As a drag superstar whose work requires her to travel the world, Trixie Mattel has not always felt safe in hotels. “Traveling alone with my guitar and my autoharp and a bunch of wigs, it was a struggle,” she said. “And, I mean, taking the elevator down to the lobby in drag is scary.”
Mattel said hotels have often made her feel like they are designed for cisgender men, with space to hang a suit but no vanity or beauty lighting. Read More...
The Los Angeles Lakers continued their dramatic transformation under the new front-office pairing of team President Magic Johnson and General Manager Rob Pelinka on Tuesday, sending point guard D'Angelo Russell and center Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets for center Brook Lopez and the 27th pick in Thursday's NBA draft, sources confirmed to The Washington Post.
The move means the Lakers are parting ways with Russell just two years after he was drafted second overall. Read More...
Explore More The Oscars aren’t woman enough to air an advertisement about the raw side of motherhood.
The ad, which was barred from showing during the Academy Awards’ three-hour broadcast, opens with the sound of a crying newborn. On-screen, an apparently exhausted and suffering new mom trudges into a bathroom, wearing a thick, diaper-like mesh underwear — typical postpartum garb, though most probably wouldn’t know that.
“Postpartum recovery doesn’t have to be this hard,” the title card reads at the end. Read More...