So Valentine's Day is coming up and I wanted to get my girlfriend a perfume that I enjoyed the scent of.
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This Genius Beauty Tool Will Change the Lives of Clumsy Girls Everywhere
Achieving the perfect DIY manicure isn't always easy. Painting the dreaded "other hand" as you struggle to get your bottle of polish to sit still on your bed as you work is . . . well, a balancing act. That's why we're pumped AF for this new beauty gadget. The Tweexy is about to transform your messy manicures into polished perfection.
The invention will trigger major nostalgia in any '90s girl due to its resemblance to a Ring Pop, but it's actually an accessory that holds any bottle of nail polish steady while you paint. The two-finger ring is made of rubber, and instead of featuring a jewel, the top boasts a stretchy socket that you can tuck your lacquer into. It's designed to hug any brand's bottle, so you can keep your paint stable as you freshen up your digits. They come in a variety of different punchy shades, too, so you can enjoy a pop of color as you add some flair to your fingertips.
Tweexy is going to seriously reduce the extreme rates of bedspread and carpet destruction caused by beauty junkies' polish spills. Clumsy ladies, this just became your new beauty BFF. Keep reading to see it in action ahead.
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6 Celebrity-Approved Hairstyles For Doing the Dirty on Valentine's Day
If there was ever an appropriate time to encourage others to "get some," it's Valentine's Day. The holiday of love is the best excuse to splurge on some sexy lingerie, try out some new toys, or stretch into that position your partner's been wanting to try.
But if there's one thing that can instantly negate all the feels that Valentine's Day gives us, it's sweaty, sticky sex hair. No, we're not talking about the windblown sex hair of the movies - we mean the result of the majority of intimate encounters: a matted mess of tangled strands and lost styling. However, there are some hairdos that fare surprisingly well while getting down and dirty with a loved one. Read on to discover your next late-night look.
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Weekend Roundup: The Pope Blesses China
Many seem to fear the rise of China as a challenge to the West. Not Pope Francis.
In a remarkable interview published this week in Asia Times, he takes the long view, transcending contemporary geopolitics and embracing the return of the Middle Kingdom's ancient civilization to the global stage as enriching for us all.
"For me, China has always been a reference point of greatness," the pontiff was quoted as saying. "A great country. But more than a country, a great culture, with an inexhaustible wisdom." It was the first time in 2,000 years that a pope had extended greetings on the Lunar New Year to a Chinese leader. In the interview, Francis referred to the experience of Matteo Ricci, the 16th century Jesuit missionary who in many ways introduced China to the West. "Ricci's experience teaches us that it is necessary to enter into dialogue with China, because it is an accumulation of wisdom and history." We in the West, he further said, have a "duty to respect it with a capital 'R'."
Writing from Rome for our "Following Francis" series, Sébastien Maillard explains why the pope is "looking East" to Russia and China, including talk of a possible compromise with Beijing that would allow the Vatican to once again appoint bishops there.
Former Hong Kong governor C.H. Tung also invokes history to make his case that China has no desire for world leadership today. "At the height of the Ming Dynasty, when China had 30 percent of the GDP of the world, China remained peaceful and did not make incursions into foreign lands," he writes.
Those who aren't concerned about China's rise are concerned about its demise as the rapid growth of past decades slows. Writing from Beijing, Justin Yifu Lin tells us not to worry. With plenty of capital to invest and through a turn toward consumption and services, says Lin, China will be able to reach its 6.5 percent growth target. It "will continue to be the main growth engine in the world, contributing around 30 percent of global growth annually." In a gallery of images from a new book by China Digital Times, Sophie Beach displays the popular protest cartoons of Chinese illustrator Badiucao.
In the U.S. presidential primary caucuses in Iowa this week, voters demoted Donald Trump, America's top China-basher, knocking him down to second place just ahead of another China foe, Marco Rubio, both falling behind the first place finish for Republicans of evangelical crusader Ted Cruz. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton squeaked by left-wing populist Bernie Sanders. These results prompted veteran analyst Jeff Greenfield to posit that "anger could prove to be the driving force of the primaries." For Greenfield, the votes ahead will answer these consequential questions: "Just how disaffected is the American electorate? Is disaffection deep and powerful enough to render the traditional assets of a potential president -- experience, temperament, solidity -- an actual liability?" Former Obama adviser Ben LaBolt concurs. "Extreme populism has been on the rise in Europe," he writes, and Sanders and the Republican frontrunners "are attempting to foment a similar sentiment in the U.S.."
