Allie Eve Knox, an adult-content creator specializing in findom (financial domination, a fetish related specifically to payment), has gotten a lot of unique requests before: “Armpit tickling. Armpit humiliation. Pegging my lawyer,” she says, ticking them off. Someone once asked her to role-play as an evil substance-abuse counselor; another hired …
Read More »Jane Fonda on Why Our Climate Crisis Demands Civil Disobedience
In honor of Rolling Stone’sClimate Crisis Issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the world …
Read More »Corey Feldman Names Alleged Abusers in Long-Awaited Film
Fifteen minutes into Monday night’s premiere of Corey Feldman‘s long-awaited documentary, (My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys, the 48-year-old former child actor suddenly came sprinting down the aisle of the theater where the screening was being held. Flanked by four security guards, Feldman asked for the house lights to …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Faces Six Counts of Disorderly Conduct in Chicago for Making 'False Reports'
Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted by a Cook County, Illinois grand jury on six counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly making “false reports,” special prosecutor Dan K. Webb announced on Tuesday. In 2019, Smollett claimed he was a victim of a hate crime. The actor, who had …
Read More »What Is Coronavirus, the Mysterious Virus Spreading Across China?
Recently, reports from Wuhan, China, started circulating of people getting sickened by “novel coronavirus,” or 2019-nCoV, a mysterious virus that has been spreading across China. As of Thursday afternoon, there are 653 confirmed cases of n-CoV and 18 people have died from the virus, with some suggesting the actual count …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Charged With Rape, Sexual Assault in Los Angeles
Prosecutors in Los Angeles charged Harvey Weinstein with sex crimes involving two women Monday, the same day his trial on similar charges began in New York City. Weinstein is accused of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents spread over two days in 2013. He’s facing felony …
Read More »United Methodist Church Proposes Split Over Gay Marriage, LGBTQ Clergy
The United Methodist Church, the third-largest religious denomination in the United States, is set to split over gay marriage and allowing LGBTQ people to become clergy members. On Thursday, a group of Methodists bishops and other leaders finalized a proposal that would allow “traditionalist-minded congregations to form a new denomination” …
Read More »Who Is Rodney Reed? Why Celebrities Are Rallying for the Release of a Death Row Inmate
A campaign to release Rodney Reed, a Texas death row inmate scheduled for execution later this month, has gained traction following testimony that raises significant questions about his guilt. Reed is on death row in the state of Texas for rape and murder. He has long maintained his innocence. In …
Read More »Mother of Wisconsin THC Vape Counterfeiters Also Arrested
The mother of two Wisconsin brothers accused of running a massive counterfeit THC vape operation was arrested Monday, local ABC affiliate WISN 2 reports. Courtney Huffhines, 43, was charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession with intent to deliver and misappropriation of personal identifying materials. She is currently being …
Read More »Just What Exactly Is the Museum of Weed Anyway?
Halfway through our tour of the Museum of Weed, an interactive cannabis education hub that opened in Los Angeles this month, things started to get a little, well, heady. As Weedmaps‘ Madeline Donegan, the executive director of the museum, passed us through an exhibit detailing California’s Compassionate Use Act and …
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