Twitter has been trying to congratulate Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers on winning gold in the 100m freestyle, but instead has been tweeting at a random 19-year-old from Scotland. And while he's not an athlete, he's being a very good sport about it. The Scottish man has the Twitter handle @kyle_chalmers, and it's not clear if the Australian Olympian even has an active Twitter account.
Women's gymnastics is a thrilling ride, where powerful women f*cking flip and fly and make you think, "Holy sh*t, is the human body supposed to be capable of that? Can I, too, take flight?"
In order to nail the events, the athletes have to be able to see, and the bun is the most common mechanism the athletes use to get their hair out of their faces (Simone Biles goes for the ponytail, which might be the secret to her success). It is also a fun way to express some individual personality outside of the uniform. Lo and behold, here are the best hair buns (not butt buns, these are teenagers) of Rio.
Looks like: A perfectly "messy" bun that you'd wear out on a first date to seem chill, when in reality, it took an hour to make every strand magically fall perfectly.
Looks like: Just rolled out of bed to join the girls for brunch after a fun night out. Combined with the bold red lip and her gymnastics skills, she is cooler than any of us will ever be.
Looks like: An awesome 80s aerobic instructor getting you to sweat to Olivia Newton-John. With the cool scrunchie, she's the friend who teaches you how to accessorize.
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Looks like: A prima ballerina. While most of her teammates went for the messy topknot look, Fragapane honored gymnastics' cousins in the dance world with a 'do you'd see on Swan Lake.
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Looks like: A cute hoop she can jump and somersault through.
11. Elsabeth Black, Canada
Looks like: A beautiful, beautiful garden. Check out the rose details on the scrunchie and the mini-braid leading the path. An elegant look you could wear to a wedding as well as the gym.
Controversy has erupted on social media after an upscale fitness center in Georgia (the country) sparked controversy by posting a sign telling female members they can't use the pool during their periods. The Vake Swimming Pool and Fitness Club posted notices around the building that read: "Dear ladies! Do not go to the pool during periods."
A member of the club named Sophie Tavatadze posted a picture of one of the offending signs on Facebook, writing: "Vake Swimming Pool And Fitness Club, do you even realize how offensive this is?"
Here is her post:
Vake Swimming Pool And Fitness Club, do you even realize how offensive this is? And, by the way, since according to your...
She pointed out that if women are to abide by this rule, they should also get a discount.
And, by the way, since according to your rules we are not allowed to use a swimming pool 5-6 days each month, do we get a preferential price compared with men? #mysogyny #mysogynyinaction.
She also noted that men aren't exactly the pinnacle of cleanliness themselves. The club defended their decision, arguing that they put the new rule in place as a "preventative measure" after their pool was "contaminated" by menstrual blood. The post led to a heated debate in the comments section, with some commenters taking the pool's side. One guy wrote:
It is for hygiene reasons for hell sake. This has nothing to do with feminism or being against women rights. Some girls have strong periods that even when they use tompax the blood leeks out. I am sorry but if I am swimming in the pool I do not want to see that. That is called asking for decency and it is by no means offensive.
Not a single person suggested in the comments section that female members of the pool go tampon-free during their periods in a bloody rebellion against the sexist (and difficult to enforce) new rule. Because apparently these commenters are more mature than I am.
McKayla Maroney, famous for competing with the US Women's Gymnastics Team in 2012 and her sideways smirk that turned her into a meme, has officially retired from the sport that made her famous. After dealing with a host of health issues and getting multiple surgeries, McKayla, like many young gymnasts, was forced to give up the sport before she even hit the drinking age. Now she is pursuing something just as volatile—pop music.
Although Maroney has not released any music yet (her single "Ghost" drops on September 8th), the athlete seems like she has been doing an overhaul of her image. She definitely looks much more mature than she did four years ago, because that's how aging works.
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And although there is no indication as to what Maroney's music will sound like, judging by the amount of lip syncing videos on her Instagram, this girl is wayyyy into Drake.
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Times are changing. Now, Phelps is the king of memes, the "Fierce Five" has been replaced by the "Final Five" (except for Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman) and Boomer Phelps officially has the meanest stank face in the game. It seems that everyone is moving on, so it is great that Maroney is, too.
Summer means a break for the kids and work for the parents. With back-to-school season ramping up, kids are getting ready to go back to work while parents can finally take a break. Facebook is rejoicing over a mom rejoicing when her kids go back to school, literally jumping for joy and scoring over 167,000 likes and 264,000 shares.
