archiveFebruary 2021

“Are you Catholic?” Anne Barrett Doyle smiled at me expectantly with kind, sea-green eyes. It was months before the pandemic hit, and Barrett Doyle had invited me over to the Boston loft she and her husband moved into after the last of their four kids left for college. A crucifix...

Photographs by Imaxtree. Design by Kayleen Dicuangco. This is Texture Talk, a weekly column that deep dives into the dynamic world of curly hair, from crowns of curls that are free flowing to strands that are tucked away in a protective style. By Natasha Bruno Date February 25, 2021 Facebook...

June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) makes her escape from the dystopian world of Gilead where women are subjugated in a new teaser for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Season Four of the series premieres on April 28th. Based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, the series follows June, one of the handmaids in...

Set in the fictional Castle Rock, Maine (the same setting as The Dead Zone, Cujo, Needful Things, and more), Elevation tells the story of Scott Carey, a man with a mysterious problem: no matter what he does, he continues to lose weight – and what only makes the condition more...

Oreo cookies. (LightRocket via Getty/ SOPA Images/ Igor Golovniov) Oreo cookies have divided the internet once again, this time by simply declaring that trans people do, in fact, exist. On Thursday (25 February), the biscuit brand tweeted: “Trans people exist.” Oreo gave no context to the tweet, although many interpreted...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been increasing hate and violence directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. In New York City, anti-Asian hate crimes rose by 1,900% in 2020. Many AAPI people have reported being coughed at or spat on, denied ride share services, and had racial...

It’s a flawless victory for Warner Bros./New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat marketing campaign. The studio took a big swing by premiering a red band trailer for their new Mortal Kombat adaptation and hit a grand slam. The trailer has clocked 116M views in its first week, becoming the biggest red...

Reba McEntire is returning to television to reprise her previous appearance on Young Sheldon. The country superstar posted to social media on Wednesday (Feb. 24) to reveal her upcoming guest appearance. which is set to air on Thursday (Feb. 25)."June's back! Don’t miss her return to Young Sheldon tomorrow night...

The rebellion begins on April 28. That's when season four of The Handmaid's Tale premieres on Hulu, and June (Elisabeth Moss) is now fighting a war against Gilead after her escape. The trailer promises an intense war ahead, and the season description indicates that June's fight gets extremely personal.  "June strikes back...

From the day she stepped foot into the Amazon warehouse, Jennifer Bates could tell this was going to be a difficult job. Bates works in the fulfillment center in Bessemer, AL, where she says she works long, physically-challenging shifts with short breaks. Other employees have reported needing to meet demanding...

Photography via BECCA CosmeticsThe brand that paved the way for natural, lit-from-within beauty is officially closing its doors come September 2021. By Meaghan Wray Date February 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Becca Cosmetics, the brand responsible for see-them-from-space highlighted cheekbones, is the latest company to be hit hard by COVID-19. On...

Amazon Prime Video has shared the first teaser trailer for The Underground Railroad, director Barry Jenkins’ limited series about the Civil War-era slave-liberating network. Based on author Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel, the 10-episode series focuses on a slave named Cora Randall who, following her escape from a Georgia plantation, journeys...

Beyond just the mythology, however, what also can’t be ignored in this conversation are the literal horrors that the Jewish people have endured for multiple millennia. The community’s history is darkened by traumatic nightmares like slavery in Egypt, the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, Russian/Eastern European pogroms, and persistent anti-Semitism. It...

The US House of Representatives has voted to pass the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill prohibiting discrimination against LGBT+ people in all 50 states. The House voted 224-206 on Thursday (25 February) to pass the sweeping legislation, which substantially expands the existing 1964 Civil Rights Act to include...