In an interview with WorldPost Managing Editor Farah Mohamed, Islamic scholar Akbar Ahmed weighs in on President Obama's first visit to a U.S. mosque as commander in chief. It may be late in his term, Ahmed says, but for the president to visit a mosque when Donald Trump is calling for a ban on Muslims entering the country is clearly a significant statement of American values. Arturo Sarukhan joins two other diplomats in calling for "a pivot to North America" in the global strategies of Mexico, Canada and the U.S..
In the first of a new series, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees wonders what will happen to a planet populated by 11 billion people. In an interview, Alec Ross outlines his new book on the pros and cons of "The Industries of the Future." "The last trillion-dollar industry was built on computer code," Ross says. "The next will be built on genetic code." He also says that "the weaponization of code is the biggest development in warfare since the invention of the atomic bomb." Writing from Cape Town, Claire van den Heever reports that Facebook is not the only game in town in Africa, where the Chinese WeChat service is set to become the only app Africans need.
Writing from Oslo, Jan Egeland scores the dearth of international aid for refugees. Governments closing their borders to Syrian refugees often claim they help Syrians best "in their own region," he writes, but "it is a myth that they provide Syrian war victims with significant aid." In this week's "Forgotten Fact," we also look at the conflict in Syria and the aid that has unfortunately not made its way there. Daniel Marans describes how Greece is being squeezed between the burdens of the refugee influx and its economic downturn.
European parliamentarian Miguel Urban writes from Spain that, "the exponential increase of refugees and migrants is tearing at the seams of the European Union, which is neither as united nor as supportive as it has tried to appear." This photo series by Josef Schulz captures Europe's past of closed borders to suggest it could also be the future. UNESCO chief Irina Bokova writes that she's concerned about the lack of education for young refugees as their exile from home drags on. "Six years on," she writes, "it is time to think more long term, because a generation of young Syrians is in danger of being lost to despair, to violent extremism -- the foundations for peace in the future will erode if this reality is neglected." Writing from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dana Ali laments that, five years after the overthrow of Gaddafi during the Arab Spring, "Libya is still in a state of war." World Reporter Nick Robins-Early explains how Libya is becoming the fallback location for the self-described Islamic State as it loses territory in Syria and Iraq. Writing from Paris, Bernard-Henri Lévy reviews a new film by François Margolin on "how jihadists are made."
World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati sees extreme inequality around the globe today as "a symptom of broken society." The U.N. Development Program's Mandeep Dhaliwal examines how the combination of environmental degradation and gender inequality can lead to the rise and spread of diseases, including the Zika virus. World Reporter Charlotte Alfred reviews how the lessons of the Ebola outbreak can help us cope with the Zika virus.
In a photo post from our series on everyday entrepreneurs, we profile resilient farmers in Timor-Leste who are rethinking the way food is produced in that country in the face of rising competition from cheap, factory-processed foods.
Of significant note, the Berggruen Institute announced this week that the director of the London School of Economics, Craig Calhoun, will take over as president of the Berggruen Institute in the summer of 2016. Announcing the appointment, Nicolas Berggruen, the founder and chairman of the Berggruen Institute, remarked, "Having headed the London School of Economics, Craig brings to us the world-class experience of leadership as well as scholarly achievement in the top ranks of global education. His aspiration over the years to establish 'an institutional location for practical reason in public affairs' is a perfect fit with the mission of the Berggruen Institute."
Fusion this week looks at the new ways Uber has developed to monitor bad drivers through their smartphones. Finally, in our Singularity series, we learn that the secret to memory capacity (in humans) may be synapse size.
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We not only deliver breaking news from the best sources with original reportage on the ground and user-generated content; we bring the best minds and most authoritative as well as fresh and new voices together to make sense of events from a global perspective looking around, not a national perspective looking out.
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In a remarkable interview published this week in Asia Times, he takes the long view, transcending contemporary geopolitics and embracing the return of the Middle Kingdom's ancient civilization to the global stage as enriching for us all.
