In honor of the amazing city and its rebuild after Hurricane Harvey, we give you a list of some of the many, many reasons Houston is so incredible. … read more
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We've all witness the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. For millions who live in Houston and the surrounding areas of Texas to others along the gulf, this is a life-changing event. For the rest of us, we only need to check our phones or turn on the television to see the flooding and the suffering. People from all over the country (and other countries) are volunteering their time, money, resources, and expertise to help in any way that they can. That includes a number of celebrities who have donated to Houston relief efforts . Among these generous celebrity donors is Tyler Perry. We have his video below, and he's pledging $1 million to help Houston. Harvey has dumped a record-breaking amount of water on Houston. Yes, Houston is designed to flood. The roads are absolutely designed to catch water. But no city is designed for this much flooding. Especially not when it comes this quickly. We've seen streets turn into rivers so deep that they cover the tops of cars and trucks. Waves run across the surface of the water. That's how much we're talking about. We've seen homes and neighborhoods consumed by floodwaters. People have been swept away. People have drowned. People have been electrocuted. Some people are doubtless still isolated, or waiting to hear from loved ones. To say nothing of the countless heartbreaking stories of dogs who were separated from or abandoned by their humans. (Some dogs were even tied to posts, which you shouldn't do even when you're not condemning your dog to drown to death) This is a natural disaster but also a humanitarian crisis. Tyler Perry, the actor, writer, director, and producer who honestly doesn't need us or anyone else to explain who he is, took to Facebook yesterday to announce his pledge to help with the relief efforts. In the video, he talks about how much he's giving and how he's choosing to share his money. “This is about helping people, so if you want to give, I challenge you to find someone who has boots on the ground.” Note that he isn't suggesting something easy, like donating to the Red Cross. A number of people are leery of donating to the Red Cross after criticisms that Haiti still hasn't seen much of the money donated after their devastating earquake back during Obama's first term as President. The Red Cross has also been unable to clarify how much of what's donated to them right now will go directly to Houston. “I'm sending $250,000 to Lakewood, to make sure they can get all the supplies that people need, and I know for sure that they will. Also, I'm working with Beyonce's pastor [Rudy Rasmus], giving another $250,000 to Bread of Life to make sure that things are immediately getting to the people.” Tyler Perry also says that he is “saving $500,000 for other charities right now.” That is smart, because you don't always know what is immediately necessary. Some places have plenty of food, but need diapers or clothing. Other places have plenty of supplies, but need people with medical training. In addition to working hard to avoid charity scams (seriously, con artists will come out of the woodwork when there's a disaster and people want to donate), you need to see where the chips fall before you can determine where your money will do the most good. People physically on the ground (or in the water, in most cases) may be the best equipped to determine what needs to be done. Some celebrities, like Miranda Lambert, are just running their own relief efforts. Miranda has been rescuing dogs by the truckload and taking them to the safety of dry shelters outside of Texas. We're not going to pretend that Tyler Perry isn't problematic. He has a history of, especially through his films, making some alarming suggestions about things like HIV (which seem to be a curse). And though Tyler Perry himself is an abuse-survivor , he sometimes features abuse in his comedy. (Different people process their traumas in different ways, to be fair, but by using it for “physical comedy” he sends mixed messages) Even in this video, Tyler Perry defends Joel Osteen for not immediately opening the doors of his megachurch as a shelter. That's bound to be controversial. But we're going to give credit where credit is due, and Tyler Perry is putting a lot of money towards relief efforts and he's doing it in a very smart way.
A survivor of Hurricane Harvey tells her story, and how to help those still in need, after the storm flooded much of Houston, Texas with upwards of 50 inches of rain in the worst-affected areas.
Image via Digital Focus/Splash News Chole Bennet Goes OFF On Commenter Who Questioned Her Asian Name Change Again, we don’t see any lies . You may not be too familiar with actress Chloe Bennet unless you’re a big fan of the ABC show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but she recently did something that will probably make you remember her name. Her REAL name. According to PEOPLE , Chloe took to Instagram to sing effusive praise of Ed Skrein for resigning from his Hellboy role where he was to play a whitewashed Asian character. One fan commented that Chloe should STFU because she changed her OG surname to “Bennet” from “Wang”. Suffice to say, she was triggered and her reactionary thumbs went to work: “Changing my last name doesn’t change the fact that my BLOOD is half Chinese, that I lived in China, speak Mandarin, or that I was culturally raised both American and Chinese,” Bennet replied. “It means I had to pay my rent, and Hollywood is racist and wouldn’t cast me with a last name that made them uncomfortable,” she continued. “I’m doing everything I can, with the platform I have, to make sure no one has to change their name again, just so they can get work. So kindly love, f— off.” Brrrat! Brrrat! Skrr-skrrrrrt! Guess the IG user who made the comment got more than he or she bargained for, their account has been deleted.