Happy 1st day of school kids. I'm gonna miss y'all Please help me share this with other parents that need a good laugh! Follow me on Instagram @kgardner267
Good luck enduring the last few weeks of summer. You're so close to trading in nudging your kids about finding something to do in their free time to nudging them about waking up and doing their homework!
When the U.S. women's gymnastic team found themselves in the midst of a fire drill in the athlete's village yesterday, superstar Simone Biles sprung into action to save the most precious thing she owns—her gold medal. Simone posted a hilarious video to Snapchat of herself and the rest of the "Final Five" running out of the building, clutching their gold medals.
"The fire alarm is going off," she says, "but we've got our Gold medals."
Luckily, it was just a drill, and Simone later tweeted that everything was okay.
when a fire alarm goes off in your building, grab your medal and gym bag. #everythingisokay
But she reminds us all of an important lesson in fire safety: When escaping a burning building in the Olympic Village, you save medals and gym bags first.
Olympics gymnast Simone Biles is having a pretty good week—she's kicking ass at the Rio Games, the whole world loves her, and on top of that, her crush Zac Efron tweeted his support to her and the rest of Team USA. Yeah, the Olympics are a bigger deal, but a crush is a crush. On Tuesday, Efron tweeted congratulations to Biles on qualifying for the all-around finals, to which she replied thanks. If you look closely enough, you can actually see her tweet blushing.
@ZacEfron Thanks Zac! I hope you can watch Team Final tomorrow night.
During a recent interview in her home, Biles showed NBC the lifesize cardboard cutout of Efron she has in her bedroom. She also received a special gift when she was on Ellen—her very own Zac Efron print leotard.
"Here, this will probably match your sheets."
On Wednesday, Efron tweeted that he was watching indeed watching the Final Five, and included a picture of himself standing in front of the TV and making a heart shape with his hands.
The picture might have been taken by Efron's girlfriend, who Biles told Ellen is a former gymnast. But Biles should ignore that part and just revel in her crushdom, which she probably is.
Rachel Bloom—the co-creator, star, and songwriter of the wonderful musical comedy TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—apparently wasn't always a great writer. Here is a poem she published in her school newspaper in 7th grade:
I wrote this poem in 7th grade and it was published in my middle school newspaper. I present it without comment. pic.twitter.com/0jjUlKyW84
Everyday we hear it as something that everyone should be.
But should they really?
What is the so called "standard" that we mold and fit ourselves through an invisible corset to be excepted [sic] in society all our lives?
Is it based on looks?
Humor?
Brains?
Or is it something else, something in your heart that you're born with, and cannot gain through practice or experience?
If no one is sure what it is, then why are people harshly judged by its qualifications every single tedious day?
I rack and rack my brain to figure out what it is.
Who is normal?
Your neighbors?
Your Freddie Prinze Jr. look-alike crush?
Your dog?
What appears to be normal may in fact be the opposite;
a juicy ripe apple with green worm inside.
Wow. This truly makes you think. As an exchange of ideas with Golden Globe winner Rachel Bloom, let me now present "Wind Bath," a poem I wrote the summer before I entered high school. It was self-published on the prestigious poetry and fanfiction site AllPoetry.com:
See the marmalade snow angels, look as they shine, wash themselves with the wind.
Have they learned of loss of innocence? We wonder in the dark.
Kiss their sticky lips. Feel their liquid heart.
I sit watching them bathe in the wind. Have they learned it yet?
Is there anything more ~sublime~ than a child writing poetry before, to quote myself, "they [have] learned of loss of innocence?"
Fox News is a network known for its sexism and gross male behavior, so it probably shouldn't come as a shock that on a recent episode of its show Sports Court, two men came together to debate whether or not female Olympians should wear makeup while they're competing.
The segment is bad from the get-go. It starts with the host saying, "We all know the old adage 'sex sells,' well, now, female Olympians are sexing it up more than ever by wearing makeup during their competitions. Some say this is about empowerment, well, really? Do women who are elite athletes need to wear makeup to feel stronger, or is it simply a fashion statement?"
And who better to answer that question than two men, specifically a radio host and a former NYPD detective? One seems convinced that the only reason women train so hard to make it to the Olympics is so they can get endorsement deals from cosmetic companies, and the other just wants female athletes to "cover their zits."
There are so many things wrong with this. Leave it to Fox to undermine the athletic accomplishments of women in the Olympics while simultaneously telling them they aren't pretty enough. It is truly infuriating.
You can watch the whole debate in all its misogynist glory below. Try not to barf.
