Quantcast
Channel: someecards.com
Viewing all 38991 articles
Browse latest View live

'Normal Barbie' now gets her period, as often as your child wants her to.

0
0

With proportions so distinctly non-human, it's no wonder that Barbie never got her period. Lammily is a new company that makes dolls that actually resemble real people. With healthy proportions and a variety of imperfections, Lammily is changing the game on healthy playtime, and is now raising the stakes with its new expansion pack, the Period Party.

Both women and pads come in all shapes and sizes.

The Period Party seeks to create an "open and positive conversation about our periods" between parents and young girls. The pack comes with:

1 educational pamphlet
1 pair of panties, fits Lammily doll
18 reusable colored pads and liners stickers
1 calendar & dot stickers

Party on.

This is a great learning tool, and can help young girls better understand puberty without having to hear dad rap "once a month you'll have a visitation from the crimson wave known as menstruation."

https://youtu.be/lUIs5ZC37d8

 

The Period Party does not yet come with any red ink or toy tampons, but maybe they're saving that for the next expansion. 


Woman writes brilliant Facebook rant warning everyone to mind their own baby business.

0
0

Emily Bingham is today's Facebook hero of the moment, for writing a viral rant on her page against those nosy, pushy baby boosters who feel it's their business to tell other people when it's time to have kids. Whether they're your mom, your coworker, or your mom, once you get past 25 there's always someone in your life who feels it's their job to tell you your reproductive organs aren't busy enough. Bingham got sick of it, and posted this lengthy tirade to remind everyone that other people's baby plans are nobody's business but their own (until they have a baby, and then it's the baby's business too). Bingham's post must have struck a nerve, because in the last week it's gone massively viral:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10107297031532134&set=a.920826968234.2753877.2313071&type=3&theater

Here's the full text:

Hey everyone!!! Now that I got your attention with this RANDOM ULTRASOUND PHOTO I grabbed from a Google image search, this is just a friendly P.S.A. that people's reproductive and procreative plans and decisions are none of your business. NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. Before you ask the young married couple that has been together for seemingly forever when they are finally gonna start a family ... before you ask the parents of an only-child toddler when a Little Brother or Little Sister will be in the works ... before you ask a single 30-something if/when s/he plans on having children because, you know, clock's ticking ... just stop. Please stop. You don't know who is struggling with infertility or grieving a miscarriage or dealing with health issues. You don't know who is having relationship problems or is under a lot of stress or the timing just isn't right. You don't know who is on the fence about having kids or having more kids. You don't know who has decided it's not for them right now, or not for them ever. You don't know how your seemingly innocent question might cause someone grief, pain, stress or frustration. Sure, for some people those questions may not cause any fraught feelings -- but I can tell you, from my own experiences and hearing about many friends' experiences -- it more than likely does.

Bottom line: Whether you are a wanna-be grandparent or a well-intentioned friend or family member or a nosy neighbor, it's absolutely none of your business. Ask someone what they're excited about right now. Ask them what the best part of their day was. If a person wants to let you in on something as personal as their plans to have or not have children, they will tell you. If you're curious, just sit back and wait and let them do so by their own choosing, if and when they are ready.

The ultrasound at the top is a dirty trick, but definitely effective. Who can resist clicking on one of those black-and-white grainy "baby in a cone" pics when it shows up in their feed? Nobody, that's who.

She doesn't take guff from anyone, and neither does her uterus.

Bingham's post, which currently has 200 likes and also 40,000 shares, has generated a lot of buzz among the childless and mostly-childless set. It's a good reminder that parenthood is one of the most private issues anybody can deal with, but often isn't treated that way by our culture. Her observation isn't new, but it's resonating with people because it's delivered in 2015's most relevant form of personal expression: viral snark.

Article 28

A girl accidentally came out to her family and totally burned her homophobic grandma.

0
0

An Imgur user posted this shot from a girl's tumblr page, in which she describes accidentally coming out in front of her entire family. Her entire family includes a homophobic grandmama, which might explain why this whole text is in shouty caps. Emotions were running high.

OKAY BUT STOP YELLING.

After the pic went viral, Katie, the 16-year-old who experienced this happy event, laid out the whole story:

the door was shut before i realized what i had said, and then i ran into the bathroom, where i sent that text. 

while i was hiding in the bathroom, my cousin knocked on the door, "you can come out now" she said, followed by "well i guess you already did that, but"

anyway, we took refuge in her room

apparently, after i left the room my grandmother turned to my mom and said something to the extent of "how could you let your daughter become a queer" 

my mother, aunt, and uncle all went off at her for that one, there was quite a bit of yelling

after a while, my mother came upstairs and told me that she supported me no matter what, and then we left without talking to my grandmother. 

the next morning, she called to apologize for her actions. i have no idea how sincere this apology was because my mother was the one on the phone with her, but i am still invited to christmas​.

