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| Jan 28, 2021 | 18 of the longest-lasting couples who met on reality TV | Sean and Catherine met on ‘The Bachelor.’ Jenny Anderson/WireImage
Reality TV as we know it has been around for over 25 years.
In that quarter of a century, there have been hundreds of iconic couples.
However, not all last long. Here are 18... |
| May 6, 2019 | Broadly Documentary Video | Since Broadly was founded, we've used documentary video storytelling to help us understand, express, and navigate our identities. Over the past few years, we found ourselves casting love spells with witches in Romania, meeting with virgins ... |
| May 6, 2019 | Broadly Astrology | We're proud to have created pioneering astrological content—and we've done this by taking the subject, and our readers, seriously. We've been unafraid to dive into more complicated astrological concepts, while making sure to also provide co... |
| May 6, 2019 | Broadly Is Joining the New VICE.com | Today, Broadly is joining the rest of the VICE network as part of a new destination at VICE.com. This means the stories we’ve been passionately committed to telling for four years will live on—and be amplified further.
Broadly was launched ... |
| Apr 12, 2019 | The Trans Ban Is in Effect, And Service Members Are Now in Jeopardy | On Friday, the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people in the military, which strips them of the rights they gained under the Obama administration, went into effect. The policy will immediately kick out service members who come out... |
| Apr 9, 2019 | What Does It Mean to Live a Non-Fascist Life? | In the Trump era, everyone is both fixated on the word "fascist" and afraid to use it. Over the course of the 2016 election, countless outlets ran articles and columns wondering if Trump should be dubbed a fascist, chastising thos... |
| Apr 9, 2019 | I Tried Rope Bondage as a Coping Mechanism for My Anxiety | “What’s the rope for?” I asked, flirting.
I was lying on my belly in my new boo’s bedroom, happy and sweaty from an intense yoga class and an equally intense post-yoga make-out sesh.
“Doesn’t everyone have rope on their nightstand?” She qui... |
| Apr 8, 2019 | We Can't Ignore Stalking and Domestic Violence on College Campuses | Every year, women in the UK are killed by stalkers and domestic abusers—despite previously reporting them to the police. Unfollow Me is a campaign highlighting the under-reported issue of stalking and domestic abuse in support of anti-stalk... |
| Mar 27, 2019 | Chinese Woman Gives Birth to Twins with Different Fathers | Cheating on your husband and getting pregnant from it is bad enough as it is. But imagine your husband's child sharing a womb with that of your lover for nine months.
To much disbelief, a woman in Xiamen City, China, has reportedly given bi... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | Reflecting on Our Own Use of Trans and Non-Binary People In Stock Images | This week, Broadly launched The Gender Spectrum Collection, a stock photo library of over 180 images of transgender and non-binary people aimed at creating better representation in media. The project emanated from a need for more inclusive ... |
| Mar 20, 2019 | Serena Williams Ups Her VC Game By Joining Forces With Dating App Bumble | Serena Williams and husband Alexis Ohanian attend The Serena Collection Pop-Up VIP Reception at Melody Eshani on November 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Earl Gibson III/Getty Images
Tennis champion Serena Williams wants to be remember... |
| Mar 20, 2019 | How Internalized Racism Amplifies White Supremacy | There's something insidious about celebrities having direct access to their fanbase through social media. In a perfect world, apps like Instagram would be a place where artists would share their daily musings with followers, but instead, th... |
| Mar 12, 2019 | 10 quick updates on ‘the best of the best’ of DC startups from SXSW | Cities around the world try an array of economic development strategies at mega-conferences like SXSW, Austin’s annual corporate-powered World’s Fair.
