Activist Sejal Singh of Know Your IX explains what Betsy DeVos did to sexual assault survivors today.
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Sexual Assault Survivors Faced A Major Attack Today
Activist Sejal Singh of Know Your IX explains what Betsy DeVos did to sexual assault survivors today.
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Sexual Assault Survivors Faced A Major Attack Today
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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.
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Josh Peck and Drake Bell reunited for a second time after the VMAs. They teamed up for a YouTube video with David Dobrik.
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Josh Peck And Drake Bell Reunited For A Hilarious YouTube Video
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Josh Peck and Drake Bell reunited for a second time after the VMAs. They teamed up for a YouTube video with David Dobrik.
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Josh Peck And Drake Bell Reunited For A Hilarious YouTube Video
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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.
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I Survived The Houston Flood, But Many More Still Need Your Help
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Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty When major disasters happen in the world, people look to the stars for answers — and not the ones in the sky. Celebrities have been using their star power all week to help the victims devastated by Hurricane Harvey in Houston and the surrounding areas. On Monday, Kevin Hart kicked off the #HurricaneHarvey challenge in which he challenged his famous friends to donate at least $25,000. Check out these 16 stars who took the comedian up on his offer or simply made a donation on their own: Beyoncé The Houston native didn’t publicly announce her donation (or how much she gave), but her Reverend Rudy Rasmus revealed that the queen gave a healthy contribution. Kevin Hart Kevin Hart lead his own social media challenge to the people of Houston and called on his famous friends for support. Drake Drake is currently overseas in London, but that hasn’t stopped him form working with local relief groups to assist the people of Texas. Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock donated a hefty $1 million to the Hurricane Harvey victims. SZA GUYS JUST DONATED TO THE HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF FUND! Here's how you can too! every lil bit helps! https://t.co/ZqvbDyj3Vd #HoustonStrong — SZA (@sza) August 29, 2017 SZA took to Twitter to announce her donation. T.I. Tip took Kevin Hart up on the #HurricaneHarvey challenge. Diddy Diddy even followed the comedian up on his challenge. Check the link in his bio. The Rock The Rock revealed that he also is a natural disaster survivor, so it’s only right that he helps those in need. Chris Brown Chris Brown donating $100,000 to help hurricane relief efforts in Houston pic.twitter.com/IWt5HD4HyC — DJ Akademiks (@IamAkademiks) August 29, 2017 Breezy says he’ll donate $100,000 to Hurricane survivors — just not to the Red Cross. Kim Kardashian #HurricaneHarvey has left catastrophic effects. Join me in donating to @salvationarmyUS at https://t.co/O79TMuNi5q or text STORM to 51555 — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) August 29, 2017 Kim K. and her family sent a donations the Salvation Army and the Red Cross. Oprah Winfrey Woke up still praying for #Harvey to recede. Donating to @RedCross and @SalvationArmyUS . Do whatever you can. — Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) August 30, 2017 Queen O is sending her donation to the Red Cross. DJ Khaled DJ Khaled and Asahd will follow Kevin Hart up on his challenge and donate $25,000. J.J. Watt Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt’s fundraiser raised over $6 million for hurricane relief efforts. Ellen Degeneres Texas, I love you. #HoustonStrong pic.twitter.com/z1ly4bFG7l — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 28, 2017 Ellen pledged her donation in a heartfelt video during her show. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez J. Lo and her beau A. Rod have vowed to pledge $25K a piece to hurricane relief efforts. Nicki Minaj Praying for the people of Houston today. These images are heartbreaking. — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) August 28, 2017 Nicki is taking Kevin Hart up on his #HurricaneHarvey challenge to pledge $25,000. Ezekiel Elliot Giving $21k to @SalvationArmyUS #Harvey2017 relief. I challenge @dak @DezBryant & @dallascowboys fans to join me. https://t.co/ZXx6K4WQ8N — Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) August 28, 2017 The Dallas Cowboys star will donate $21,000 to the Salvation Army. You don’t have to be a celebrity to make a difference. Give what you can to any organization of your choice. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://globalgrind.cassiuslife.com” id=”4234416″ overlay=”true”]
