Diary of a Professional Teen is a weekly column of #deep thoughts by twentysomething teenager and youth expert Taylor Trudon. Every Thursday, she’ll talk about her feelings in relation to what it’s like to be a Young Person in 2016. It was easier than usual to get out of bed on Tuesday morning. Normally I… Read more »
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When You’re Feeling Helpless
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Terricka Cromartie Posts Instagram Blaming Anthem Protest For Husband Being Cut Baby-makin’ baller Antonio Cromartie no longer has a job with the Indianapolis Colts and according to his wife Terricka, it’s because Antonio got his Colin Kaepernick on and the team wasn’t with the s#!ts. ESPN is reporting that Terricka Cromartie took to Instagram to air out her displeasure with Colts owner Jim Irsay’s comments about players who choose to use their professional platform to make social commentary. Here’s what he told the IndyStar yesterday: “I think it’s the wrong venue,” Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay told USA TODAY Sports. “It hasn’t been a positive thing. What we all have to be aware of as players, owners, PR people, equipment managers, is when the lights go on we are entertainment. We are being paid to put on a show. There are other places to express yourself.” In her now deleted Instagram post, here is what Terricka said about Irsay and her husband: “You are Nothing More than an Entertainer. Just Shut and do what we say. You have No rights as along as you are working for me.. there are other places for you to fight and stand for what you believe,” the post said. The post added: “One things for sure I know my husband was told Not to take a Knee and he went with his heart and he took one. And that cost him his Job.. and Clearly this Statement backs that up… Just a Paid To put on a show.” IndyStar Sports journalist Stephen Holder isn’t completely sold that the protest was the cause of Cromartie’s demise So, I'm not calling Cromartie's wife a liar, but I think there's a chance this is a stretch. He was signed as a stopgap to begin with. — Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) October 20, 2016 Guess it would hard to prove that taking a knee cost Antonio his job, but as shady, janky and duplicitous as the NFL can be, it wouldn’t surprise us in the slightest if that was the reason Cromartie was cut. Image via WENN
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Price Of Justice: Antonio Cromarties’s Wife Terricka Claims He Was Cut From The Colts Over National Anthem Protest
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67 People Have Been Killed By Cops Since Kaepernick’s Protest How many people exactly have been murdered by police since NFL star Colin Kaepernick decided to protest the National Anthem? A lot more than people are willing to discuss reports HuffPo : At least 15 black people have died during encounters with the police since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began protesting police violence by kneeling before NFL games, based on numbers compiled by The Guardian . Kaepernick’s decision to sit or take a knee during the national anthem first drew attention after his team’s Aug. 26 preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, when he told NFL.com that he was “not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” Since then, Kaepernick’s continued protest has drawn considerable criticism from politicians, police unions, pundits, other professional athletes and many on social media who have opposed both his message and his method of conveying it. But the problem Kaepernick wants to highlight has continued. And on Monday, it was back in the news again, after police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, released multiple videos that showed the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher. Overall, police have killed at least 67 people since Kaepernick’s protest began, according to The Guardian’s database. Roughly 22 percent of the victims have been black. Police have killed more than 780 people so far in 2016, according to The Guardian’s numbers. At least 193 of those people ― or about 25 percent ― were black. Of the 15 black people killed since Kaepernick’s demonstration started, at least 11 were shot, according to The Washington Post’s tracker of fatal police shootings. The white officer who shot Crutcher, Betty Shelby, was placed on paid administrative leave while the department investigates the case ― another issue Kaepernick highlighted when he spoke out against police killings. Read more from The Counted as they document people killed by police in the United States. WENN/NFL/Twitter
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Did You Know: 67 People (And Counting) Have Been Killed By Cops Since Colin Kaepernick Began Anthem Protest