What a kickoff to the fall holiday season. May yours be full of unexpected truth bombs and hearts opening in acceptance. 

This 72-year-old grandma became a 13-year-old girl when Taylor Swift brought out Mick Jagger.

0
0

A 72-year-old grandma lost her sh*t when Taylor Swift brought out Mick Jagger and it was beautiful. According to her grandson who uploaded the video, she "had a lifelong dream of going to a Stones concert," but had to miss their last tour because of a "serious health issue." Also a big Swift fan, she got tickets to her Nashville concert a year in advance, not knowing anything about the special guests. When Jagger came out, she felt as if "he walked on stage just for her."

https://youtu.be/RrPrEIxFZ6M

The grandma, unnamed by the YouTube poster, started an organization to fight for seniors' rights in nursing homes after she retired, and "lives with passionate purpose in all she does." Tay-Swift took notice of the clip and tweeted it out to her Swifters:

https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/648277199565553668

Get it, grandma.

Article 25

John Oliver gave one young Syrian refugee the perfect gift: her own 'Days of Our Lives' episode.

0
0

John Oliver gave the Syrian refugee crisis the John Oliver treatment last night, which has come to mean an extensively researched, funny takedown of both media and popular perception of a pressing issue. He explains the bureaucratic nightmare that awaits refugees after the hellish trip and the inhumane denial of work permits, pointing out, “These people can't go five years without working—they’re refugees, not Renee Zellweger.”

To combat the false perception that migrants and refugees are lazy, Oliver cited the especially inspirational story of Nageen Mustafa, a 16-year-old who trekked from Syria to Europe in her wheelchair. Her English is impeccable, which she attributes to watching the soap Days of Our Lives, which previously hasn't been thought to have any educational value. 

Starting at 15:55 (wow, these segments really are long), Oliver enlisted Days of Our Lives' Alison Sweeney and James Scott to create a special episode of the soap opera to honor Nageen. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqvYhb3wf4

Article 23


NASA just announced the most exciting space news in 50 years in their boring science language.

0
0

After decades of looking, a NASA spacecraft has found evidence of liquid water on Mars. Billions of years ago, Mars was flowing with water, but for the past few decades that we've been researching the red planet, the only H2O to be found was in the air, soil, and the ice in the planet's poles. Five years ago, however, researchers noticed "mysterious dark streaks running down the warm slopes of Martian craters and mountains." They entertained the possibility that this could be water. To test this hypothesis, they sent a spacecraft, which noticed "deposits of perchlorate" that were being moistened by a compound none other than water.

The dark streaks are the water.
Drink up!

NASA made the announcement via livestream at 11:30 a.m. People had already guessed what the news was, but they were still excited nonetheless:

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/648520455733780480https://twitter.com/NASA/status/648523470070923264https://twitter.com/NASA/status/648525521081380864https://twitter.com/NASA/status/648527086299316224

Researchers are still uncertain how exactly the water is there:

Maybe the perchlorate itself is pulling water vapor out of the Martian atmosphere. Or maybe water from melting ice flows down hillsides and soaks the perchlorate in the soil. Or maybe water is trickling out of an aquifer.

That doesn’t mean Mars has frogs and bulrushes. It’s not clear how much water is flowing on the surface, but each wet place may be less of a stream and “more of a sludge,” says planetary scientist David Vaniman of the Planetary Science Institute, who was not a part of the study team. Anyway, perchlorates are toxic.

“Water is the elixir of life,” says Mars expert Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis, who wasn’t part of the study either. Still, “I wouldn’t particularly want to live in a perchlorate fluid.” Ojha concedes that the briny water spotted by his team would not be hospitable to living creatures.

It's also unclear how exactly this could help a manned mission to Mars, but it will help nonetheless. As mama always said, some water is better than no water when the atmosphere is trying to kill you. 

The Internet is having a hilarious time mocking a man who thinks he's famous and will fight you.

0
0

This guy on a moped got into an altercation with an angry British driver that was baffling for everyone involved. Pro tip: if you are shouting, "Do you know who I am?" at someone, you are asking to get a kick in the ego. They don't. Even if they do, they don't care. In this guy's case, the man he's shouting at really doesn't know and really doesn't care, but the moped driver was wearing a camera and didpost this video on Reddit so we can all laugh at Ronnie Pickering for thinking he's a household name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQKSPEO6TzY&feature=youtu.be&t=1m40s

Now everyone is getting in on making fun of Ronnie Pickering and his poor bored-looking wife:

https://twitter.com/tealioni/status/648522779566829572https://twitter.com/2010LeeHurst/status/648510972135653376https://twitter.com/MickFerry/status/648510901675495425https://twitter.com/ChrisTreloar/status/648519857735114752

Today, we are all Ronnie Pickering. Whoever the hell that is.