Mostly those strategies come down to one of three goals: visit us, hire our residents or ... |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Solange Reviving BlackPlanet Is a Nod to OG Black Twitter | Solange Knowles knows how to keep the people guessing. The build up to her highly anticipated second album When I Get Home (which was delivered as of midnight on Friday!) was full of trippy futuristic visuals and innovative marketing scheme... |
| Feb 28, 2019 | I Cheated on My Boyfriend and Got Pregnant—and the Guilt Almost Destroyed Me | My First Time is a column and podcast series exploring sexuality, gender, and kink with the wide-eyed curiosity of a virgin. We all know your "first time" is about a lot more than just popping your cherry. From experimenting with ... |
| Feb 26, 2019 | Despite Track Record, Kamala Harris Says She Supports Decriminalizing Sex Work | Senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced in an interview with The Root on Tuesday morning that she supports decriminalizing sex work, a position that some find surprising considering her support for FOSTA/SESTA—a package o... |
| Feb 25, 2019 | What the Fuck Just Happened? | As Fiona Apple once said, "This world is bullshit." Green Book winning Best Picture at the Oscars really exemplifies that feeling. As does this tweet:
The film has been mired in controversy during this awards season for a smorgasb... |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Time's Up CEO Resigns After Her Son Is Accused of Sexual Assault | The CEO of Time's Up, a national organization formed in response to the #MeToo movement, has stepped down following sexual assault allegations leveled against her son.
After four months leading the group, Lisa Borders announced her resignat... |
| Feb 20, 2019 | The Signs as Vintage Rihanna Tweets | Happy Rihanna Day!
It’s our Pisces queen’s 31st birthday, which means you are legally obligated to celebrate by breaking up with your boyfriend, rolling a fat blunt, and smoking it while listening to the entirety of ANTI (Deluxe).
Five out ... |
| Feb 20, 2019 | Conservative Lawmakers Are Preparing for a Future Without Roe v. Wade | Conservative legislators are ramping up efforts to undermine abortion rights on the state level in anticipation of a near future without Roe v. Wade.
Over the last week, multiple states have introduced or passed so-called "trigger laws... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | The Office Supply Store in the House of Reps. Will Now Stock Tampons | The office supply store in the United States Capitol dedicated to the House of Representatives will soon begin stocking menstrual products, which House lawmakers can pay for with their Members' Representational Allowance.
The decision came ... |
| Feb 11, 2019 | Actually It's You, Not Us: A Toast To Breakups | Read all the stories from our Love Bites series here.
Two years ago, we looked at Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to interrogate love as a sickness. In doing so, we examined the many symptoms of love while asking fundamental questions—Wha... |
| Feb 8, 2019 | 'Starving The Beast': The Women Working To Close a Misused Atlanta Jail | Last year, the City of Atlanta announced it would stop allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold detainees at its local jail on the federal agency’s behalf. During the September press conference, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ... |
| Feb 7, 2019 | My First Time Giving a Blowjob Was a Valentine's Day Gift—To Myself | My First Time is a column and podcast series exploring sexuality, gender, and kink with the wide-eyed curiosity of a virgin. We all know your "first time" is about a lot more than just popping your cherry. From experimenting with ... |
| Feb 1, 2019 | How Startups Are Selling Stressed-Out Millennials on the Promise of Sleep | Everywhere you look, millennials are selling other millennials new products. There are those that aim to boost productivity, as a part of what tech writer Erin Griffith calls "hustle culture"––a late-capitalist environment in whic... |
| Jan 29, 2019 | Stop Dressing Like Trash at Home | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 29, 2019 | I Got My First Good Night's Sleep When I Became Homeless at 17 | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Rachel True of 'The Craft' Says Convention Excluded Her Because She's Black | It's been 23 years since Rachel True appeared in the cult-classic film The Craft alongside Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, and Neve Campbell. Considered the seminal teen occult film of the 1990s, True, the only Black character in the ensemble, ... |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Four Women on the Restorative Joy of Napping at Work | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 24, 2019 | The First Time I Had Sex On Drugs, I Thought I Was in Love | My First Time is a column and podcast series exploring sexuality, gender, and kink with the wide-eyed curiosity of a virgin. We all know your "first time" is about a lot more than just popping your cherry. From experimenting with ... |
| Jan 22, 2019 | The Real Story Behind the Most Iconic Teen Bedrooms in Pop Culture History | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 22, 2019 | How I Got Out of Bed the Day After My Mother's Funeral | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 16, 2019 | First, She Was Upskirted. Then She Got it Banned in England and Wales | After an 18-month battle, upskirting will finally be made illegal in England and Wales. Offenders who film or photograph up someone's clothing without their knowledge or consent will face up to two years in jail.
The legislation was passed ... |
| Jan 16, 2019 | Amber Rose Speaks Out About R. Kelly and the 'Cycle of Abuse' | In a new Amber Rose interview, the model and actress shares her thoughts on R. Kelly after watching Surviving R Kelly, Lifetime's documentary about the controversial singer. While many have championed the docu-series for highlighting the vo... |
| Jan 14, 2019 | What Binding My Chest Taught Me About Being a Man | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Your Career Might Be Influencing How Much Sex You're Having | Copious amounts of words have been spilled on the internet about why millennials aren’t fucking… but part of that might actually be connected to our jobs (or lack thereof).