Getty Images Tyler Perry Donates To Harvey Relief, Gives To Joel Osteen Tyler Perry released a video on his Facebook page announcing that he is donating $1 million to different efforts that go toward helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey. He explained that he was dispersing his money among different organizations, $250,000 going to Beyonce’s pastor, Rudy Rasmus, who founded the Houston non-profit Bread of Life. Another $250,000, he explained, he is giving to none other that Joel Osteen, then proceeded to defend the pastor whose been catching heat for his greedy ways all week. Perry defended his mans Joel and said he understands why he didn’t open the doors of the church for shelter immediately. He said about the incident, “I know there’s been some controversy about Joel Osteen and him not opening the doors of the church. Let me tell you something: Joel and Victoria are amazing people. There’s no way they would lock people out of the church and not let people in for shelter. There were some safety concerns…I’m sending $250,000 to Lakewood to make sure that they can get all of the supplies people need, and I know that they will. That’s the kind of person he is.” Oh no baby, what is you doing? Of course it’s a blessing to donate money to the victims of such a horrendously devastated area, but he could have found somewhere else to donate. Joel Osteen has been stumbling his way through interviews trying to defend his decision not to open the church until receiving backlash, but now he’s got Tyler Perry by his side to defend him. SMH.
Caitlyn Jenner continues to be on the receiving end of very harsh criticism regarding her continued support of Trump and his administration despite being a transgender woman. Well, while speaking as a guest at transgender event, a trans activist slammed Jenner as a fraud and things went left pretty quickly. Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Earlier this month, Caitlyn Jenner was a guest at the Trans Chorus Event of L.A. when she was confronted by a transgender activist who didn’t hold back expressing her opinion on the controversial former Olympic athlete. The Grio has further details surrounding the incident, including what prompted the outburst and more. Via The Grio: Ashlee Marie Preston confronted [Caitlyn Jenner] because she said that Jenner had committed the “ultimate betrayal” of the LGBT community because of her support for Donald Trump. The editor-in-chief of Wear Your Voice magazine specifically pointed to the fact that Trump has recently called for a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military, and the fact that Jenner was seen out and about wearing one of Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again” hats just days after the announcement. “You’re a f***ing fraud,” Preston says in a now-viral video. “It’s really f***ed up that you continue to support somebody… that does everything with the military, that’s erasing our f***ing community. And you support it.” Meanwhile in a surprising turn of events, Preston recently resigned from the Trans Chorus of L.A., but before she left she took to her Twitter account to defend her comments about Jenner: “Caitlyn Jenner is a text book case on cognitive dissonance and her vote against her own supposed interests made that evident. She owes the community an apology; giving us the change from her bra is like putting a band-aid over a bullet wound. Her commentary and actions have carried real consequences for the transgender community; people who aren’t afforded the same protections and privilege as she has.” Check out today’s Top Stories here: Black Arizona Professor Suspended After Proclaiming #BlackLivesMatter Members ‘Should Be Hung’ Joel Osteen Says Houston Church ‘Never Closed’ During Hurricane Harvey Aftermath
4 or 5 days ago, the legend herself, Britney Spears….exploited by her parents her entire existence, to become a serious fucking earner, who luckily, was exploited by her parents, because part of their exploitation meant keeping her fit,and fed properly, and working out, so that she can handle the heavy workload of the shows they signed her up for, while they can all sit around getting fatter and fatter, they can’t let the front man, their race horse fall off, and I guess all the studies point to fitness as an alternative to hard drugs for mental soundness or whatever…. So seeing a fit, tight body, middle aged, mom of a few, Britney doing her sexy stretching, posing, fitness…is a great motivator, not to get into fitness, but to jerk off to fitness videos to feel that much closer to fitness, and to start starving your kids knowing they will do much more if they are fit than if they are lazy fat slobs…because the Spears family weren’t any fucking high society connected people..they were just hicks with a dream…like you…now living the dream…because they used their failed abortion they couldn’t afford for good. The post Britney Spears Morning Stretch of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepFather.com .
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