"For me, China has always been a reference point of greatness," the pontiff was quoted as saying. "A great country. But more than a country, a great culture, with an inexhaustible wisdom." It was the first time in 2,000 years that a pope had extended greetings on the Lunar New Year to a Chinese leader. In the interview, Francis referred to the experience of Matteo Ricci, the 16th century Jesuit missionary who in many ways introduced China to the West. "Ricci's experience teaches us that it is necessary to enter into dialogue with China, because it is an accumulation of wisdom and history." We in the West, he further said, have a "duty to respect it with a capital 'R'."
Writing from Rome for our "Following Francis" series, Sébastien Maillard explains why the pope is "looking East" to Russia and China, including talk of a possible compromise with Beijing that would allow the Vatican to once again appoint bishops there.
Former Hong Kong governor C.H. Tung also invokes history to make his case that China has no desire for world leadership today. "At the height of the Ming Dynasty, when China had 30 percent of the GDP of the world, China remained peaceful and did not make incursions into foreign lands," he writes.
Those who aren't concerned about China's rise are concerned about its demise as the rapid growth of past decades slows. Writing from Beijing, Justin Yifu Lin tells us not to worry. With plenty of capital to invest and through a turn toward consumption and services, says Lin, China will be able to reach its 6.5 percent growth target. It "will continue to be the main growth engine in the world, contributing around 30 percent of global growth annually." In a gallery of images from a new book by China Digital Times, Sophie Beach displays the popular protest cartoons of Chinese illustrator Badiucao.
In the U.S. presidential primary caucuses in Iowa this week, voters demoted Donald Trump, America's top China-basher, knocking him down to second place just ahead of another China foe, Marco Rubio, both falling behind the first place finish for Republicans of evangelical crusader Ted Cruz. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton squeaked by left-wing populist Bernie Sanders. These results prompted veteran analyst Jeff Greenfield to posit that "anger could prove to be the driving force of the primaries." For Greenfield, the votes ahead will answer these consequential questions: "Just how disaffected is the American electorate? Is disaffection deep and powerful enough to render the traditional assets of a potential president -- experience, temperament, solidity -- an actual liability?" Former Obama adviser Ben LaBolt concurs. "Extreme populism has been on the rise in Europe," he writes, and Sanders and the Republican frontrunners "are attempting to foment a similar sentiment in the U.S.."
In an interview with WorldPost Managing Editor Farah Mohamed, Islamic scholar Akbar Ahmed weighs in on President Obama's first visit to a U.S. mosque as commander in chief. It may be late in his term, Ahmed says, but for the president to visit a mosque when Donald Trump is calling for a ban on Muslims entering the country is clearly a significant statement of American values. Arturo Sarukhan joins two other diplomats in calling for "a pivot to North America" in the global strategies of Mexico, Canada and the U.S..
In the first of a new series, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees wonders what will happen to a planet populated by 11 billion people. In an interview, Alec Ross outlines his new book on the pros and cons of "The Industries of the Future." "The last trillion-dollar industry was built on computer code," Ross says. "The next will be built on genetic code." He also says that "the weaponization of code is the biggest development in warfare since the invention of the atomic bomb." Writing from Cape Town, Claire van den Heever reports that Facebook is not the only game in town in Africa, where the Chinese WeChat service is set to become the only app Africans need.
Writing from Oslo, Jan Egeland scores the dearth of international aid for refugees. Governments closing their borders to Syrian refugees often claim they help Syrians best "in their own region," he writes, but "it is a myth that they provide Syrian war victims with significant aid." In this week's "Forgotten Fact," we also look at the conflict in Syria and the aid that has unfortunately not made its way there. Daniel Marans describes how Greece is being squeezed between the burdens of the refugee influx and its economic downturn.