Chances are, you’re overworked at a job that turned out to be infin... |
| Jan 11, 2019 | My Chronic Illness Makes My Bed a Haven—and a Prison | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Having Sex With My Best Friend Was the Worst Decision Ever | My First Time is a column and podcast series exploring sexuality, gender, and kink with the wide-eyed curiosity of a virgin. We all know your "first time" is about a lot more than just popping your cherry. From experimenting with ... |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Judge Throws Out Ashley Judd's Sexual Harassment Case Against Weinstein | For the second time now, a federal judge has dismissed actress Ashley Judd's sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, leaving her with the sole option of suing him on the grounds of defamation if she wants to face off against We... |
| Jan 9, 2019 | I Can’t Get Out of Bed Without Masturbating | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Cyntoia Brown's Clemency Gives Hope to Other Trafficking Survivors | On Monday morning, Cyntoia Brown—a Tennessee trafficking victim who received a life sentence after fatally shooting the 43-year-old man who paid for her when she was 16—learned she can finally begin thinking about what life may look like ou... |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Weekly Horoscope: January 7 - 13 | The energy of the new year is made official this week. On Monday, love and money planet Venus finally leaves obsessive Scorpio and enters opulent Sagittarius at 6:19 a.m., stoking the flames of this week’s insatiable need to get carried awa... |
| Jan 7, 2019 | I Tried Lucid Dreaming to Fulfill My Wildest Sexual Fantasies | As we brace for 2019 and stack up our resolutions, Broadly is focusing on finding motivation for the hard tasks that await us—like getting out of bed. So, throughout January, we're rolling out Getting Out of Bed, a series of stories about a... |
| Jan 4, 2019 | A Transgender Flag Flies On Capitol Hill | On January 3, Virginia congresswoman Jennifer Wexton placed a transgender pride flag outside of her new office in Washington DC. The placement of the flag stands out as a bold image of allyship with a community of Americans who have seen mu... |
| Jan 3, 2019 | To Swear In, Ilhan Omar Lands in Airport Where She First Arrived as a Refugee | The first time incoming Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar flew into Virginia's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 23 years ago, she was a refugee. When she landed there on Wednesday evening, she was on her way to getting sworn in a... |
| Jan 3, 2019 | Woman Who Ran Illegal Butt Injection Clinic Charged With Manslaughter | New York City police have arrested and charged a 44-year-old Bronx resident for her role in an alleged butt lift procedure that went badly wrong. Whalesca Castillo was arrested on Wednesday morning, the Independent reports, after allegedly ... |
| 2019 | Everything You Need to Know About the Women's March 2019 | In early 2017, during the aftermath of President Trump's election, around four million people gathered in Washington DC for the first Women's March, a protest against legislation and rhetoric that harms women. Around the country, large sist... |
| Dec 28, 2018 | I'm Sick of Not Having Been Abducted by Aliens | One of the most miserable years in modern existence is coming to its end, and the only good sign of hope came on Thursday night in New York City, when the sky illuminated in blue strobes, as if aliens had finally fucking come to save (or de... |
| Dec 27, 2018 | How to Have Sex in Public Without Getting Caught | We all get our kicks in weird and wonderful ways—as long as those are between consenting adults, your kinks are nothing to be ashamed of. But some sexual fetishes pose greater logistical challenges than others. Take exhibitionism, for insta... |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Michelle Obama Voted Most Admired Woman; Hillary and Melania Tie for Third | Michelle Obama is a lawyer, mother to cool kids, funny, fashionable, super-successful author, and now officially the most admired woman in the world, according to Americans. At least, that's what Gallup says—they've been polling in the US t... |
| Dec 26, 2018 | Outgoing Senator Calls Ocasio-Cortez a 'Bright Shiny New Object' | Outgoing Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill isn't so convinced by Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's meteoric rise in the Democratic Party.
