How Prisons Use Menstruation as a Form of Punishment
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
There are approximately 170,000 people incarcerated in women’s jails and prisons across the country. While some identify as trans and gender-nonbinary, they all have similar reproductive health concerns. 90% of people in women’s jails and prisons are below the age of 55, and for them, those concerns include monthly periods. This means that every month, every time they menstruate, they face an additional layer of humiliation and dehumanization.
As a criminal-justice reporter and an oral historian, we collected first-hand accounts from prisoners as part of a global oral history project about menstruation.
[Read More]How to search for a specific word or phrase in nearly any program on a Mac, using a keyboard shortcu
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
If you need to quickly find something on your computer screen, you're in luck: Your Mac has tools built into it that you can easily take advantage of to search for specific words. Here's how. Check out the products mentioned in this article: ADVERTISEMENT
MacBook Pro (From $1,299 at Apple) How to search for a word on Mac using the keyboard shortcut Your Mac comes with a simple shortcut for finding words on a page, whether that's in a document, in your email, or on a random webpage.
[Read More]Huey Lewis (Singer and Musician)
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Full Name: Hugh Anthony Cregg III
Profession: Singer and Musician
Biography: Huey Lewis is an American singer and songwriter, perhaps best known for the scene in American Psycho where Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, references his band: Huey Lewis and the News. They are also known by an older generation for their best-selling album Sports (1983) and their work on the Back to the Future (1985) soundtrack.
Lewis' stepfather was the poet Lew Welch, and this relationship was an early inspiration for him.
[Read More]Hyde Park buys Nick Stone rights
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Production company targets Andy McNab book series as franchise
Hyde Park has acquired the rights to Brit author Andy McNab’s Nick Stone espionage novels and is eyeing the series as a potential franchise.
[Read More]Ini Edo welcomes baby girl via surrogacy
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
The movie star shared the big news during a chat with popular blogger, Stella Dimoko Korkus. "Yes I do have a daughter and I had her through surrogacy. The Eggs are mine and so genetically she's my blood. I chose this path to fulfil my dream of becoming a mother," she said. ADVERTISEMENT
"I still have a good number of eggs frozen in case I decide to do surrogacy again or carry my baby myself.
[Read More]JonTron Under Fire for Comments on Race and Immigration
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Jon Jafari, a popular YouTube host, sparked outrage this week after making controversial and false claims about immigration and race in the U.S.
Jafari, who goes by JonTron online, began the controversy by tweeting in defense of Rep. Steve King’s inflammatory statement that “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies,” a comment that fellow Republicans and critics condemned as supporting white nationalism.
Jafari seemed to support King, tweeting: “Wow, how scandalous, Steve King doesn’t want his country invaded by people who have contempt for his culture and people!
[Read More]Lagos more valuable than Niger Delta, Emir of Kano says
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
“Every part of the country is important. But, let us not be so obsessed by a resource, because we have had the commodity driven model, and we are blind to the potentials of an alternative model. “Lagos doesn’t need oil. What is oil anyway? It is a raw material. You don’t drink it. You need it to move your vehicles. Now, you have electricity. You need it to fill your generator.
[Read More]Lane Bryant CEO mysteriously gone 4 months after key promotion
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
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Lindsay Lohan Tries to Use Meeting Fans as Community Service Hours
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
January 28, 2015 10:56 PM EST
Lindsay Lohan has been accused of trying to include socializing with fans as some of the 80 hours of community service she was supposed to perform for a 2012 reckless driving charge.
Lohan, 28, reportedly included meeting several fans during a stage production of Speed-the-Plow, in which she starred in the U.K. last year, as part of the mandatory 4,800 minutes she had to spend benefiting the community.
[Read More]Millie Bobby Brown Explains Fake Skincare Routine Video
Posted on August 13, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
September 13, 2019 12:45 PM EDT
Millie Bobby Brown has responded to backlash over a video showing her faking a skincare routine. After Brown shared a video on Instagram over the weekend demonstrating how she uses her vegan skincare line for teenage girls, Florence by Mills, comments immediately began flowing in criticizing the Stranger Things star for pretending to use products like a face mist, scrub, wash and moisturizer.
“Are we going to ignore the fact she never put anything on her face?
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