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  Yes, You Should Listen to Critics Instead of “The Public”

  March 11 at 5 a.m.

  Captain Marvel is almost out. I have my tickets ready to go, but not until a week after release because of other weekend obligations. So in the meantime I get to watch the internet boil as dueling narratives and reviews compete for clicks. This is on top of the fact...

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  @GirlWithNoJob's Claudia Oshry Bringing a Pop Culture Party to Houston Improv

  March 4 at 6:17 a.m.

  For most people, the mere notion of joblessness is an anxiety ridden nightmare. For comedian Claudia Oshry, it was an opportunity that evolved into a very lucrative business. “I went to college in NYU,” begins the 24-year-old native New Yorker, who will be headlining three shows at Houston Improv...

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  YouTube Demonetizes Anti-Vaccine Videos

  February 26 at 5 a.m.

  The YouTubers who spread conspiracy theories, misinformation, and lies about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines will no longer be able to make money doing so. YouTube announced last Friday that they would cease letting such videos be monetized. This has led to the immediate suspension of monetization of several...

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  Astro Owner’s Ex-Wife Confronts Black Family Taking Pictures in Viral Video

  February 21 at 5:30 a.m.

  African-Americans in 2019 know that when in the process of going about perfectly normal everyday activities it’s a good idea to keep a camera phone ready in case random white people accuse them of doing something illegal or wrong. That happened to Kelyn Alyssa as she was taking birthday photos...

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  Louis C.K.'s Career (What's Left of it) is at an Ideological Crossroads

  January 7 at 5 a.m.

  Louis C.K. is doing shows again. The 51-year old disgraced stand-up is back after a year long hiatus following the sex abuse scandal that (for the most part) ended his career. Last week, a leaked 50 minute audio recording of his latest set made the online rounds, prompting outrage at...

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  Facebook Should Tell People When and How You Were Banned

  Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  I’m in a week-long timeout on Facebook for saying men are trash. I’m not here to whine about censorship like some alt-right dink crashing a White House press briefing to ask a legitimate presidential administration about what horrors will be unleashed if he loses his verified checkmark on Twitter. The...