17 Celebs Who Donated Major Cash To Help Hurricane Harvey Survivors
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When Angelina Jolie did her big Vanity Fair interview, she probably imagined that everyone would devour the quotes about Brad Pitt and the divorce and then move on. Except it hasn’t really turned out that way, has it? Sure, at first we analyzed the hell out of the quotes about Brad , but then we started to notice that there was something a little more scandalous tucked away elsewhere in the interview. Specifically, it seemed like there was a story about Angelina traumatizing some poor Cambodian children to cast her new movie, First They Killed My Father. And when we say the story was tucked away, we mean it — it was basically a short summary of a story she told, without many direct quotes from Angelina herself. According to the story as it was originally published in Vanity Fair, Angelina and the rest of the crew wanted as much authenticity as possible in the movie, so they looked for child actors in orphans and slums. When they’d gotten enough kids gathered, they played a “game” in which “they put money on the table and asked the child to think of something she needed the money for, and then to snatch it away.” “The director would pretend to catch the child, and the child would have to come up with a lie.” The story outraged many, many people — after all, the idea of dangling money in front of poor children just to snatch it away doesn’t sound like the kindest thing that’s ever happened. And when you throw in Angelina’s anecdote about the child they cast as the lead, a girl named Srey Moch, and how she cried and cried about the “game” because she imagined using the money for her grandfather’s funeral … Well, it’s just not great. In a statement released after the backlash began , Angelina insisted that the children were very aware that they were playing a game, and that the money used was obviously fake. “The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting,” she said. “I would be outraged myself if this had happened.” She said that every precaution was taken to ensure the physical and mental wellbeing of the kids on set, and that all the fuss was over nothing — the story was taken out of context. But now, Vanity Fair is backing their original story. According to the magazine, they were contacted by Angelina’s lawyers after the story began circulating, asking them to run a statement about the casting game, both on their site and in next month’s issue. The statement they submitted claimed that the crew “showed the children the camera and sound recording material, explaining to them that they were going to be asked to act out a part.” “The children were not tricked as some have suggested,” the statement continued. “All of the children auditioning were made aware of the fictional aspects of the exercise.” “We apologize for any misunderstanding.” So that’s what Angelina’s lawyers wanted Vanity Fair to release. But what they actually released was the full transcript of that section of the interview. And it’s pretty darn interesting. According to the transcript, Angelina began the story by explaining that they went to “what they call a slum school” to find the lead for the movie. “And I think,” she said, “I mean they didn’t know. We just went in and — you just go in and do some auditions with the kids. And it’s not really an audition with children.” “We had this game where it would be — and I wasn’t there and they didn’t know what they were really doing.” She explained that “They kind of said, ‘Oh, a camera’s coming up and we want to play a game with you.'” “And the game for that character was ‘We’re going to put some money on the table. Think of something you need that money for.'” Sometimes they tempted the kids with money, sometimes they did it with cookies, but then they would “catch” them stealing, and they told the kids “We’d like you to try to lie that you didn’t have it.” At no point did she say that the money was fake, and at no point did she stress that the children were well-aware that the game wasn’t real. Which isn’t to say that none of that happened — she also says that she wasn’t even there during all of this. But because of this, Vanity Fair’s official statement reads that they stand by the story as it was published. Sorry ’bout it, Angie. View Slideshow: 13 Reasons Angelina Jolie is the Antichrist
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Angelina Jolie SLAMMED by Vanity Fair: Yes She DID Exploit Orphans!
