This may shock you, but Fox News recently aired a segment that was out of touch, out of date and pretty damn sexist. Weird, right? I almost couldn’t believe it myself, but then I remembered that Fox lets people say sexist stuff on-air basically all the time. Oh, and there […]
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Dear White People: Stop Trying To Make White Pride Happen
I’m going to get right to the point: white pride isn’t a thing, and you need to shut up about it. I am about as white as they come. I have researched my ancestors, some of whom have been in this country since the early 1600’s – around the same […]
Betsy DeVos’s Confirmation Is Not Shocking. It’s Further Proof We Need Your Help Now More Than Ever.
Betsy DeVos is now Secretary of Education. I’d love to say I’m surprised, or shocked, or even outraged. But instead, I’m just tired. You see, Betsy DeVos’s win, if you can call it that, is nothing new to seasoned educators such as I. We’ve seen our fair share of Betsy […]
The Cincinnati Zoo Has Made Us All Fall in Love With Fiona the Premature Hippo
In January, the Cincinnati Zoo confirmed the pregnancy of its 17-year-old Nile Hippopotamus, Bibi, via the world’s first ultrasound image of a hippo fetus. Evidently, bribing a 3,000-pound hippo to stand still while you press a wand all over her belly is about as easy as convincing my toddler to […]
Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Special Is on Netflix and Here’s Why I’m Into It
Today Netflix releases Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Day Special. The singer, whose career seemed to jump the shark in the 1990s, is making a comeback. It’s a renaissance of sorts–a Michael metamorphosis. When we think of Michael Bolton, many of us recall a Kermit-voiced, labradoodle-maned crooner who sang “How Am […]
Viral Post Shows New Yorkers Working Together to Remove Hateful Graffiti
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama Yesterday a group of subway passengers in Manhattan were surprised to see that every window and advertisement had been covered in swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti. As documented in Gregory Locke’s viral facebook post, this group of subway passengers wasn’t willing to stand by […]
Betty White Had No Idea About GoFundMe to Save Her from 2016 and Her Reaction Is Adorable
In an interview with Katie Couric celebrating her 95th birthday, Betty White learned that people had set up a GoFundMe account to save her from 2016. She had no idea this happened, and her reaction was one of shock followed by hilarity. 2016 was undoubtedly hard on all of us. […]
‘Victims Fund’ Started for Fake ‘Bowling Green Massacre’; Donations Go to ACLU
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama On Thursday, real-life troll Kellyanne Conway told MSNBC something that immediately got the internet’s attention: “I bet it’s brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were […]