4Chan Trolls Target Scandinavian Airlines With Racist Harassment Campaign
Screenshot from Scandinavian Airlines new ad. Much of the online harassment directed at a major European airline in recent days appears to have come from users of a controversial 4chan message board, according to a review by Mother Jones. Earlier this week, the Sweden-based Scandinavian Airlines released a commercial as part of its “What is truly…
Opponents Second-Guessed This All-Muslim Girls Basketball Team. Bad Move.
Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Their opponents are in gym shorts and jerseys on the court. The Salam Stars, in long-sleeve shirts, sweatpants, and hijabs, huddle and stretch before taking their positions. “Sometimes we see [our opponents] laughing”…
The Messy Racial Politics of the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Tossing and turning, emotions were strong.Paul Kuroda/ZUMA Even before it was announced last September that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira would headline the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, the performance was already steeped in controversy. The commotion began a month earlier, when rapper Jay-Z revealed he was partnering with the NFL to help manage the league’s…
I Have Watched “The Two Popes” Nine Times. It Should Win No Oscars on Sunday.
Peter Mountain/Netflix It was the fourth time I watched The Two Popes that I realized I could not stop. I first saw director Fernando Meirelles’s fake conversation between real popes Benedict and Francis with my Roman Catholic family over the holidays. My grandfather liked it. I liked it. And I thought it would end there…
Kesha Will Never Apologize for Being Herself. Even As She Changes.
Kevork Djansezian / Getty For over ten years Kesha’s unabashed shamelessness has been a constant in our lives. It started in late 2009 when the number one hit “Tik Tok” introduced Ke$ha as the pop party girl—our pop party girl. She happily confirmed her status as a next-wave popstar singing about sex (“Blah Blah Blah”), drugs…
Trump May Have Broken the GOP, But He Hasn’t Broken America
Years from now, there will be a moment that you remember from the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. What will it be? The sonorous voice of ex-Ambassador William Taylor recounting how his president extorted an allied country? Nancy Pelosi, somber and makeupless, sending the articles of impeachment off across the Capitol? Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)…