Month: March 2020

Virginia governor Ralph Northam, who has just passed a bill outlawing conversion therapy for minors (Alex Edelman/Getty) Virginia has just become the first southern state to ban the widely discredited practise of conversion therapy for minors. So-called ‘conversion therapy’ refers to the dangerous and discredited practise of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or
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Big Boi has announced his inaugural Kryptonite Festival, set to take place April 18 at the Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in his hometown of Atlanta. The one-day music festival will feature performances by Big Boi, Goodie Mob, EarthGang, and Kneel’n Rey. “I’ve been waiting so long to have my very own festival,” Big
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Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English from across the world and now in its 25th year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2020 longlist. The sixteen finalists include Booker Prize co-winner Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other and a range of books from well-established authors like Jacqueline Woodson and Hilary Mantel
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The Guardian’s coverage of trans issues has repeatedly come under fire (Bethany Clarke/Getty) A third transgender person has resigned from The Guardian amid a long and bitter row over the newspaper’s problematic coverage of transgender issues. The woman dramatically announced her resignation in front of colleagues in a packed staff meeting on Tuesday, HuffPost UK understands.
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A new fan-made trailer has Indiana Jones take on the horror icon Pinhead. Both Raiders of the Lost Ark and Hellraiser came out in the ’80s, with Raiders of the Lost Ark introducing the famous archeologist, played by Harrison Ford, and Hellraiser introducing the demented cenobite, played by Doug Bradley. Both franchises are popular in the adventure and horror genre, so one fan
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Written by Russ Thomas — Meet DS Adam Tyler. He is the sole member of South Yorkshire Police’s cold case team, sidelined after an ‘incident’ which put paid to any chances of rising through the ranks. He’s the central character in this debut novel by bookseller-turner-author Russ Thomas, and mark my words, you’re going to
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Rapper Boosie Badazz appeared on Baller Alert to diocese the bubbling backlash he has received after barbed comments towards Dwyane Wade’s trans daughter. (Screenshot via YouTube / Baller Alert) Embattled rapper Boosie Badazz has doubled down on his transphobic attacks directed towards a 12-year-old child and her parents. Through a playbook of deliberately misgendering Zaya
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Sponsored by The Unsuitable by Molly Pohlig, coming in April from Holt. Molly Pohlig’s The Unsuitable is a fierce blend of Gothic ghost story and Victorian novel of manners that’s also pitch perfect for our current cultural moment. Iseult Wince, perilously close to spinsterhood, awkward, wastes no time scaring off the suitors her unpleasant father parades before her.
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