Article 20

Beyonce sang "Drunk In Love" with Ed Sheeran. Why would she do this to us?

0
0

Ed Sheeran continues his bothersometourof theInternet, this time threatening to ruin a Beyoncé song in his wake (which, by the way, would never work). The pair sang "Drunk In Love" together over the weekend at Central Park as part of the Global Citizen Festival. Because you know what the sexiest song of our time needed? A mumbling guitar boy. Thankfully, the Beyoncé Effect is so powerful that the performance is still captivating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5UhO_BRhw

 

Everyone on this train contracts a case of giggling from one woman, like she's the Joker.

0
0

This is an old video that is circulating everywhere right now, and the reason why is obvious: people need a laugh. Sometimes they don't even know they need it until they're trapped in a subway car with a lady who is emitting some kind of laughter-inducing pheromone. In the video below, everyone slowly succumbs to the mass hysteria, no matter how slab-faced they started out. And you will, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHnRIAVXTMQ&feature=youtu.be

Don't try to resist! You know you want to join! The subway is a terrible place, so if you have the chance to laugh about something, take it. Who cares what's on this lady's phone? Hopefully it's not something horrible, like a dead dog, but...oh no. Bummed myself out again.

Matt Damon says gay actors should stay in the closet, out-Damons himself.

0
0

Oh god. Matt Damon is hunting to lose our good will with increasingly crappy comments about diversity and sexuality. Fresh off of Damonsplaining to a black female filmmaker that we don't need diversity in filmmaking, Damon said in a recent interview that gay actors should stay in the closet. 

Promoting The Martian should be easy now that everybody's talking about water on Mars, but Damon seems committed to make himself seem like an a-hole. 

Damon talked The Guardian through his history and early career, and mentioned playing a gay character in Behind the Candelabra. They then go on to discuss actually being gay in Hollywood.

“When Ben and I first came on the scene there were rumours that we were gay because it was two guys who wrote a script together...I know. It’s just like any piece of gossip… and it put us in a weird position of having to answer, you know what I mean? Which was then really deeply offensive. I don’t want to, like [imply] it’s some sort of disease – then it’s like I’m throwing my friends under the bus. But at the time, I remember thinking and saying, Rupert Everett was openly gay and this guy – more handsome than anybody, a classically trained actor – it’s tough to make the argument that he didn’t take a hit for being out.”

“I think it must be really hard for actors to be out publicly,” he continues. “But in terms of actors, I think you’re a better actor the less people know about you period. And sexuality is a huge part of that. Whether you’re straight or gay, people shouldn’t know anything about your sexuality because that’s one of the mysteries that you should be able to play.”

 Congrats to Ben Affleck for being the cool one now. 

Justin Bieber celeb-splained to his fans via Snapchat on how to approach him for a picture.

0
0

Justin Bieber is utilizing Snapchat to express his innermost feelings about fans asking him for photos, because it's 2015 and this is how we communicate now, grandpa!

Misunderstood or extremely understood?

Biebs' lecture was shared in a moody video from the backseat of a car. As we view the sidewalk passing by out the window, we hear Bieber's voice explaining how he prefer fans to approach him, and how it makes him feel when people bombard him for photos. Is this a presumptuous rant or an earnest humanization of celebrity? An unwelcome lecture, or a much-needed reminder that famous people are still people? All that's certain is that Bradley Cooper would never do this. But is that good or bad? You be the judge.

Here's what Bieber said:

The way you ask or approach me when you want a photo with me is going determine if I take a photo or not. If I'm walking somewhere or arriving somewhere and you guys are asking me to take a photo, if I don't respond, if I continue just walking, the likelihood is probably that I don't want to take a photo at that moment. Now if you start screaming louder that's not going to make me want to take a photo more. I want to enjoy the moment just as you're enjoying the moment but I can't enjoy it if I'm not feeling like there's any respect given to me that moment. So if you're asking kindly, usually the chances are I'll take a photo, but if perhaps I don't, or I'm in the mood where I'm not trying to take a photo at that moment, please just respect me and just treat me the way that you want to be treated. That's all. I just want us to be on the same page. It's like why did you travel to see me in the first place, was it really to see me or was it to get that moment of you seeing me so that you could tell people about it? Just remember I'm not unattainable, unreachable, I'm just like you and I communicate just like you, so next time remember.

And here's video, via the Daily Mail, of the snap in question:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3251075/Justin-Bieber-takes-Snapchat-rant-fans-screaming-photos.html#v-4513136709001

Sometimes it's hard to know if Bieber needs a hug or a deposition.

 


Broadway actor writes letter to the autistic child who interrupted his performance.

0
0

Kelvin Moon Loh wrote a letter defending an autistic child who shouted during a performance of The King and I on Broadway. During an intense whipping scene that apparently was put in the play for the sole purpose of making children cry, an autistic child screamed loudly, and had to be taken out of the theater by his mother. Other audience members were angry. They did after all spend $6,000 to see live theater (it is expensive to see a Broadway play).

