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‘Sex and the City’ is diversifying its cast — about 20 years too late

When HBO Max announced its Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That..., which catches up with Carrie Bradshaw and her friends as they navigate their 50s, one member of the original show's iconic foursome refused to reprise her role. Kim Cattrall…

Mic · Aug 23, 2021

The wall Trump built for a fake crisis just got washed away by floods from a real crisis

During his single term as president of the United States, Donald Trump made it a point to repeal as many environmental protections as he could and actively ignore the rest so he could boost the failing coal industry and build his wildly ineffective…

Mic · Aug 23, 2021

"Straight" people might be more queer than they realize, according to a new study

Millennials and Gen Z-ers are all about shaking up the binary categories of sexual orientation that have flattened the human experience for far too long. Even many of those who identify as straight understand sexuality as continuous and fluid, at…

Mic · Aug 23, 2021

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Andrew Cuomo reportedly abandoned his dog on his way out of the governor's mansion

The phrase "you can't take it with you" usually applies to the understanding that a person's accumulated wealth and worldly possessions mean nothing once that person is dead. However, for outgoing New York governor and credibly accused sex pest…

Mic · Aug 23, 2021

If you have trouble sleeping, you'll probably love these 42 things on amazon

A good night's sleep has countless benefits for our well-being. It may strengthen our immune systems, improve our mental health, and help us focus. Some nights, however, stress or restlessness can make it feel nearly impossible to drift off to…

Mic · Aug 23, 2021

FOMO is over. FOGO and FONO are our new social fears

Here on day 5 million of the pandemic, some of us are getting a little antsy. Thanks to the internet, though, there are cute names for all the new kinds of anxiety that the pandemic has spawned. Judging by the number of memes they’ve inspired, FOGO…

Mic · Aug 22, 2021

The 7 best face masks for men

Strong, healthy skin is a genderless pursuit, so the best face masks for men are essentially the best face masks for anyone — they're effective, straightforward, highly rated, and intelligently formulated to target a variety of skin types and…

Mic · Aug 21, 2021

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Kendrick Lamar's next album will be his last with Top Dawg Entertainment, as it should be

Kendrick Lamar has finally outgrew a kingdom he's built for most of his life. In a surprise blog post, the Pulitzer Prize Award-winning rapper announced his next album will be his "final TDE album," referring to his longtime label Top Dawg…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

A Catholic website reported that priests were on Grindr — and all hell broke loose

While outing queer people is a cruel in any context, it can get far more complicated when the person being outed is a high-ranking Catholic priest. In a recent shitball of a story that’s been continuing to gather shit along its route, cell phone…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

The R. Kelly trial paints a sinister portrait of the allowances of fame and patriarchy

Warning: The accounts of sexual abuse detailed in this article could be triggering for women who have been victims of abuse. As we reported earlier this week, the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of R. Kelly has begun in New York, and…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

The future of the GOP isn't legislating. It's shitposting

It's hardly a groundbreaking proposition to say that after four years of Donald Trump in the White House, the Republican Party of 2021 is less an institution interested in actual legislating than it is a collection of loosely affiliated neo-fascists…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

Mike Richards has resigned from the 'Jeopardy!' job he gave himself

Well that was fast. Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards is out as Alex Trebek's successor, just nine days after Sony Pictures TV named him the permanent host of the beloved game show. Frankly, we're thrilled! Despite the avalanche of evidence…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

Donors that pay off student loans, freeing you from Sallie Mae's death grip

For many of us, student loan debt can feel like a bit of a roller coaster. Yay! Graduation. Yikes! Drowning in student loan debt. Yay! There’s growing political support for student loan cancellation. Yikes! Not for all borrowers and all amounts.…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

Lorde is serving us anti-pop star realness

Pop stars are so engrained in our society that we don't even notice the gag of it all anymore. We are willing participants in their sugar-coated, leather-studded, disco ball-swinging fame machines. We choose our fighter and happily dawn the house…

Mic · Aug 20, 2021

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Mic · Aug 20, 2021

I will personally fight and overpower Elon Musk's new Tesla robot

Billionaire apartheid beneficiary Elon Musk announced Thursday that Tesla, the company he founded to make beep-boop cars, will be expanding into the beep-boop humanoid market next. Speaking during a live-streamed presentation for his "Tesla AI"…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

GOP Rep. Mo Brooks totally gets why you'd want to blow up the Library of Congress

The hours-long standoff between Capitol Hill police and a man claiming he had an explosive device in his truck parked outside the Library of Congress ended without incident Thursday, when the suspect surrendered himself to authorities in the early…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

The U.K. changed its abortion laws during the pandemic. The U.S. should do the same

The pandemic has made nearly every aspect of our lives more difficult, so it’s cool to hear about any and every silver lining that’s come out of this so far. It appears that in some places — such as the U.K., where there was a policy change because…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

These researchers are launching a modern day Noah's Ark to save species from extinction

As the planet continues to warm, plants and animals that once thrived are watching the weather conditions they once counted on disappear and the land they once occupied get destroyed. Surviving the ongoing ecological disaster that is climate change…

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Mic · Aug 19, 2021

The 9 best Black podcasts that will get you laughing, thinking, and thriving

The podcast industry has evolved from a nerdy endeavor no one cared about into a $1 billion market that has completely changed the entertainment landscape. Podcasting broke down barriers for Black creatives to have their often silenced voices heard;…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

OnlyFans is banning X-rated content, abandoning the sex workers who made the platform popular

The pandemic saw the meteoric rise in popularity of UK-based website, OnlyFans. Beyond connection, the site provided a way for anyone to make money — if they wanted to work hard at it. And while it hosted whatever kind of pay-per-view channel users…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

Afghans don't need the West to "save" them from Islam

Throughout the so-called War on Terror, the United States positioned itself as the savior of countries like Afghanistan with claims that invading would bring democracy to the Middle East. For 20 years, the U.S. painted its war as benevolent, the…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

Far-right pillow enthusiast Mike Lindell really went off the rails this week

Time to Log Off is a weekly series documenting the many ways our political figures show their whole asses online. I don't feel too bad for Mike Lindell, the martial law-endorsing, sedition-boosting former addict who now lives in unimaginable luxury…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

Should cis women get to be Drag Race contenders?

The queer community is always here for the gag of it all, but what happens when the gag is at our expense? That's kind of what it feels like as the RuPaul's Drag Race empire has announced a new turning point: the inclusion of cisgender female…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

Decluttering is bad for the planet. Here’s how to do it sustainably

Picture your neighborhood garbage truck. Got it in your mind? Now picture 29,000 of them, lined up end to end, stretching from Sacramento to San Jose, California. Then, finally, picture all those trucks, brimming with trash and dumping it all in a…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

An Alabama doctor will stop seeing patients who refuse to get the vaccine

The number of positive coronavirus cases is growing at a terrifying rate across the U.S., but nowhere more so than the South. The top 10 states with the most new COVID cases are all in the South, and it’s no coincidence that vaccination rates are…

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