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Hillary Clinton is an American politician who served as Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady. She was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016 and the first woman to win a major party's presidential nomination.
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Despite being 71-years-old and the current President of the United States, Donald Trump's reaction to criticism is somewhat reminiscent of a 10-year-old bully who has been chastised in front of his whole class: namely, he doesn't refrain from throwing all the punches, despite being wholly aware that it's only going…
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Kim Kardashian: A phenomenon in her own right, and easily one of the most recognisable faces in the world. As with anyone in such a position of exposure, Kim K divides opinion. Some people love her; applauding her for her business-savvy nature, her ability to be a good mother while…
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For over a year since the 2016 Democratic Primary, the left has fractured while the right has united. Supporters of Bernie Sanders alleged that the DNC, the organization which determines the Democratic nominee, was biased against Sanders and 'rigged' the primary in Hillary Clinton's favor. Clinton's camp, as well as…
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Miley Cyrus has gone through a number of renovations to her public and celebrity image. Starting as a Disney Channel star, to twerking on Robin Thicke, releasing an album with the Flaming Lips and now returning to acoustic guitar in some situations, Cyrus has really been a lot of places.…
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One of the beautiful things about Twitter is that it allows us to see the true personalities of our favourite celebrities. Sometimes it's for the good, other times it's for the bad. One person who uses Twitter for their benefit, is JK Rowling. Rowling, who is the author of the…
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The former campaign manager for Donald Trump has been ordered to surrender to US federal authorities as part of the ongoing investigation into the role of Russia in the 2016 presidential election. According to reports on both CNN and The New York Times, Paul Manafort is one of the first…
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At the tail-end of 2016, a snow-swept America dealing with the victory of Donald Trump was consumed by two hysterias. One, the threat of Russia having stolen the election from Hillary Clinton, compelled a great terror that Trump was a foreign plant at the worst, and a collaborator with Vladimir…
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Film production company The Weinstein Company has had some of its most challenging moments in recent weeks after its founder, Harvey Weinstein, was accused of several allegations of sexual assault, a situation that became only more scandalous as dozens more women came forward with their own accounts of abuse. While…
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Remember last September, when Hillary Clinton fainted at the 9/11 memorial? She was taken into a van, and then a few hours later, she emerged from her New York apartment and hugged a young girl, demonstrating just how healthy she was. Well, after that, many elements of the populist right-wing…
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The 45th President of the United States has repeatedly been slammed by allegations of sexism and sexual harassment. Certainly, the business mogul's decision to run in the 2016 Presidential election only resulted in greater coverage of these historic cases of alleged misconduct. Since Trump announced he would be running against…
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The Harvey Weinstein sexual assault allegations have been used as cynical political fuel in recent weeks. Conservatives have been tripping over themselves to condemn Weinstein and all of Hollywood, while meanwhile President Trump has also been accused by at least fifteen women of sexual assault over the years. Conversely, liberals…
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I don’t care how much baseball you watch, you’ve never seen a reach like this. CNN has been embroiled in a feud with President Trump that has blown its ratings through the roof. Portraying themselves as courageous truth-tellers, maligned as fake news, the network has profited enormously off of Trump…
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There is a certain cynical point of view implicit in some critiques of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assaults. Some internet personalities and political commentators on the right are using it to score obvious political points, without much concern for the issue of sexual assault. It fits into everything else in…
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Harvey Weinstein is the film producer who brought you classics like Pulp Fiction, was a major fundraiser for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and is also a serial sexual abuser who has been recorded coercing an actress into sex and has been accused of forcibly raping other actresses. The New…
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There's a problem with performative liberalism. Of course, it's tempting to rally behind every symbolic little protest offered by liberals and centrists against Donald Trump. It's tempting to think that calling oneself a 'Nasty Woman' is a sick burn against the President, or that wearing a p*ssy hat is a…
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Alex Jones is the host of Infowars, a conspiracy theory show that called Sandy Hook a fake massacre, a "false flag" designed to take away Americans' guns. He rose to fame in 2000, when he videotaped the burning of the owl ritual at Bohemain Grove, a bizarre pagan gathering of…
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The relationship between Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg likely drove thousands of voters to Donald Trump. The notion of establishment politics and Silicon Valley uniting in favor of internet censorship makes even the Leviathan itself look like no big deal. In the 21st century, the control of information is everything.…
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Here's a contradiction I see at the core of modern feminism: is feminism designed to advocate for all women, or is it an ideological project that doesn't want to engage with what certain women believe? If most women, for example, opposed abortion, would feminism become more intellectually diverse, or would…
