Category: Entertainment
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NBA Buzz: Finals MVP
Last night’s game in Cleveland was a disappointing one for Cavaliers fans. And for LeBron James. James seemed frustrated toward the end of the game, exchanging words with Curry near the scorer’s table as the teams went to the bench for a timeout. Shortly before, James also had words with Draymond Green after knocking him to […]
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Beyoncé and Sweatshops
It turns out Beyoncé’s sportswear line, “Ivy Park,” is made in a Sri Lankan sweatshop where workers experience “abominable working conditions and very low pay.” The Frisky: In a breathless lede, Page Six reports on a facet of the fast fashion business that anyone with common sense would understand, writing that “Multi-millionaire singer Beyoncé reportedly […]
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The Extraterrestrial Lobby
Stephen Bassett is very excited. Bassett is the United States’ only lobbyist dedicated to extraterrestrial issues, and his world has been rocked in the past couple of weeks. I hope that this is only just the beginning. This is the biggest news story in history. After presidential candidate Hillary Clinton discussed the possibility of human-alien […]
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Blog Love: Lady Geek Girl and Friends
Lady Geek Girl reminisces nostalgically about Return of the Jedi. She also picks apart the themes of the infamous golden bikini scene. An excerpt: There is a part of me that wants to dismiss the slave Leia issue. As Carrie Fisher herself has pointed out, Jabba forces her into a sexualized and objectifying costume and attempts to enslave […]
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Baseball (Reprise)
It’s worth bumping this post from April of last year, because it’s (sadly) still relevant. No, I didn’t take the deep dive into baseball I said I was going to. But, surely I will this year…? What am I doing to make that happen? Following some baseball personalities on Twitter. Watching a couple Opening Day games […]
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Spite the Misogynists. Go see Mad Max: Fury Road.
I was about halfway through writing a post about this, but it appears Aja Romano at The Daily Dot and David Futrelle at We Hunted the Mammoth beat me to it. I’m not even mad. Go read Aja’s and David’s hilarious takedowns of the misogynistic reaction to “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Here are a couple highlights: As […]
Timothy Pate 