Alt-Right Trolls Try to Tank Amy Schumer's Netflix Special
Reviews for Amy Schumer’s new Neflix stand-up special were remarkably low due to an organized attempt by Redditors on an alt-right thread dedicated to tearing apart as much of her work as possible.
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Gorsuch Poses 'Grave Threat' to LGBT Rights, Say Advocates
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, whose confirmation hearings begin Monday, has a record “fundamentally at odds” with LGBT equality, activists say.
www.advocate.com/politics/2017/3/16/gorsuch-poses-grave-threat-lgbt-rights-say-advocates
Jussie Smollett ‘FUW’ is a Blistering Anti-Trump Anthem of Rage and Resistance – WATCH
Empire actor Jussie Smollett debuted “F.U.W.” (short for “f**ked up world), a new track accompanied by a searing anti-Trump video (directed by Smollett) that captures how many are feeling under this new regime.
The black-and-white video features men and woman of various ethnicities and highlights injustices, from human and LGBT rights to religious and racial prejudices. A woman wears a hijab in one scene, a boy wears a hoodie in another and four women put their fists up as they stand in front of the words, “My body, my rights.”
“This song is for the oppressed. That’s why I feel like people will connect with it because it is very broad, because oppression is so broad,” he said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press.
In another scene, a man in a wheelchair runs over a Donald Trump mask.
“That mask is a representation of this false idea of patriotism. And that mask is a representation of this idea of white male privilege,” 34-year-old Smollett said. “It’s so much bigger than him. It’s what he represents, and it’s because of that representation, that’s why he’s the president of the United States currently.”
“It’s our opportunity to take those masks off and shatter them, so that’s what I did,” he added.
Watch:
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5 Questions With Political Documentarian Adam Curtis
Curtis’s new film, HyperNormalisation, tackles the “growing unreality” of Trump’s America and how we can combat it.
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/3/16/5-questions-political-documentarian-adam-curtis
Charlotte mayoral candidate sends a pooping dog GIF to defend his LGBT record
Oklahoma's Disgraceful Senator Is the Definition of Hypocrite
The irony is as thick as the weed smoke coming from that Super8 motel room, writes Amanda Kerri.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/3/16/oklahomas-disgraceful-senator-definition-hypocrite
Bette Davis who? Jessica Lange’s real-life feud is all too real.
“I feud in my head with people. Like now I’m carrying on a feud with Kellyanne Conway — in my head. I mean the thing is, really, if you got a script as an actor, and that script came to you and they preface it by saying, ‘You’ve been offered this part.’ Your agent calls — ‘You’ve been offered this part.’ One of the most important women in the government right, you know, she’s a council to the president, she’s a spokesperson. And then you pick up the script and read it and think, ‘They’ve got to be kidding.’ You’ve got a scene where you talk about ‘alternative facts? You’ve got a scene where you imagine the microwave is turning into a camera? I mean, you go to the inauguration dressed as a nutcracker? You can just hear that conversation with the actor. ‘Are you kidding me?’ Nobody’s going to take this character seriously, she’s a joke.”— Jessica Lange, when asked by Steven Colbert if she has any feuds of her own. We’re with you Jessica, we’re with you.
Watch the full interview below:
Senate Intel Committee Rebukes Trump: ‘No Evidence…That Trump Tower was Under Surveillance’
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump’s claim that Trump Tower was wiretapped by President Obama or under surveillance.
“Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016.”
Senate Intel Cmte says there’s no evidence of wiretapping at Trump Tower—before or after the election. pic.twitter.com/CpMKtXzHaD
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 16, 2017
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Senate Intel Committee Rebukes Trump: ‘No Evidence…That Trump Tower was Under Surveillance’
Women Who Paved the Way: Blues Singer Gladys Bentley
To mark Women’s History Month, The Advocate will feature a different queer woman from history each day. Today we look at legendary blues singer Gladys Bentley.
www.advocate.com/women/2017/3/16/women-who-paved-way-blues-singer-gladys-bentley
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