. McConaughey explained there were extreme views on both sides of the aisle—so extreme he has become increasingly concerned about US […]
The Baltimore Ravens created a mild stir on Twitter after they posted a reworked version of Taylor Swift‘s album art. Hours after Swift released her surprise album Evermore, the NFL team shared a photoshopped image of the project’s back cover, in which Swift was replaced by Ravens QB Lamar Jackson. The doctored picture listed “Nevermore” as the album title and […]