European parliamentarian Miguel Urban writes from Spain that, "the exponential increase of refugees and migrants is tearing at the seams of the European Union, which is neither as united nor as supportive as it has tried to appear." This photo series by Josef Schulz captures Europe's past of closed borders to suggest it could also be the future. UNESCO chief Irina Bokova writes that she's concerned about the lack of education for young refugees as their exile from home drags on. "Six years on," she writes, "it is time to think more long term, because a generation of young Syrians is in danger of being lost to despair, to violent extremism -- the foundations for peace in the future will erode if this reality is neglected." Writing from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dana Ali laments that, five years after the overthrow of Gaddafi during the Arab Spring, "Libya is still in a state of war." World Reporter Nick Robins-Early explains how Libya is becoming the fallback location for the self-described Islamic State as it loses territory in Syria and Iraq. Writing from Paris, Bernard-Henri Lévy reviews a new film by François Margolin on "how jihadists are made."
World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati sees extreme inequality around the globe today as "a symptom of broken society." The U.N. Development Program's Mandeep Dhaliwal examines how the combination of environmental degradation and gender inequality can lead to the rise and spread of diseases, including the Zika virus. World Reporter Charlotte Alfred reviews how the lessons of the Ebola outbreak can help us cope with the Zika virus.
In a photo post from our series on everyday entrepreneurs, we profile resilient farmers in Timor-Leste who are rethinking the way food is produced in that country in the face of rising competition from cheap, factory-processed foods.
Of significant note, the Berggruen Institute announced this week that the director of the London School of Economics, Craig Calhoun, will take over as president of the Berggruen Institute in the summer of 2016. Announcing the appointment, Nicolas Berggruen, the founder and chairman of the Berggruen Institute, remarked, "Having headed the London School of Economics, Craig brings to us the world-class experience of leadership as well as scholarly achievement in the top ranks of global education. His aspiration over the years to establish 'an institutional location for practical reason in public affairs' is a perfect fit with the mission of the Berggruen Institute."
Fusion this week looks at the new ways Uber has developed to monitor bad drivers through their smartphones. Finally, in our Singularity series, we learn that the secret to memory capacity (in humans) may be synapse size.
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EDITORS: Nathan Gardels, Senior Advisor to the Berggruen Institute on Governance and the long-time editor of NPQ and the Global Viewpoint Network of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate/Tribune Media, is the Editor-in-Chief of The WorldPost. Farah Mohamed is the Managing Editor of The WorldPost. Kathleen Miles is the Senior Editor of The WorldPost. Alex Gardels and Peter Mellgard are the Associate Editors of The WorldPost. Katie Nelson is the National Editor at the Huffington Post, overseeing The WorldPost and HuffPost's editorial coverage. Eline Gordts is HuffPost's Senior World Editor. Charlotte Alfred and Nick Robins-Early are World Reporters. Rowaida Abdelaziz is Social Media Editor.
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The Asia Society and its ChinaFile, edited by Orville Schell, is our primary partner on Asia coverage. Eric X. Li and the Chunqiu Institute/Fudan University in Shanghai and Guancha.cn also provide first person voices from China. We also draw on the content of China Digital Times. Seung-yoon Lee is The WorldPost link in South Korea.
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Leading the March towards Criminal Justice
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice. . . . I’ve come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitment to the rule of law, fairness, and equality cannot be measured by how we treat the rich, the powerful, the privileged, and the respected among us. The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”
--Bryan Stevenson, Author of Just Mercy and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative
Bryan Stevenson’s inspiring and best-selling book Just Mercy shares some of the fruits of his lifelong fight to push our nation closer to true justice. In January our nation took two more steps forward in the ongoing struggle to treat children like children and ensure a fairer justice system for all, especially for our poor and those of color.
In 2012 Bryan Stevenson won the landmark United States Supreme Court case Miller v. Alabama banning mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole for children 17-years-old and younger. Until then the United States was the only country in the world that routinely condemned children convicted of crimes as young as 13 and 14 to die in prison. After that ruling most states that had sentenced youths to mandatory life sentences gave them the opportunity to argue for reduced sentences or apply for parole. Seven did not: Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana and Pennsylvania. Three of these, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Michigan, accounted for more than 1,100 of the 1,200-1,500 inmates still imprisoned for crimes committed as children. A January 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v. Louisiana made clear that the Miller decision must be applied retroactively in every state. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the decision, “The opportunity for release will be afforded to those who demonstrate the truth of Miller’s central intuition — that children who commit even heinous crimes are capable of change.”
