Новости за 20.03.2024

On Tuesday, just two days after the premiere of Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, a four-part docuseries exposing Nickelodeon's sordid underbelly during Dan Schneider's tenure, the producer and creator published his response: a bizarre sit-down interview with one of his former employees. “Watching over the past two nights was very difficult—me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and that I regret," Schneider told BooG!E, who played T-Bo on iCarly... Читать дальше...

We’re all familiar with the trope of the damsel in distress, but let me raise you one and introduce you to the “damsel in resistance.” Both patriarchy’s biggest problem and its biggest solution, the damsel in resistance is a mean white girl who breaks the mold of white femininity by being mean and uses that meanness to speak out against sexism, misogyny, and patriarchy itself. Both in real life and in pop culture, more than a few white feminists who’ve snarked their way up to the top come to mind... Читать дальше...

Louisiana’s total abortion ban has completely altered how many doctors in the state are providing care to pregnant people, per a new report from Physicians for Human Rights, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Lift Louisiana, and Reproductive Health Impact, first reviewed by NPR on Tuesday. Louisiana’s abortion ban threatens abortion providers in violation with up to 15 years in prison and $200,000 in fines, and consequently, doctors are trying to avoid “even the appearance" of abortion, per NPR—sometimes... Читать дальше...

Zach Schiffman and Reid Pope, the co-hosts of Comedians Earnestly Singing Musical Theater. Photo: Arin Sang-urai Hot Mic is a weekly column by Leah Abrams documenting, spotlighting, and reviewing live comedy in NYC.  I had never heard of the “Jimmy Awards” before I moved to New York City. For the uninitiated, it’s an annual showcase of high school musical theater actors that crowns two winners for their outstanding performances. As the New York Times put it: The Tonys, for teens. Despite the fact that the Patron Saint of the Jimmy Awards... Читать дальше...

On Monday evening, Arizona state Sen. Eva Burch (D) addressed her colleagues on the Senate floor and revealed that she’s carrying a nonviable pregnancy and will have an emergency abortion. (Arizona lawmakers are allowed a “point of privilege” and can share personal testimony on the floor.) Burch, who’s also worked as a nurse practitioner at a reproductive health clinic for 12 years, used hers to offer powerful remarks on abortion while serving in a state that bans the procedure at 15 weeks. In her speech... Читать дальше...

Remember when Tom Sandoval compared himself to George Floyd on the record to the New York Times in February? In the event you don't, allow me to remind you: “I’m not a pop-culture historian really,” the Vanderpump Rules star said when asked about #Scandoval aka the affair that shook the Bravoverse, “but I witnessed the O.J. Simpson thing and George Floyd and all these big things, which is really weird to compare this to that, I think, but do you think in a weird way it’s a little bit the same?” Well... Читать дальше...