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67 People Have Been Killed By Cops Since Kaepernick’s Protest How many people exactly have been murdered by police since NFL star Colin Kaepernick decided to protest the National Anthem? A lot more than people are willing to discuss reports HuffPo : At least 15 black people have died during encounters with the police since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began protesting police violence by kneeling before NFL games, based on numbers compiled by The Guardian . Kaepernick’s decision to sit or take a knee during the national anthem first drew attention after his team’s Aug. 26 preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, when he told NFL.com that he was “not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” Since then, Kaepernick’s continued protest has drawn considerable criticism from politicians, police unions, pundits, other professional athletes and many on social media who have opposed both his message and his method of conveying it. But the problem Kaepernick wants to highlight has continued. And on Monday, it was back in the news again, after police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, released multiple videos that showed the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher. Overall, police have killed at least 67 people since Kaepernick’s protest began, according to The Guardian’s database. Roughly 22 percent of the victims have been black. Police have killed more than 780 people so far in 2016, according to The Guardian’s numbers. At least 193 of those people ― or about 25 percent ― were black. Of the 15 black people killed since Kaepernick’s demonstration started, at least 11 were shot, according to The Washington Post’s tracker of fatal police shootings. The white officer who shot Crutcher, Betty Shelby, was placed on paid administrative leave while the department investigates the case ― another issue Kaepernick highlighted when he spoke out against police killings. Read more from The Counted as they document people killed by police in the United States. WENN/NFL/Twitter
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Did You Know: 67 People (And Counting) Have Been Killed By Cops Since Colin Kaepernick Began Anthem Protest
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Lady Gaga dropped her new song, “Perfect Illusion” just last week and it got her fans clamoring for more of the pop sensation. As is the case with most artists, the album reveal comes slightly after the lead single’s release. Gaga has now revealed that her new album will be titled “Joanne.” It will be a nod to her late aunt, Joanne Germanotta , who died of Lupus in 1974, at the age of 19. “She is the woman of my past,” Gaga revealed in an interview with Zayn Lowe on Beats 1. We must admit, this is a fantastic way to honor her aunt. Her family also has an Italian restaurant in New York’s Upper West Side that also serves as a nod to Joanne. It is named Joanne Trattoria. Lady Gaga: “Perfect Illusion” Gaga took to Instagram to reveal the album artwork and release date. The album will drop on October 21, so mark your calendars. She worked very closely with Mark Ronson on the album, so you know its going to be a good one. Has he ever released any bad music? He’s a lyrical genius and pairing up with Gaga can only mean good things for her career. Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney recently called off their relationship and some fans were quick to wonder whether her latest single was about Kinney . It would make a lot of sense, but she was quick to shut these rumors down and made it clear that the song was not a hit out at her ex. She also maintained that they are good friends. Gaga has been super busy recently. She also has a starring role on American Horror Story. The most recent season was shrouded in secrecy as FX did not want to reveal any plot details about the new iteration of the smash hit series. Usually FX reveals months in advance what the theme will be, but they opted to keep quiet this time round. The curiosity factor did not result in increased ratings for the series. It premiered slightly lower than last year’s edition. Viewers did not get to see who Lady Gaga is playing this season on the show. View Slideshow: 2016 MET Gala: All The Red Carpet Looks! That will probably be reserved for next week’s episode to keep viewers tuning in. The new series has received positive critical response since debuting. What do you think about Gaga’s new album honoring her late aunt? Hit the comments below! View Slideshow: 27 Stars Who Shamed Their Body-Shamers
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Lady Gaga: New Album Name & Release Date Announced
