Imagine being given an ultimatum: convert or “die by the sword,” as ISIS, a terrorist organization in Syria and Iraq, would like to call it. Families have been torn apart -- women raped, homes burned and children beheaded as fathers were forced to watch.
I am so excited about a new toy that will soon be hitting the markets. Two engineering graduates from the University of Illinois have created a new doll for young girls (and boys!) that is not your average perfectly proportioned Barbie.
NME recently named Radiohead the most influential act in music today.
To hear the desperation and sorrow in her voice broke my heart. Sofía, a Salvadorian mother recounted the events that led her to make a decision to send her two sons away. Many may ask, how can a mother send her sons on such a treacherous journey? Sofía was threatened by the transnational gang Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, that it would kidnap and kill her sons if she did not comply with its demands. Unfortunately, she is not the only one.
Starting this fall, ABC is implementing a lineup that completely trumps every other network's diversity efforts.
When Nicki Minaj released the cover for her new song “Anaconda,” it was met with mixed results of praise and controversy. Featuring, most notably, Minaj’s behind, the cover sparked a series of debates over whether it was empowering, what it symbolized, and what, if anything, Minaj was trying to say by using such a provocative pose.
I don’t know about you guys, but I held on to my iPod Classic for as long as possible. An ex-boyfriend gave me a 160gb 7th Generation for Christmas once because my nano ran out of space a year after I bought it.
If you could wish for your heart’s desire and have it granted, would you? You know what they say about magic: every spell, every wish has its price.
I'm sure you've heard about the several splashes that San Diego Comic Con has made in the entertainment world, but for those of you that didn't attend (like me) but also didn't bother to stalk the media sites (unlike me) here's a quick wrap-up of the most important things we learned from Comic Con 2014.
Did you know that Twilight’s famed Edward and Bella pairing is actually a horrifying example of an abusive relationship?
EDM Festivals seem to sell themselves these days. The genre dominates every other genre (aside from pop, of course) and people flock to all types of EDM-centric events. The most desired festival occurs in Belgium every summer: the aptly titled TomorrowLand. The festival draws in thousands of people from over one hundred and fifty countries and sets the standards for production, lineup, and overall experience.
Summer is nearly over, which means that fall TV season is almost here. Before you fill up your DVR schedule with all your favorite shows, keep in mind that there are some great new series being rolled out for your binge-watching enjoyment.
It seems like this positive trend of embracing your curves is coming full circle and biting some women in the butt, specifically those who don’t have one.
Last week we discussed some of our favorite albums of 2014 thus far. Now to flip things around, we'd like to list some albums still to release this year and why we cannot contain our excitement. Our picks below:
The CEO of FX, John Landgraf, recently spoke about the upcoming new season of the show American Horror Story titled Freak Show. The new season follows performers at a carnival freak show, as the title reveals. Landgraf has said that American Horror Story's seasons have alternated between "brash and campy" like in the most recent season, Coven, and "dark and brooding" like in the previous season Asylum. Freak Show, he said, is a combination of both types. It will have some humor in it, but will also have a dark feeling to it. If you are new to American Horror Story, each season is a completely different theme and story, but most of the time the same actors come back to play different characters with some new additions to the cast as well; good news if you've never seen the previous seasons because you can jump right in and you haven't missed anything! This type of show is typically called an anthology. So, for those of you that are excited for Freak Show, here's what we know about it so far.
Everything happens at San Diego Comic Con, and everyone who’s anyone is in attendance. This past weekend, most of the Avengers assembled for a massive panel in the famed Hall H and released a sizzling batch of information to patch us over until May 1, 2015.
There is very little in this world I love more than Mindy Kaling’s writing, so undoubtedly I’m a bit biased when it comes to her show, The Mindy Project.
You are beautiful. Have you ever looked into the mirror and told yourself that? I am beautiful. Three very simple words that encompass so much. Beauty is not just someone’s outward appearance, it is their spirit. It is who they are on the inside. I am a firm believer in that beauty shines from the inside out. I see so many people, men and women alike, who stare at themselves in the mirror with disdain. Do they not see how amazing they are? The human body is such an amazing thing; why not glorify it as such? We may not all have six pack abs, but we all have THE one and only human body to work with.
Three years ago the Harry Potter saga ended– or so we thought. It turns out that no matter how many times she says she’s finished with Harry’s story, JK Rowling still has a lot to tell us about the wizarding world. Here are some of the new things Potterheads can enjoy post-Deathly Hallows:
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