Is there nothing that Farrah Abraham won’t do for attention? Whether it’s getting super racist on reality television or using her latest breakup to stir up sympathy, Farrah seems to need attention whether it’s good or bad and it’s clear that she’ll cross any boundary to get it. In her latest ploy, she got some procedures on her butt and on her vagina … and shared the photos with the world. Remember the good old days, when if you wanted to make yourself younger and more beautiful, you just bathed in the blood of virgins? Technology has improved … or at least changed those techniques. Which is great news for virgins everywhere. Farrah Abraham has already availed herself of several cosmetic procedures. She got her first boob job when she was 19, remember. (We say first because it was not her last — just a couple of years ago, Farrah Abraham got her third boob job , because that’s a great sign that someone’s healthy) She’s also had rhinoplasty. To her credit, she hasn’t been especially secretive about her cosmetic procedures. This time, she got vaginal rejuvenation … and got her butt tightened. To be clear, by “butt tightened,” we mean that she got the skin of her butt tightened. She didn’t get, like, steroids injected into her anal muscles (which is probably not a real procedure) or whatever. (As far as we know) The skin procedure is apparently called “Exilis,” according to RadarOnline ‘s source — RadarOnline is also the place where Farrah Abraham shared her procedure photos . “The procedure heats up the skin with radio frequency to tighten the skin and tissue,” their insider says. “It goes deep and gets rid of cellulite to make everything tight and firm.” If you don’t even like the sensation of holding a hot to-go bag on your lap during a car ride, this procedure might not be for you. It sounds like the sort of thing that you could have on other areas of skin, but Farrah seems determined to make her ass as perfect as she can get it. (Aren’t we all?) And then came the vaginal rejuvenation, which sounds like an odd procedure to perform on a 26-year-old. “The procedure is performed with a wand that is inserted and moved back and forth for four minutes to tighten the walls of the uterus. It is beneficial for sex so you’re not wide. It also helps with moisture and lubrication.” Weird that it impacts the uterine walls, since there’s presumably no way that the wand is going past Farrah’s cervix. (Sorry; we’re many things but we’re not gynecologists) We’ll get to what are and are not factors in vaginal tightness in a moment, but that whole procedure sounds weird. Then, of course, comes the exterior vaginal rejuvenation. (Which, of course, doesn’t involve the vagina at all) “When the clitoris and outside lips are stretched out and long, it shrinks them and makes the vagina from the outside look youthful.” It’s normal for a clitoris to grow over time as you age, for the record. And while genitals may “sag” with age, some labia minora are just longer than others. But, hey, Farrah can make her genitals look however she likes. As for her bringing a camera into the room for the procedure … that’s almost unimaginably awkward. The photos don’t show any sexy angles or anything. You mostly just see Farrah smiling awkwardly while a young-looking technician, whose hands are hidden by a privacy cloth, appears to be manipulating the “wand” tool inside of Farrah. (We hope that her job pays enough) In a ludicrous claim made to HollywoodLife , Farrah’s ex, Simon Saran, says that he somehow deserves credit for Farrah getting that vaginal rejuvenation. “I don’t blame her, I’m very big. Wouldn’t be fair to the next guy.” So, you know how you put your hair up into a ponytail or a bun or something before sleep, but after what doesn’t feel like all that many uses, your hair ties start to loosen and they don’t grip your hair as well? Well vaginas work just like that. KIDDING! Vaginas aren’t hair ties, folks. The tightness of a vagina has to do with numerous factors, including biology and muscle tone and level of arousal. These are canals that can expel a literal entire baby and then shrink back to their previous size. Nobody human’s penis is going to wreck somebody’s hooha so bad that they just can’t recover. We don’t claim to have any special knowledge of Simon Saran’s penis in particular, but we’re always leery of men who seem to feel compelled to assure everyone that they’re especially well endowed. And by “leery of,” we mean that they are seldom to be believed. Pro tip for life: when someone boasts about something, that’s almost certainly an insecurity of theirs, whether it’s their wealth or dick size or how effective or otherwise their three-ring circus of a presidential administration has turned out to be. Now, Farrah Abraham has been through some genuine bad times. We’re all aware of her sad history of rape and abuse , and those monstrous acts can change you for the rest of your life. But as a celebrity — and, as we said, Farrah is 26 years old and, after doing a porn tape, is an adult celebrity in every sense of the word — Farrah has an obligation to think about the people whom she represents. That is: other survivors of rape and abuse. Farrah’s pattern of obnoxious statements and bad behavior don’t do anything to cast other survivors in a positive light. View Slideshow: Farrah Abraham: A Ridiculous, Sometimes X-Rated Life in GIFs
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Starz Heats Up Essence With Super Cool Party Premium cable network Starz celebrated some of the biggest (and brightest) stars of Power , American Gods and Survivor’s Remorse at a swanky waterside cocktail soirée that sizzled this year’s star-studded Essence Fest . Splashed with Black girl magic and positive vibes, the classy afternoon social attracted a lovely blend of celebs, tastemakers and guests who enjoyed great music, fancy eats and open bar. Starz brought out the stars like Tichina Arnold ( Survivor’s Remorse ), Joseph Sikora ( Power ) and Orlando Jones ( American Gods ) who mingled with guests and even turned up (we see you Orlando!) without a care in the world. Overall, it was a flawless event that pushed the growing network to exciting new heights!
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