One of Bryan Stevenson’s searing stories in Just Mercy is about a child sentenced to life in prison without parole. Ian Manuel pled guilty to armed robbery and attempted murder for a crime he committed with two older boys when he was thirteen. He was incarcerated at Apalachee Correctional Institution in Florida, an adult prison, and sent to solitary confinement: “Solitary confinement at Apalachee means living in a concrete box the size of a walk-in closet . . . If you shout or scream, your time in solitary is extended; if you hurt yourself by refusing to eat or mutilating your body, your time in solitary is extended . . . In solitary Ian became a self-described ‘cutter’; he would take anything sharp on his food tray to cut his wrists and arms just to watch himself bleed. His mental health unraveled, and he attempted suicide several times. Each time he hurt himself or acted out, his time in isolation was extended. Ian spent 18 years in uninterrupted solitary confinement”—despite calls from even his victim about his inhumane confinement.
Tragically Ian Manuel’s story is not unique. The same day the U.S. Supreme Court decided Montgomery v. Louisiana, President Obama announced a ban on solitary confinement in the federal prison system for all children and youths, and for adults incarcerated for “low-level infractions” in an executive action that should serve as a model for all states and local jurisdictions. The President wrote solitary confinement “has been linked to depression, alienation, withdrawal, a reduced ability to interact with others and the potential for violent behavior. Some studies indicate that it can worsen existing mental illnesses and even trigger new ones. Prisoners in solitary are more likely to commit suicide, especially juveniles and people with mental illnesses. The United States is a nation of second chances, but the experience of solitary confinement too often undercuts that second chance. . . . In America, we believe in redemption. We believe, in the words of Pope Francis, that ‘every human person is endowed with an inalienable dignity, and society can only benefit from the rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes.’ We believe that when people make mistakes, they deserve the opportunity to remake their lives. And if we can give them the hope of a better future, and a way to get back on their feet, then we will leave our children with a country that is safer, stronger and worthy of our highest ideals.”
Reaching that vision of America—the one that believes in redemption and hope and equal justice for all—is the goal Bryan Stevenson has been striving for throughout his life. His critical victories over 30 years exonerating innocent death row prisoners and helping ensure fairer treatment for others, along with his earlier success before the U.S. Supreme Court in Roper v. Simmons that banned the execution of children have convinced him you cannot make a difference and create justice until you get close to the people who are struggling. He has said, “All of my clients are broken. They’ve been broken by poverty. They’ve been broken by racism. They’ve been broken by inequality. They’ve been broken by injustice. . . . When you’re broken you need grace. When you’re broken you need love. When you’re broken you need fellowship. When you’re broken you need understanding. When you’re broken you need vision.” Bryan Stevenson is unwavering in that vision and in lifting his voice of great moral clarity at the forefront of the struggle. Every new hard-earned and overdue victory should remind us all that we must keep moving towards greater justice for all.
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New Artist Reviews: Jim Wellman
There are many faces of music which cater to the many faces of humans. Founding member of the group the Brand New Heavies, Jim Wellman, is set to release his upcoming solo project titled Dawn to Dusk, a record of dissent. "The album is social commentary but viewed through perspectives of human psychological evolution and analysis of mass communication and propaganda," Wellman describes. "The core of the work is the understanding that Man lives in a world of amazing technological development but is still encumbered with medieval forms of government by representatives who serve mainly the interests of the elite."
After leaving the Brand New Heavies, Wellman had no intent of rekindling a career in the music industry. As he lived out his life, he became unsettled by various world events, in particular, the Western support of fascism in the Ukraine as well as the manipulative propaganda constantly spewing from the mainstream media. Like most artists, his musical dormancy was reactivated as he began to write music as a way to express his disdain for our world's dissent.
Spending over a year in production, Wellman created a new jazz/funk/disco concept album entitled Dawn to Dusk which he considers to be his magnum opus. Driven by subversive subject matter, Wellman's attempt was to use music as a tool for change, as many other artists have in the past. He digs deep into the the mechanisms of human evolution to show how enormously flawed our society has become. He is an advocate for new forms of direct democracy and examines the very core of society's proverbial knot that is very far from untangling.