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Lena Dunham just found the perfect bikini. And she doesn’t care that some people out there might think she doesn’t have the perfect body for it… … she’s going to show it off anyway! The Girls star, writer, producer and creator shared a mirror selfie on Instagram today that depicys her red and black bandeau top and leopard print bottoms. She captioned the snapshot as follows: “when the Target swimsuit does a bitch right, Endo scars & all.” See the sort of racy image for yourself below: To what is Dunham referring? “Endo” is the star’s shorthand for Endometriosis, which a disorder that finds the tissue that typically lines the uterus grows in other places in the body. Back in a letter for the Lenny Letter newspaper (titled “The Sickest Girl”), Dunham explained that the condition is heightened during a woman’s menstrual cycle. This causes the aforementioned tissue to swell and bleed, leading to pain, fatigue, nausea, gastrointestinal problems, and a number of other physical problems. Dunham has battle Endometriosis for many years now. As she mentioned in her Lenny Letter entry, she has attempted numerous different treatments to alleviate the symptoms. They haven’t produced great results. “Out of tangible options, I started Lupron: monthly injections that shut down the production of estrogen and therefore the proliferation of endometrial cells where they shouldn’t be,” she wrote. “It’s a temporary menopause of sorts, and while it solves certain issues, others pop up like whack-a-moles. “I no longer felt a fist was unfurling in my uterus, but I did have zero ability to regulate my temperature, achy hip joints, and the emotional sensitivity of a drunk girl at prom. “Life is a series of trade-offs, I suppose.” Dunham has learned how to regular the disease a bit, but it still gets in the way of her career on occasion. Earlier this year, for example, Dunham skipped the Girls press tour “due to a “a rough patch with the illness” that required her to get rest.” “I’m lucky enough to have support and backup from Jenni, Judd and the whole Girls gang,” she wrote in an Instagram post at the time. “So many women with this disease literally don’t have the option of time off and I won’t take it for granted.” Dunham may be sad that her “Endo” is acting up, but perhaps she’s happy that attention is now on parts of her body that are NOT her mouth. The outspoken star stuck her foot directly into it this month when she wrote that New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. gave her a glimpse at the MET Gala in May and then decided she was most definitely not his type. Beckham didn’t say anything of this nature. It was simply the impression Duham got from the professional athlete. After receiving backlash for making this kind of assumption, for making it appear as if Beckham simply had to be viewing a woman as a piece of meat, Dunham issued an apology. “I struggle at industry events (and in life) with the sense that I don’t rep a certain standard of beauty and so when I show up to the Met Ball surrounded by models and swan-like actresses it’s hard not to feel like a sack of flaming garbage,” she wrote, adding: “This felt especially intense with a handsome athlete as my dinner companion and a bunch of women I was sure he’d rather be seated with. “But I went ahead and projected these insecurities and made totally narcissistic assumptions about what he was thinking, then presented those assumptions as facts. “I feel terrible about it.”
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Lena Dunham Flaunts Bikini Body, "Endo Scars & All"
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This isn’t the first issue Solo, 35, has had during her professional career as she involved a domestic violence incident with her nephew back in 2014.
Hope Solo Suspended For Six Months After Calling Swedish Soccer Team ‘Cowards’
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‘Harry Potter’ alum Rupert Grint is set to star in ‘Snatch’ television series on Crackle.
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Rupert Grint’s New ‘Utterly Posh’ TV Role Is Nothing Like Ron Weasley
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I turned my early activism into my professional destiny
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Activism Can Be More Than Just A Hobby Or Project
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Khloe Kardashian Fed Up With Lamar After Relapse With reports of Lamar Odom getting spotted drunkenly turning up in a strip club on Sunday Night and subsequently having a hangover throw up on his flight the next day , it’s safe to say he might be headed on the road that led him to comaville last fall. Having possibly seen this coming, Khloe already kicked Lamar out of the home she rented for him after his miraculous rise from his presumed death bed early this year. Now, insiders say shes about an inch from washing her hands of him altogether. When the news broke of Lamar’s most recent incident, Khloe tweeted out a sadface and kept it pushing… And as those talkative sources shared with People “It’s really sad for Khloé to see Lamar in an unhealthy place. She cares so much about him but she can only do so much.” Another insider explains: “She’s not doing well. She is frustrated because she knows there is nothing she can do.” We’re sure dealing with an addict’s relapses can be frustrating…but Khloe has no professional degrees or qualifications to take responsibility for his recovery, so it really doesn’t fall on her in the long run. Hopefully, Lamar can get the professional help he truly needs before another incident occurs… Splash/WENN
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Khloe Kardashian Is “Frustrated” About Lamar’s Apparent Relapse, Says There’s Nothing She Can Do Anymore
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