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Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with the leaders of the European Parliament to discuss the Cambridge Analytica data leak ended in acrimony, with complaints that the Facebook founder didn't answer a single question. Zuckerberg arrived in Brussels on Tuesday to be questioned by leaders of the parliament’s eight main political groups about how…
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A black trans woman has claimed that no major modelling agency will give her a contract because someone like her is "too much of a gamble". Leyna Bloom, took to Instagram this week to tell her 125,000 followers of the difficulty she has been experiencing in her attempts to break…
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Alcohol is a bizarre concoction; one minute, it gives you the courage to speak to your crush, the next it has you asleep upside-down in a dumpster, in a town you haven't even heard of (or even worse - a different country, depending on how hard you partied that night).…
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As a trans person, coming out to anyone can be difficult, but what if the person you were coming out to was your 86-year-old devoted Catholic grandmother? That's exactly the situation that Leah Hintz from Florida found herself in last week when she decided to reveal her secret to her…
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As more and more stories surrounding the #MeToo movement come to surface, it's clear to see a lot of industries - if not all - need some heavy vetting. Now Mario Batali is being investigated for a second sexual assault allegation. Just one day after a source at the New…
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Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal with Netflix to produce films and documentaries, but the announcement has led many people online to threaten to cancel their subscriptions, with a boycott Netflix hashtag trending. In a Netflix press release, it was announced that the former US president and former…
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On Saturday, the eyes of the world were on the UK. But, while they had previously been on the country due to its questionable political decisions (*ahem* Brexit *ahem*), this time it was for a more joyous and heartwarming reason. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married at a beautiful ceremony…
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Thanks to the internet and the smartphone age, there's terabytes upon terabytes of information at our fingertips whenever we like, and for the most part, that's a good thing. But no matter how hard we try, there are things we may never know, regardless of how gratuitously we Google them.…
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So I don't know, guys: apparently there was a Royal Wedding or something this weekend? If, by some miracle, you had no idea that Prince Harry was getting married to Suits star Meghan Markle last Saturday, then congratulations on getting WiFi to work from that rock you're living under. Really.…
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One year ago today, the Manchester Arena in the UK was targeted by a suicide bomber during an Ariana Grande concert. 22 people lost their lives that night and a further 139 suffered injuries, with more than half of the victims being children. In the wake of the attack, which…
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Last week, the internet became divided after Twitter user Cloe Feldman posted a surprisingly controversial clip to the social media platform. It was titled, simply: "What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel" - and, given that all one had to do to answer the question was listen to a voice clip,…
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It's now been a few days since the curtain closed on the royal wedding, and while we're not back to normal just yet, the world does seem to be restoring itself to its former state before all the celebrations and street parties. The ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle…
