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These Delta Variant memes are the comedic relief we need

We've all tried to move on from 2020, but like that one ex, or an embarrassing memory, it keeps haunting us. A lot of that is our own fault, amid swaths of the country that remain unvaccinated, or have populations who still just don't believe that…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

Netflix's 'Pray Away' reminds me how hard it is to forgive homophobia

The fraught topic of conversion therapy has been nauseating queer people (and allies) for decades now. You know the drill: Some overzealous religious group gets together and tries to un-gay people because they believe homosexuality is an illness we…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

Rand Paul suddenly remembered his wife tried to make money off of COVID treatments

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has proudly broadcasted his disdain for a host of very simple measures — vaccinations! putting a thin piece of fabric over your mouth! — shown to help mitigate the spread and severity of coronavirus, including its currently…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

Senate Democrats are finally taking climate change seriously in their reconciliation bill

While President Biden was all too happy to settle for an infrastructure bill that sacrificed addressing bigger issues in the name of good, old-fashioned bipartisan agreement on roads and bridges, it looks like Senate Democrats are finally going to…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

An alpaca named Geronimo is tearing England apart

Here are a few things I know about alpacas: Unlike their more widely recognized cousin, the llama, alpacas are considerably smaller, typically weighing in around 125 pounds, and standing about 3 feet high at the shoulder. They also have a more…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

'Jeopardy!' tried to please everyone and wound up pleasing no one

It was always going to be this way, wasn’t it? Amid a wave of backlash and controversy following reports that Mike Richards, the executive producer of Jeopardy!, was a frontrunner to succeed Alex Trebek, the man with a disconcerting professional…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

Batman's sidekick Robin dates dudes, and it's no big deal!

An exciting spoiler alert! In the final panel of the new issue of Batman: Urban Legends, Robin accepts a date with a dude. The best part is that it's no big deal. Here's how the meet-cute goes down: Batman's sidekick saves his friend Bernard from a…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

Is insomnia inevitable for creative geniuses?

With a record-breaking 28 Grammys, four Golden Globe nominations, a successful athleisure line, and all the other accolades that come with being an icon under her belt, is there anything Beyoncé can’t do? Apparently, there is one thing, according to…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

'The White Lotus' is the searing satire on wealth we deserve

Television creator Mike White is no stranger to using the format to contemplate the complexities and dualities of humanity under capitalism. His last HBO vehicle, Enlightened, tackled the subject in 2011, following its lead Laura Dern as she has a…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

4-second spurts of exercise appear to do wonders, researchers say

Recent research shows that the number one reason people say they don’t exercise is that they don’t have enough time. Even though it’s easy to wonder how much time those same people spend on, say, TikTok, even the most fitness-obsessed (it me) among…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021