In a recent interview reflecting on her tenure in the Senate, McCaskill, who was unseated... |
| Dec 21, 2018 | When Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Fetus | During the November midterms, voters in Alabama passed an amendment granting constitutional personhood to fertilized eggs and fetuses. As a result, Alabama’s state policy now “recognizes and supports the sanctity of unborn life and the righ... |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Music Festival That Banned Cisgender Men Found Guilty of Discrimination | Statement Festival billed itself as the first music festival in the world exclusively for cisgender women, nonbinary and transgender people. Now the Swedish authorities have found that it is in breach of discrimination law for describing it... |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Cynthia Nixon Sees Her Progressive Influence in Cuomo's 2019 Agenda | Months after Cynthia Nixon lost her primary challenge to sitting New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the so-called "Cynthia Effect"—a term coined by Nixon's supporters to describe Cuomo's apparent inching to the left as a result of he... |
| Dec 14, 2018 | What the List of Highest Paid Models Says About Racism in Fashion | On Thursday, Forbes released its list of the top 10 highest-paid models in the industry. Leading the troupe is Kendall Jenner, a 23-year-old former reality star who brought in an estimated $22.5 million over the course of the 12 months prio... |
| Dec 13, 2018 | How to Give the Gift of a Prostate Orgasm | It’s been the year of the butt since at least 2014, by my conservative estimate, and yet we are no closer to actually understanding our own asses. Society is good at visually appreciating butts and writing catchy songs about butts, but stil... |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Megan Fox Explains Why She Didn't Participate in #MeToo | Megan Fox is opening up about her career and why she hasn't been a vocal participant in Hollywood's #MeToo movement. "Even with the #MeToo movement, and everyone coming out with stories—and one could assume that I probably have quite a... |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Time's Up Broke GoFundMe Record Raising Money for Victims of Harassment | Time's Up broke a GoFundMe record this year, raising more than $22 million dollars for its legal defense fund since the campaign went live on the site in December 2017.
According to BuzzFeed News, Time's Up's Legal Defense Fund GoFundMe was... |
| Dec 4, 2018 | The Horniest Things That Happened in 2018 | Whatever 2018 was, one fact of it is clear: People, as is often their way, were total horndogs. We learned about the art and science of determining whether someone possesses Big Dick Energy. We remembered the fictional characters of yore, a... |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Millennials Aren't 'Killing' Industries, We're Just Broke, Study Finds | For years, the personal habits of millennials have been pored over as if the generation now between 21 and 35 years old had descended from outer space. Millennials have been accused of "killing" everything from malls to threesomes... |
| Nov 30, 2018 | What Life for One Weinstein Accuser Is Like After She Went Public | More than a year after the New York Times first published its bombshell report on Harvey Weinstein, dozens of women have come forward to share strikingly similar stories of his alleged sexual abuse. Over the span of three decades, according... |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Michigan's Senate Just Launched the Latest Attack on Telemedicine Abortion | Michigan lawmakers are exacting an attack on telemedicine abortion in the state, passing legislation in the Senate on Thursday that would amount to a blanket ban on doctors prescribing abortion medication remotely.
The bill would require pa... |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Brett Kavanaugh Is Back to Coaching His Daughter's Basketball Team | Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh feared his name and reputation had been "totally and permanently destroyed" by Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegations; instead, it appears his life—his public one, at least—remains... |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Blac Chyna's Lawsuit Against the Kardashians Will Move Forward in Court | Blac Chyna will soon get her time in court stemming from a lawsuit filed over a year ago. The reality television star, born Angela Renée White, has gone through a legal battle with the Kardashian family over defamation claims stemming from ... |
| Nov 27, 2018 | The First Broadly Astrology Conference: Everything You Need to Know | Between Instagram story horoscopes and Twitter astro memes, it can start to feel like astrology was made by the Internet, for the Internet. But so much of my own personal journey to becoming an astrologer—and continuing to learn from and co... |
| Nov 21, 2018 | It's Time to Examine How Stalking and Abuse Affects Mental Health | When 25-year-old Meera Dalal left her boyfriend after years of physical and emotional abuse, her friends and family were initially relieved. But the abuse didn’t stop. Instead, he began stalking her.
He threatened Dalal and her family, repe... |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Stacey Abrams Says She'll Run for Office Again | Georgia hasn't seen the last of Stacey Abrams.
