Khloé Kardashian has had quite the busy weekend. While live-tweeting the most recent episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, she revealed two things: (1) She’s moving, which isn’t that interesting. (Well, it will be if she stays with Kris Jenner in the interim, like Kim and Kanye did, and the KUWTK cameras film it.)…
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This week, Madison High School in Houston instituted a new dress code policy—for parents. Principal Carlotta Outley Brown sent a letter to parents on April 9 in which she outlined the new guidelines, and the stipulations immediately struck both local leaders and activists on social media as racist. “No one can enter the building or…
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The world exploded with commentary when news broke about Christina Blasey Ford’s accusations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had attacked her in high school. Soon enough, there it was: Fox News contributor Ari Fleisher, trying to speak “with a lot of sensitivity,” asked, “How much in society should any of us be held liable…
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Watching Bo Burnham’s debut feature, Eighth Grade, evokes the same feeling of hearing your voice on a recording—it exposes you and cuts to your core. The film follows 13-year-old Kayla, played by a pitch-perfect Elsie Fisher, throughout her last week of middle school. Kayla’s a pimple-prone girl so shy she wins the “most quiet” superlative…
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In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre that left 17 people dead, the Trump administration announced the creation of a federal commission to find “meaningful and actionable recommendations to keep students safe at school.” However, while giving testimony before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that although…
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On Wednesday, 13-year-old Benje Choucroun made a special appearance at a White House press briefing for his role as a writer for Time for Kids magazine. And, as any good reporter would do, Choucroun came prepared with a few questions, one of which left White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders nearly in tears. During…
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