Musically, Dawn to Dusk is neatly composed and sweet sounding to our ears. Smooth melodies, sweeping vocals and swishing percussion deliver a heavy message with ease. The dichotomy of his upbeat style and his quest for change makes for a powerful combination as he avoids aggressive sounds to allow the music to reach a wider audience. After all, the herald must be heard in order deliver his message.
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Carolina for the Equality Win
When my own favorite team doesn't make a championship, I usually cheer for the team with the team that scores the highest on my equality card.
I look at things like player activism, team activism, player missteps and hometown politics (because I feel that cities with inclusive laws should be rewarded with, praise, lucrative sporting events and yes, even national sports titles).
Usually for the Super Bowl, my assessment comes down to hometown politics and player missteps. The NFL is only just starting to publicly enter the LGBT inclusion space. And only a handful of NFL players actively advocate for LGBT equality. But this year I've added "how well a team treats their fans" to the metrics given a recent study that revealed how poorly LGBT fans are treated.
This year, it's the Carolina Panthers for the equality win.
Recently, Bank of America Stadium, home the Carolina Panthers, quietly yet publicly affirmed their policy on transgender inclusion in the use of their bathroom facilities. All fans were encouraged to use the bathrooms consistent with their gender identity and comfort.
Keep in mind, the Panther's stadium is in Charlotte, N.C. which means the Panther's play in a city that lacks LGBT protections. Moreover, Charlotte's LGBT ordinance failed last year. So, in a city and state that lacks LGBT protections, in an uncertain LGBT political climate, they made the call to publicly state their position on a major transgender equality and inclusion issue. They choose dignity and respect for ALL of its fans.
This means that at Panther's home games, transgender fans can feel safer when they go to cheer on their favorite team. Transgender fans can also feel more welcome at games. In a time where 83 percent of Americans feel that sports events are not safe for LGBT fans, such a simple step is crucial to LGBT inclusion in the stands. It also speaks volumes about how much a fan is valued.
This move could also have significant impact outside the stands. Charlotte is in the process of trying to pass an LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance again this year. Last year, this effort was derailed over the opposition's fear that all hell would break loose if transgender people were able to have access to bathrooms that matched their gender identity.
But sports, especially football, wield significant influence in Charlotte. And the Panthers are the pride of North Carolina and football icons. If LGBT fans can have access to the right bathrooms in this iconic, stereotypically transphobic space without all hell breaking loose, then maybe Charlotte will follow the championship team's example and finally makes these protections city-wide.
Charlotte's City Council will be meeting to discuss this LGBT ordinance the day after the Super Bowl. If Charlotte fans are lucky and predictions are correct, they might win doubly this month -- the Super Bowl 50 title and Charlotte equality.
You can tell a lot about a team by how hard they work on on the field and how well they treat their fans. The Carolina Panthers are winning in both categories.
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I look at things like player activism, team activism, player missteps and hometown politics (because I feel that cities with inclusive laws should be rewarded with, praise, lucrative sporting events and yes, even national sports titles).
Usually for the Super Bowl, my assessment comes down to hometown politics and player missteps. The NFL is only just starting to publicly enter the LGBT inclusion space. And only a handful of NFL players actively advocate for LGBT equality. But this year I've added "how well a team treats their fans" to the metrics given a recent study that revealed how poorly LGBT fans are treated.
This year, it's the Carolina Panthers for the equality win.
Recently, Bank of America Stadium, home the Carolina Panthers, quietly yet publicly affirmed their policy on transgender inclusion in the use of their bathroom facilities. All fans were encouraged to use the bathrooms consistent with their gender identity and comfort.
Keep in mind, the Panther's stadium is in Charlotte, N.C. which means the Panther's play in a city that lacks LGBT protections. Moreover, Charlotte's LGBT ordinance failed last year. So, in a city and state that lacks LGBT protections, in an uncertain LGBT political climate, they made the call to publicly state their position on a major transgender equality and inclusion issue. They choose dignity and respect for ALL of its fans.
This means that at Panther's home games, transgender fans can feel safer when they go to cheer on their favorite team. Transgender fans can also feel more welcome at games. In a time where 83 percent of Americans feel that sports events are not safe for LGBT fans, such a simple step is crucial to LGBT inclusion in the stands. It also speaks volumes about how much a fan is valued.