If you've been watching the 2016 Olympics, you've seen some amazing athletes, record breaking scores, and more hunks than you can count. If you're anything like me, your mind starts to wander during the competition. You imagine you're alone with one of these sporty beefcakes, skinny dipping, and feeding each other Wheaties in the moonlight. Finally you snap out of it when you realize you just spilled a shit ton of nacho cheese on your sweatpants. OK, maybe you don't have a shot with any of these super toned Olympic superstars, but just in case, here are 5 eligible bachelors from Team USA.
On Monday, Wittney Hope was shopping in a Dillard's in Chattanooga, TN, when her 18-month-old daughter started demanding to eat. Hpoe found a secluded spot in the store and confirmed with an employee that it was all right for her to breastfeed there. But once she started, that same employee told her it wasn't all right, and instructed her to use the bathroom instead. Hope, however, decided she'd rather just get out of dodge. On her way out of the store, she passed a promotional picture that seemed especially ironic in that moment. It was so outrageous, she wrote to Dillard's on Facebook about it.
This afternoon while shopping in your store, (Hamilton Place- Chattanooga) my daughter got really fussy. I searched for...
Hmmm, what are those? OH RIGHT, THEY'RE BOOBS. And they're not even being useful in the picture. That's a pair of lazy, unemployed boobs.
Hope's full post reads:
This afternoon while shopping in your store, (Hamilton Place- Chattanooga) my daughter got really fussy. I searched for a quiet secluded area to nurse my child. When I found a place I asked if it was okay for her to eat here. The employee at customer service nodded. I then began to nurse my child. I didn't use a cover up (I did that in the pic to prove the irony) I discreetly pulled my shirt down and her head covered me up. The same lady then told me I could not "do that" here. She told me I would need to go to the restroom. I was completely shocked as I have never had anyone comment on me breastfeeding in the whole 18 months I have been nursing. Yet alone, another woman, possibly a mother herself. I repeated her to make sure I understood. Annoyed, she began to tell me the directions to the restroom again.. (Down the hall, take the elevator, then around the corner) I'm sure my hungry child would understand that we have to take a journey to somewhere more secluded where she can eat.. NOT. I immediately went and asked for the manager so I could file a formal complaint (which I did online) As we were leaving the store I passed by this advertisement for bras. I mean seriously the lady's face is not even in this. Why is it acceptable for a giant picture of BOOBS to be on the wall but I can not feed my child?
Sincerely, Pissed off Mommy who will never be shopping at Dillards again.
Apparently showing breasts in public isn't the problem, it's showing breasts that are doing what they were designed to do.
A man using suction cups to climb Trump Tower is hardly the weirdest thing that has happened in the election cycle thus far, but it is definitely up there. The stunt, performed by a man cops are calling "Steve from Virginia," first seemed to be a bizarre protest of the Republican nominee, but it turns out that it may be just the opposite. In a cryptic video dated from the day before he started cupping his way up the 5th Avenue skyscraper, the alleged climber gave some answers as to why he intended to scale Trump Tower.
I guarantee it is in your interest to honor this request. Believe me, if my purpose was not significant, I would not risk my life pursuing it. The reason I climbed your tower was to get your attention. If I had sought this by conventional means, I would be much less likely to have success because you are a busy man with many responsibilities. I’ll get my contact information to your campaign so that if you are interested you can respond. As for anyone else who is watching, please help this video go viral so it gets to Mr. Trump and be sure to vote for Mr. Trump in the 2016 election.
Spooky. Also, the camera is to your left, Steve.
Ironically, while "Steve from Virginia" was scaling the building in hope of meeting the Republican nominee, Mr. Trump was at a rally in Virginia. Isn't life funny sometimes?
On Thursday, The Daily Beast published a piece they quickly apologized for, in which a straight journalist joined Grindr in the Olympic Village to learn that people are on it. Writer Nico Hines basically just downloaded the app to lure in hot dudes and find out if "an Average Joe [can] join the bacchanalia."
Because Hines is not gay, it's unethical and misleading to download the app in the first place, writing about his "research" with the tone of the Crocodile Hunter discovering wild creatures. Lo and behold, being in the vicinity of hundreds of people, there was a population of gay people.
The rings themselves are rainbow.
"There were dozens of eligible bachelors listed on Grindr within a few hundred yards of where I was standing at the entrance to the athletes’ village. One posed in his full team kit," he wrote, as if it's a surprise, "Others referred to their elite sporting status more furtively, but they included one of the world’s top equestrians and a track and field athlete a few days away from competing."
Not only were there men, there were hot men! Both black men AND white men! WHAT?! Black, white, tall, short, track and field, equestrian—gay men take many forms.
Even juicier, the gay men on the gay hookup app were interested in hooking up. Even crazier, one man wanted to HOOK UP AT SUPPERTIME.