Abrams conceded the gubernatorial race to Republican Brian Kemp last week, but she says the loss hasn't hampered her political ambitions. In a Sunday interview on CNN's "State of the Union... |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Sadly, Gwen Stefani Has Been Problematic This Whole Time | "Cold Takes" is a column in which we express our passionate beliefs about insignificant events and Internet discourses at least several months too late.
Growing up as an adolescent in the late 1990s, Britney Spears and Christina A... |
| Nov 15, 2018 | As Beauty Standards Evolve, Victoria's Secret Hasn't | Just one week after the taping of the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, chief executive Jan Singer has resigned from her role at L Brands Inc., Victoria’s Secret’s parent company, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Singer joined the retail... |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Why Straight Men Hate Astrology So Much | Joe is a straight man in his twenties. Like many men, he passionately rejects astrology.
"It strips people of their uniqueness and reduces them to pigeonholed blocks of characteristics," he tells me. "I don't like being a rea... |
| Nov 14, 2018 | 'It's a Shit Show': The Ground Game in Georgia's Fight to Count Every Ballot | Grassroots activists are pushing ahead full-steam with efforts to ensure election officials count every last ballot in Georgia, where gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is still locked in a contentious race against Republican Brian Kemp.... |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Voters Reject Anti-Trans Policy in Massachusetts Victory | Transgender protections have been under intense scrutiny since news broke about a Trump Administration memo that outlined plans to eliminate trans people from anti-discrimination laws. While that issue is nebulous and will continue to play ... |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Nearly 100,000 Vermont Voters Wanted a Trans Woman as Governor | Christine Hallquist made history for transgender people in her gubernatorial run in Vermont this year, though she ultimately lost against her Republican opponent Phil Scott Tuesday night, earning approximately 96,000 votes at the time of re... |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Why It Matters That First-Generation American Women Won Office | On Tuesday night, first-generation American women from all backgrounds were elected to positions of power and influence across the country. Among the most high-profile wins were that of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who became the first Mus... |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Midterms 2018: Historic Firsts for Women, POC, and LGBT People | Moving into the the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats aimed to take back the House from Republican control. Though Democrats did manage to take back the House, grab 16 governorships, and flip several conservative districts and states blue, ... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | LGBT Candidate Joan Greene Aims to Prove that Arizona Is Not a Red State | In honor of the Women’s March and their “Power to the Polls” initiative, we're highlighting progressive women and nonbinary candidates on the 2018 ballot. You can read more of their stories here.
This January, I reached out to Joan Greene, ... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | 6 Women Candidates Who Could Change the Face of Politics Tonight | After Donald Trump's presidential election on November 8, 2016, a record number of women decided to run for office, which helped to make 2018 the "Year of the Woman." These women, both seasoned politicians and first-time candidate... |
| Oct 31, 2018 | 'Are You Bald By Choice?' | During my sophomore and junior years of college in rural New York, I spent my weekends the way many college students do: working a minimum-wage job to pay the bills. I’d taken on slinging lattes and doling out baked goods at my neighborhood... |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Supreme Court Could Accept Its First Abortion Case with Kavanaugh on the Bench | Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could soon get the opportunity to rule on his first abortion-related case, as the court decides whether it will hear a case on Planned Parenthood funding.
The Supreme Court could announc... |
| Oct 25, 2018 | Trump's DOJ Tells Supreme Court It's Fine to Discriminate Against Trans Workers | The Trump administration is stepping up its attacks on transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary communities, telling the Supreme Court in a Wednesday brief that it doesn't consider anti-trans discrimination a violation of federal l... |
| Oct 18, 2018 | An Exorcist Is Now Trying to Protect Kavanaugh from Brooklyn Witches' Hex | A San Jose exorcist, Father Gary Thomas, announced his plans on Wednesday to hold a mass protecting Brett Kavanaugh from a ritual planned by witches to hex him this Saturday, October 20.
After one of New York's most famous occult shops Catl... |
| Oct 18, 2018 | New Website Offering Abortion Pills Online Launches in the US | A new website that provides women with medication abortion pills over the internet launched this week, allowing patients to terminate a pregnancy without having to visit a doctor in-person.
Women who visit the site, called Aid Access, first... |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Women Rally Behind Moira Donegan After 'Shitty Media Men' Lawsuit | Women are rallying behind Moira Donegan, the creator of the "Shitty Media Men" list, following news Thursday evening that Stephen Elliott has leveled a suit against Donegan, seeking $1.5 million in damages.