This move could also have significant impact outside the stands. Charlotte is in the process of trying to pass an LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance again this year. Last year, this effort was derailed over the opposition's fear that all hell would break loose if transgender people were able to have access to bathrooms that matched their gender identity.
But sports, especially football, wield significant influence in Charlotte. And the Panthers are the pride of North Carolina and football icons. If LGBT fans can have access to the right bathrooms in this iconic, stereotypically transphobic space without all hell breaking loose, then maybe Charlotte will follow the championship team's example and finally makes these protections city-wide.
Charlotte's City Council will be meeting to discuss this LGBT ordinance the day after the Super Bowl. If Charlotte fans are lucky and predictions are correct, they might win doubly this month -- the Super Bowl 50 title and Charlotte equality.
You can tell a lot about a team by how hard they work on on the field and how well they treat their fans. The Carolina Panthers are winning in both categories.
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How Real Is 'Marcomentum'?
DERRY, N.H. -- Admittedly, a Jeb Bush townhall and a Chris Christie restaurant visit are bad places to look for Marco Rubio voters.
And yet there I was, practically begging New Hampshire voters to tell me they had been leaning toward a GOP establishment candidate, but were now lining up behind Rubio to take down Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
“What do you make of the argument that establishment Republicans need to get behind Rubio because he’s the only one who can beat Trump?” I asked, over and over, in some form or another, feeling as if the Rubio campaign should probably start paying me.
But in spite of my most flawed interview techniques, I was getting an interesting answer.
Sorry, New Hampshire voters would say, knowing they were stepping all over my tidy little narrative.
Rubio’s too inexperienced.
He’s too immature.
I want someone who’s been a governor.
Maybe in four years.
They just didn’t seem to like him. The narrative that said they were supposed to peel off their Christie or John Kasich bumper stickers, turn in their Jeb! lawn signs, and get on the Rubio bandwagon hadn’t reached them.
Had they missed the tweets? Didn’t they see Marco’s (third-place) victory speech in Iowa? Could they have actually missed "Hardball"?
I don’t mean to suggest Rubio is less popular than the polls here say. This isn’t an #unskew argument. A new Suffolk poll released Friday has Rubio surging, running neck-and-neck with Trump. And I eventually found some Rubio supporters. I even found people who perfectly fit my narrative -- that they liked the Christies and the Kasichs, but Rubio was their guy. I only had to go to a Marco Rubio rally to find them.
What I want to suggest, however, is this: There are still a lot of New Hampshire voters who are going to support the candidate they feel strongest about, despite a seemingly hopeless position in the polls.
If you believe the polls -- and I see no compelling reason not to -- Rubio is going to come out of New Hampshire ordained as the establishment candidate. I’m just not sure the bandwagon effect is as strong as Rubio’s campaign is making it out to be.
On Friday, the campaign moved an event from a middle school cafeteria to the gymnasium, citing “Marcomentum.”
And at that rally, I heard plenty of voters tell me they want to pick a winner, someone who is viable, someone who can beat Trump and Hillary Clinton.
But having spent the first 22 years of my life in New Hampshire, I’m familiar with the fierce independence of Granite State voters. As Howard Fineman pointed out in a piece Friday, voters here like to defy the conventional wisdom. And as these voters reminded me again and again, seeing candidates, shaking their hands, asking questions, taking pictures with them, and even withstanding a convenient Beltway narrative -- none of that seemed to have much of an impact on who they were voting for.
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Tyga May Want Custody Of Son With Blac Chyna
Rapper Tyga may want custody of son, King Cairo with Blac Chyna following her arrest and alleged drug possession. A source tells TMZ that Tyga is worried about Chyna’s arrest in Austin and her how her behaviors will affect their son. Tyga has filed doc that would recommend Tyga get Cairo during the week, while […]
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Genius: Sephora's Virtual Artist App
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For the last several years, my dear friend Linda Levy, has dreamed of finding her perfect shade of red lipstick. She's tried dozens in vain. I have also tried to aid her cause by donating every sample of red lipstick that comes my way via blog review samples, goodie bags or Sephora VIB Rouge perks. Alas, nada.
