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5+ min ago (1645+ words) Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya is the managing editor of Autostraddle and a lesbian writer of essays, fiction, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. She is the former managing editor of TriQuarterly, and her short stories appear in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Joyland, Catapult, The Offing, The Rumpus, Cake Zine, and more. Some of her pop culture writing can be found at The AV Club, Vulture, The Cut, and others. When she is not writing, editing, or reading, she is probably playing tennis. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram and learn more about her work on her website. I have a friend who I walk with in the mornings because we live in the same neighborhood and like to walk our dogs super early so we started linking up for morning walks and sometimes follow them with coffee. Prior to…...

19+ min ago (341+ words) Fan culture is a complicated balance. Your dedication to one person for their work can teeter into scary territory quickly and with online fandom taking over social media, sometimes a "fan account" can become just as well known as the person they're idolizing. Which is the case with Club Chalamet. We've heard horror stories of obsessive fans in the past. Most famously the tragic side of the coin but even those as dedicated as Miss Club is to an actor isn't great. Not for the actor and certainly not for the rest of us who enjoy talking about actors and their work. And while yes, it was fun for a while to talk about Cromer's more delusional posts about Chalamet, giving her a profile and dismissing the frightening things she does is'not the move. Posting about your favorite actor is…...

20+ min ago (421+ words) Sarah Ferguson's holiday season isn't going to be a relaxing one now that she's reportedly received a hard move-out deadline to leave Royal Lodge. The former Duchess of York has less than two months to get out of the 30-room residence for good, according to People. The outlet reported on December 2 that she and her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, have until January, 31, 2026, to remove all of their belongings. There have been plenty of rumors that Ferguson is headed to Portugal to live near daughter Princess Eugenie, or the Daily Mail's December 1 claim that she was going to move to a "granny annex" on Princess Beatrice's farmhouse in the Cotswolds. Related story Sarah Ferguson Allegedly Took Millions in 'Loans' She Never Repaid, Royal Insider Reveals "It would be perfect for the former Duchess as it's close to her daughter but also completely…...

20+ min ago (236+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was dragged Tuesday over appearing at a cabinet meeting with a misspelled name placard, a misspelling that some critics alleged to be an intentional "wink at Nazis." Hegseth was seated next to President Donald Trump during Tuesday's cabinet meeting in the White House, although his name placard stood out from those of other top officials attending the meeting. Hegseth's name was spelled correctly, but his title " "secretary of war" " included an extra "s" in the word "secretary." The typo, some alleged, could be a direct reference to the Schutzstaffel " the Nazi paramilitary organization often stylized as "SS," which included the Waffen-SS and the Allgemeine SS, two groups known for committing some of the worst atrocities of World War II, having been tasked with enforcing Nazi Germany's racial policy. "They like to wink at Nazis," wrote Rolling…...

26+ min ago (1082+ words) Newport, Oregon is using public pressure and legal avenues to make the state's sanctuary law a reality in practice. NEWPORT" The chilly breeze and sandy shores in this Oregon fishing city have shielded this town from scorching heat for decades. But despite the mist in the air, rumors here spread like wildfire. "Until we can get confirmation, we can't talk about zoning and permits and and we can't talk about how it might affect our economy and whether we want these things here," said state Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis. "Should a community be able to have some say on whether a major facility like this moves into the neighborhood? I think the answer is yes, but the federal government is not owning up." "People know that we can win on this," said Sidra Pierson, a senior organizer for the Cottage…...

28+ min ago (1105+ words) A Tennessee special election that polls show could potentially flip a GOP stronghold has Republicans scrambling, including Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), who took to Fox News on Tuesday to beg GOP voters to get out the vote. The special election will decide who represents Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, left vacant in July after its previous holder, Mark Green, resigned. Trump won the district by 22 points last year, though recent polling suggests that Epps' Democratic opponent " Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn " has at least a 15% chance at victory. As to why the race that Trump carried by double digits was so close, Burchett gave several explanations: the weather, and the fact that the contest was an off-year special election, elections that typically see lower turnout. "We pay attention to presidents " President Trump is a great president, we should be paying attention to…...

33+ min ago (220+ words) Jenna Anderson is the host of the Go Read Some Comics YouTube channel, as well as one of the hosts of the Phase Hero podcast. She has been writing professionally since 2017, but has been loving pop culture (and especially superhero comics) for her entire life. You can usually find her drinking a large iced coffee from Dunkin and talking about comics, female characters, and Taylor Swift at any given opportunity. Sometimes, the announcement of a movie will genuinely sound too good to be true You'll read a headline from one of the trades, or a DiscussingFilm tweet summarizing said headline, and suddenly learn about a cast and a concept that you know you're immediately going to love For me, one of those proverbial white whales has been Mother Mary It's not just the latest A24 movie from The Green Knight director…...

33+ min ago (1166+ words) Your Party's founding conference held in Liverpool November 29-30 confirmed the extraordinary decline in the party's political fortunes since it was announced by former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana. It was a conference of crisis. Months of bitter and unprincipled factional warfare between Corbyn and Sultana, centred on control of financial assets and membership lists, saw a wave of enthusiasm among workers and young people collapse. From 850,000 who signed up as supporters, just 55,000 had joined by the eve of conference. Your Party has been eclipsed in the polls by Zack Polanski's Green Party, which now has more than three times as many members, including over 50,000 in its youth section, and is seen by many as a better "left" alternative to Keir Starmer's despised Labour government. From a forecast attendance of 13,000 two months ago, and 4,000 a week…...

36+ min ago (307+ words) President Donald Trump appeared to struggle to fight off sleep during a Cabinet meeting as questions continue to swirl about his age and mental fitness. The president boasted without prompting Tuesday about passing a "very hard" cognitive test at Walter Reed Hospital after telling reporters Sunday night aboard that he wasn't sure what part of his body doctors examined with magnetic resonance imaging before blurting out "it wasn't the brain." "I got every question right, and these are tough questions," Trump told his cabinet officials and reporters. "These are questions that, I would say, 99 percent of the people that I'm talking to right now, meaning the people that from the fake news, would not do well in those exams, but I'm the only one that took it." Once he was finished speaking, the president seemed to struggle to stay awake…...

37+ min ago (791+ words) For all of Donald Trump's talk about a turnaround, the economy still doesn't feel any better to most Americans. Prices aren't snapping back, paychecks aren't stretching further, and there's little reason to believe voters will feel meaningfully richer by this time next year. In politics, nothing is more valuable than voter data. Scammers know that too. They're not guessing your number " they're buying your personal information from the same kinds of data brokers that fuel political targeting. Your phone, your email, even the clues about your habits and interests" all of it gets packaged, sold, and used to come after you. Incogni cuts off that pipeline. It automatically forces data brokers to delete your information, shutting down the lists scammers rely on. Think of it as your own personal opposition-research blackout: once you're off their rolls, you're a much harder…...