If a certain subsection of Republicans get their way, obtaining a divorce in the US might soon become a lot more difficult
Theyβve come after abortion. Theyβve come after birth control. Theyβve come after IVF. Now it looks suspiciously like far-right Republicans might have a new target: no-fault divorce. If a certain subsection of Republicans get their way, obtaining a divorce in the US might soon become a lot more difficult.
A bar in Idaho has gone viral for launching a Heterosexual Awesomeness Month. Unfortunately, itβs a familiar wheeze
Spare a thought for the poor heterosexual: a wretched creature, shunned and marginalised despite living in a world built around their lifestyle choices. This oppressed majority has, finally, found an ally in the form of a bar in Idaho called Old State Saloon, which recently went viral for celebrating βHeterosexual Awesomeness Monthβ. On Mondays in June, βany heterosexual male dressed like a heterosexual male will receive a free draft beerβ and on Wednesdays heterosexual couples get β15% off their billβ.
If this exhausting joke sounds a little familiar, itβs because these sorts of shenanigans happen every single Pride month. Some wag with a chip on their shoulder will decide that itβs unfair that the gays get a whole month to themselves and will launch something to increase awareness of heterosexual people. In 2011, for example, a Brazilian politician tried to get the city of SΓ£o Paulo to establish a Heterosexual Pride Day. That didnβt end up passing but, in 2019, Boston held a Straight Pride Parade. A few hundred Trump supporters marched with signs bearing slogans such as βStraight lives matterβ.
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My true crime obsession led me to spend countless hours and thousands of dollars investigating a missing persons case. I didnβt crack it. But I nearly cracked under the pressure
Admit it: you have listened to so many true crime podcasts that you think you could solve a murder.
That was how I felt, anyway. Several years ago, when true crime was at its peak, I developed a severe case of an affliction blighting millennial women around the world: amateur detective syndrome. I had immersed myself in so many murder mysteries that I figured it couldnβt be that hard to investigate one. I have written about the ethics of true crime, but I didnβt think much about the ethics of my decision to embark on a true crime crusade. I just wanted to find a juicy story.