When Linda arrived the next day, with the perfect red lip, I couldn't wait to find out how she achieved it...
She finally decided she was going to make good on her promise to carve out some time and ask the experts at Sephora to help her find the shade that has always alluded her. She did and two brilliant things emerged; 1) They have technology in store that when applied to your face, analyzes your skin tone. With that hurdle out of the way, scientifically, it then can match you with the ideal shades for your foundation, blush and lipstick. 2) If you download Sephora's Virtual Artist App on your phone and allow access to your camera, you can experiment and see yourself in real time, with lipstick in every shade of the rainbow. I was mesmerized!
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For the last several years, my dear friend Linda Levy, has dreamed of finding her perfect shade of red lipstick. She's tried dozens in vain. I have also tried to aid her cause by donating every sample of red lipstick that comes my way via blog review samples, goodie bags or Sephora VIB Rouge perks. Alas, nada.
When Linda arrived the next day, with the perfect red lip, I couldn't wait to find out how she achieved it...
She finally decided she was going to make good on her promise to carve out some time and ask the experts at Sephora to help her find the shade that has always alluded her. She did and two brilliant things emerged; 1) They have technology in store that when applied to your face, analyzes your skin tone. With that hurdle out of the way, scientifically, it then can match you with the ideal shades for your foundation, blush and lipstick. 2) If you download Sephora's Virtual Artist App on your phone and allow access to your camera, you can experiment and see yourself in real time, with lipstick in every shade of the rainbow. I was mesmerized!
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Halsey, Tinashe, and More Beautiful, Badass Singers Just Got a MAC Deal
MAC Cosmetics has gotten us hot and bothered lately. First, it announced its technicolor collection with Chris Chang. Then, it revealed its incredible rewards program. The most recent bit of news from the brand has us so excited, we need to sit down. MAC is partnering with rising stars Halsey, Tinashe, Lion Babe, and Dej Loaf for a new collaboration, Future Forward.
These women were specifically chosen for this new launch due to their creative visions (and likely, their badass beauty track records), and they will each be debuting one product. Halsey and Dej Loaf are releasing lip products - a matte gray-blue lipstick and a shimmering nude gloss, respectively. Tinashe has selected nine shadows for an eye palette, and Lion Babe's item is a gold liquid liner with a foil-like finish.
This online-exclusive collection will roll out on four dates (one for each performer). Tinashe's product drops first on March 17, then Halsey's on March 31. Dej Loaf's gloss will be available on April 14, and the collaboration is completed with Lion Babe's launch on April 28. Read on to get a sneak peek of the edgy products!
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Richfeel Blueberry Skin Radiance CTM Kit-Cleanser Toner Moisturizer Review
Hello my beautiful friends, Today I am going to review ‘Richfeel Blueberry Skin Radiance CTM Kit’. We all know the role a good skin care regime plays in order to get healthy skin. I always try to adhere to it no matter what, and that’s the reason why I purchased this CTM kit. Before I bought this kit I was using products of different brands,
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14 Days of Giveaways- Day 5
Sorry I'm posting this so late in the day guys, but today was just crazy. :() The day 5 giveaway is a Coastal Scents Revealed 2 Palette! These warm, rosy shades are just beautiful in both matte and shimmer finishes. Good luck! :)
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Gwyneth "Beat the Sh*t Out of Everyone" To Create New Beauty Venture
The Goop goddess had some pretty exacting standards when it came to signing off on her new organic makeup collections with Juice Beauty.
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19 Best Bob Haircuts That Look Amazing on Everyone
This stylish short hairstyle will have you itching to get into the salon chair before you can say, "chop chop".
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The #ProductEmpties We Loved to the Last Drop
From new finds to longtime favorites, these are beauty products that our editors use until the bitter end (of the tube). Ever had a beauty product you love so much that you shook, hacked, scraped or squeezed its container until you were absolutely positive you had expended all of its precious contents? Rare indeed is the product that elicits that deliciously desperate feeling, especially in beauty editors. So when our team of beauty mavens encounters a rave-worthy product, you know it's the real deal. Herewith, our editors rattle off their "beauty empties," aka the best beauty products that they can't help but use until the last drop. Read on for their best nail polishes, hair products, skin care products and makeup now.
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