One, who sent his address, had a Rio 2016 duvet cover as his main picture. His profile read “I’m looking for sex” in two languages.
He asked for “a sex foto,” but I’m a bit of a prude like that, so I sent a selfie from the fencing earlier this week.
Strangely, that didn’t deter him, and he sent me the name of his building. It wasn’t yet 5:30 in the evening—long before my usual dating hour.
The first iteration of the article veered into specifics that all but outed the individual athletes, the details the Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief later cut and apologized for.
There was some concern that the original version of this story might out gay male athletes, even by implication, or compromise their safety. This was never our reporter’s intention, of course. No names were ever used and some of the profiles described were of straight women. But there was a concern that even mentioning the home nation of some gay athletes could compromise their safety. As a result, we have removed all descriptions of the men and women’s profiles that we previously described.
The higher-ups have read the complaints about shaming, but beg to differ.
Some readers have read Nico as mocking or sex-shaming those on Grindr. We do not feel he did this in any way. However, The Daily Beast understands that others may have interpreted the piece differently.
Meanwhile, Twitter called out The Daily Beast for violating journalistic ethics for an article that wasn't even interesting.
Straight people need to stop intruding on gay spaces. The whole reason we have to have Grindr is because of people like you @NicoHines
Kylie Jenner is celebrating her 19th birthdayin Turks and Caicos this week, and the guests include Tyga, who skipped a court appearance and currently has a bench warrant out for his arrest. Spring break forever! Tyga is no longer included in any of her beach pics, probably because he's laying low before he has to return to court. But Kylie seems to be having the time of her life with her sister Kendall:
In case you woke up today with too much self esteem, remember that you'll never be as cool as this kid: a 12-year-old genius named Jeremy Shuler will attend Cornell University this fall, the Ithaca Journal reported.
Still don't think he's better than you? By age 10, Shuler had scored perfectly on seven AP exams, and he will reportedly receive college credit for calculus, chemistry, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, statistics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics.
And of course, the tween, from Lubbock, Texas, has already picked a major: engineering, the same field in which both of his parents work.
Provided he graduates in four years instead of smoking pot and skipping class like we did, Shuler will be the youngest student ever to graduate from Cornell at age 16.
The kid may be a genius, but he has his priorities straight. "We’ve been to Cornell a few times, visiting family, and their food is good, which is very important," he said.
He added that he is "excited to learn new things and make new friends," because he's been homeschooled his entire life. Well, at least we had lots of friends to smoke pot with! JK, this kid is totally going to be the next Steve Jobs, so be nice to him, ya bullies.
The U.S. women's gymnastics team won the gold medal in the Olympic team competition earlier this week. They've gotten a lot of support from the American public, including from celebrities like Zac Efron and even Taylor Swift. Taylor sent out this tweet to congratulate the girls on their victory yesterday.
Sending my biggest congratulations to Simone, Aly, Laurie, Gabby and Madison! YOU DID IT GIRLS!! 🇺🇸#FinalFive
They might be more excited about getting a shout out from Taylor than they are about their actual medals. Here's what Simone Biles and Aly Raisman looked like when a coach showed them the tweet.
Given that these girls range in age from 16-22, it makes a lot of sense that they would collectively lose their minds over a tweet from Taylor Swift. Fingers crossed they do indeed get to join her girl squad.
In an interview with Howard Stern to promote his new movie Florence Foster Jenkins, Hugh Grant said that people aren't meant to be in monogamous relationships. Yeah, especially if you're Hugh Grant.
He told Stern in that charming accent of his:
Do I think human beings are meant to be in 40-year-long monogamous, faithful relationships? No, no, no... I think there's something unromantic about marriage. You're closing yourself off...
OK, fine, he might have a point. Well, until he said:
I always admire the French and the Italians who are very devoted to their marriages. They take them extremely seriously, but it is understood that there might be other visitors at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. You just never boast about [it]. They never say anything, but that's what keeps marriages together.
Grant has had plenty of 5 o'clock visitors in his day. He's had two kids with his current girlfriend, Swedish producer Anna Eberstein, and two other kids with Chinese actress Tinglan Hong. His oldest with Eberstein was born months before after his last kid with Hong was born. So yeah, he's loving 5 o'clock.
And of course there's his famous arrest for picking up a sex worker back in 1995. At the time he was dating Elizabeth Hurley, who stuck by him during the ordeal, and recently said about Grant:
He's still my best friend, and he's very important to me.
But it's OK, we love Grant like Bridget Jones loved him. We're just waiting for Colin Firth to come and give him his due.