Within hours, Lauren Ho... |
| Oct 11, 2018 | What It's Like to Experience Sextortion as a Teen | On October 1, Maryland joined a handful of states to criminalize sextortion, or the act of someone using another person’s sexually explicit images to blackmail them. Under this new law, a person found guilty of such actions could be sentenc... |
| Oct 11, 2018 | Planned Parenthood Announces Efforts to Ensure Access to Abortion | Just one day after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh began hearing cases, Planned Parenthood announced an initiative to protect and expand abortion access in the United States. The plan includes heavily investing in a network of clinics... |
| Oct 11, 2018 | Man Named in 'Shitty Media Men' List Sues Woman Who Created It | On the year anniversary of the "Shitty Media Men" list, its creator, Moira Donegan, is facing a $1.5 million lawsuit.
On Wednesday, writer Stephen Elliott filed a legal complaint against Donegan, alleging that she and the 30 other... |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Kavanaugh Confirmed to the Supreme Court Despite Sexual Assault Allegations | Senators voted early Saturday evening to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court after weeks of news reports, sworn testimony, and an FBI investigation surfaced sexual misconduct allegations from high school and college.
Key to Kavanau... |
| Oct 5, 2018 | 302 Protestors Arrested at Capitol as Kavanaugh Confirmation Approaches | The protests against Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court have been ongoing since last week's hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, during which Kavanaugh testified against the multiple allegations of sexual ass... |
| Oct 3, 2018 | Why Other Women's Trauma Can Feel Like Your Own | Last week was a hard week for women. This week will likely provide little respite.
On Thursday, days' worth of news items involving sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh culminated in Christine Blasey Ford... |
| Oct 3, 2018 | Desiree Akhavan on Directing Films About Queer Teen Angst | Personally, I hate getting out of bed. Truly, I really hate it. I do get out of bed to go to work, but I get right back in bed as soon as I get home, and then I just order noodles and that's my life. My name's Diana Tourjée, and I love bed ... |
| Oct 2, 2018 | Joe Biden Thinks It's Unfair He's Still Blamed for Anita Hill Hearings | Publicly, Joe Biden has expressed remorse over the Senate Judiciary Committee's treatment of Anita Hill during her 1991 testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. But in private exchanges he's revealed frustration that he... |
| Sep 27, 2018 | What It Was Like for Survivors When Bill Cosby Was Sentenced | On my way to the airport after Bill Cosby’s sentencing, my Uber driver, Sarah, asked me why the women who accused Cosby of assault waited so long to come forward. After a night of celebrating the justice delivered to Andrea Constand, the fo... |
| Sep 27, 2018 | How Broadly Staff Gets Through a Day Like Today | If you had a hard time getting out of bed this morning, you're not alone.
Today Christine Blasey Ford appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who she says sexually assaulted he... |
| Sep 27, 2018 | What Does the GOP Need Women For? | On the eve of Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where he will testify against multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Republicans put up one last line of defense to safeguard his nomination: Rachel Mitchell, a female ... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | What Brett Kavanaugh Got Wrong About Sexual Assault and Virginity | On Monday night, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gave an interview on Fox News, addressing the now-multiple sexual assault allegations against him, stemming from encounters women said they had with him in high school and college.
As p... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | We Asked 17-Year-Olds About Brett Kavanaugh and Consent | When Christine Blasey Ford accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school party more than 30 years ago—when Kavanaugh was 17 years old—the Supreme Court nominee's defenders divided themselves into two camps.
There were ... |
| Sep 21, 2018 | We Asked a Witch If Beyoncé Could Be a Witch | No one's ever really been able to explain Beyoncé's effect on people. To be fair, she's created a brand by looking flawless and training herself to be one of the most talented entertainers of our time. Kimberly Thompson, a former drummer of... |
| Sep 20, 2018 | The Squirtle Squad Was a Chosen Family of Homeless Pokémon | "Cold Takes" is a column in which we express our passionate beliefs about insignificant events and Internet discourses at least several months too late.
Squirtle is one of the most radical and independent celebrity Pokémon. Featur... |
| Sep 19, 2018 | A Running List of Senators' Comments on Christine Blasey Ford's Allegation | Christine Blasey Ford knew bringing sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh would mean giving herself over to intense scrutiny, particularly from the senators who will ultimately decide whether the federal judge is worthy of bein... |
