After toy giant Mattel announced the diverse additions of curvy, petite and tall body types to its iconic Barbie doll a week ago, fashion ecommerce site Lyst created a mock line of diverse new male Ken dolls, which include Beach DadBod Ken, Bearded Hipster Ken, and Balding Ken.
Glenn Greenwald writes that the “Bernie Bro” narrative, alleging widespread misogyny among Bernie Sanders’ supporters toward Hillary Clinton, is an establishment media creation–based on one easily offended author falling for a social media hoax.
A video from Mashable, titled “Debt Isn’t the Boogeyman You May Think It Is,” starring Kal Penn, the former associate director of Public Engagement for Barack Obama, unintentionally highlights the failings of Penn’s former boss by telling the truth.
ISIS-linked terrorists slaughtered 129 people, 100 people alone in a concert hall, on Friday in Paris. Family members and friends took to social media to put faces to those lost in the tragedy.
Born male, a transgender activist currently undergoing hormone treatment has started an Internet campaign to combat breast censorship, in hopes he can display his breasts online once they develop.
Russian soldiers and Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine assaulted Kramatorsk and surrounded Debaltseve on the eve of peace talks in Minsk, Belarus. The attack left twelve people dead and wounded thirty-one. Children are included among the wounded.
On Sunday, social media and pop culture news website Mashable jumped to report on the massive protest near the Washington Redskins stadium in Washington D.C.
