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From the moment then-candidate Donald Trump said that women would deserve “some form of punishment” if abortion were to become illegal, we have been preparing for dire threats to the constitutional right to abortion. On Wednesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy—the deciding vote on the Supreme Court when it came to protecting the core of the constitutional…
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The banner photo on Ivanka Trump’s Twitter feed shows her holding a baby, tenderly nestled to her heart. But even as the president’s daughter visually projects the centrality of motherhood in her life, she’s being called to task for not speaking out publicly about the separation of immigrant children and parents at America’s borders. The…
Read moreGirls Trip‘s Tiffany Haddish has had an amazing year. She was the breakout star of a hit summer comedy, announced the Academy Award nominations, signed a deal with HBO, will appear in a Super Bowl ad, and is in talks to work with director Paul Thomas Anderson. But nothing can top the fact that she…
Read moreEarlier this month, Rose McGowan attended the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Pasadena, California, where she told reporters that she was planning to sell her house in order to pay for the legal bills she’s accumulated from “fighting off the monsters.” On Friday, the actress and activist, who has publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of…
Read moreThis Is Us is back, and it’s weepier than ever. Huzzah! Read the recap, below—I’m not going to keep you waiting. Spoilers ahead, obviously. We start with a flashback: Child Kate’s playing Monopoly with Rebecca. Child Randall—the world’s most perfect child—has new glasses, and he’s afraid the kids at school will call him Urkel. Pre-teens…
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These days avoiding talking about politics is like trying to eat organic at Taco Bell—well-intentioned but ultimately pointless. Whether you thrive on lively debates or dread confrontation, complex and divisive issues are bound to dominate our national consciousness (and conversation) for the next four years. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it: Instead of…
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