Kelvin had a message for those angry viewers and for anyone with autism who wants to see the show.

 

I am angry and sad. Just got off stage from today's matinee and yes, something happened. Someone brought their...

Posted by Kelvin Moon Loh on Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Acting is all about reacting and Kelvin did terrific work reacting to a tough situation.

Let's hope we can all go back to actors only breaking the fourth wall when someone's phone goes off. 

Article 14

Trump finally unveils tax plan, saying "It's going to cost me a fortune." Will it?

0
0

With the major exception of building a wall on America's southern border, getting Mexico to pay for it, and deporting everyone, billionaire Donald Trump has gotten pretty far without actually, y'know, proposing much. That changed today, as Trump unveiled designs he had been hinting at for changing the tax code. This is especially exciting because Trump has been promising to make the wealthy pay a fairer share. When describing it on the campaign trail, he's said"In other words, it’s going to cost me a fortune." Is that what his plan shows? The answer is a resounding "ehhhhhh...."

Unsurprisingly for someone running as a Republican, his plan is mostly cuts. Big cuts. Huge cuts. Classy cuts. There is one hike in there, and it'll be affecting a specific (and not very huge) group of very rich people: private equity firms and hedge fund managers. Here's the outline of his plan:

Eliminate all federal income tax for individuals making $25,000 a year or less, and married couples making $50,000 a year or less.

Lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15% and offer a special 15% tax rate to business owners (down from about 30%).

End the tax on inherited money.

Lower the tax rate on the top income bracket (over $250,000 a year) from 39.6% to 25%, and the top rate on long-term investments and dividends to 20% from 23.8%.

Here's the interesting part: Trump would close the "carried interest loophole," which hedge fund managers and private equity firm partners use to classify massive paydays as long-term capital gains instead of regular income for doing your job. This doesn't really solve any gaps in the budget, but it may end what has been seen as one case of super-duper wealthy people gaming the system to pay less than their fair share... right? Again, "ehhhhhh....." As the New York Times points out as well, if those hedge fund managers are classifying pay as investments, the top rate is still 23.8%. Not even Trump can say going from 23.8% to 25% is a huge hit. Plus, part of their income is taxed as salary, and that now has a lowered maximum tax rate of 25%. Will it cost Trump a fortune, as he has claimed. "Ehhhhh...."

Not really. Trump has a lot of investments, but he is not getting multi-multi-million-dollar "performance bonuses" for managing other people's money, which under this loophole is treated as a long-term capital gain. Trump, who brags that he fights tooth and nail to pay "as little as possible," probably has many tools at his disposal besides the carried interest loophole. So, unless Trump can show which loopholes he uses that he's closing, all we know is he's lowered his tax rate from 39.6% to 25%. 

Now for whether any of this makes sense, from the perspective of someone who writes a lot about amusing animal videos: 

Eliminating the federal income tax for people making under $25,000 ($50,000 for couples) would probably somewhat help the economy. People in those income brackets generally spend most of their income on things they need, so any decrease in taxes is usually an increase in consumer spending. I'm not super qualified to say how it will impact the deficit. Since those folks don't account for a huge share of the tax haul, it could be a wash because of the consumer spending boost. Again, not an expert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8uTB5XorBw&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPNZwz5_o_5uirJ8gQXnhEO&index=5

As far as lowering the corporate tax goes, everyone (except the Chamber of Commerce) agrees that America's current corporate tax, the highest in the developed world, is a fiction. No large American corporation pays 35%, although smaller ones without lobbyists do. In fact, GE (as in General Electric) regularly pays nothing in taxes on billions in revenue by cleverly stashing profits in Ireland and other countries. If Trump could close loopholes and actually get companies to pay a 25% tax rate, he would instantly become a great President. He won't, but there's nothing wrong with this idea.

Lowering the top tax bracket is very similar. Paying the full 39.6% is rare, unless you make all your money in pure salary, but wealthy people like to invest their extra money (instead of spending it), and as you go up the ladder, a higher proportion of income is lower-taxed investments. We all remember the 2012 election, when it was revealed that the very wealthy Mitt Romney paid an effective 13% tax rate. Warren Buffett has also made a big deal out of the fact that he pays a lower tax rate than secretaries who work for him. Getting them to pay 25% would be YUGE. How do you do that? By closing loopholes.

Oh, but ending the estate tax will definitely end up creating an aristocracy. Again, not an expert.

Supermodel Gigi Hadid stands up to body shaming trolls on Instagram.

0
0

Gigi Hadid is not only a supermodel, she's also the daughter of Yolanda Foster, one of the main characters on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She's appeared on the show numerous times since 2012, and has a really huge social media following on both Instagram and Twitter. When you have that much attention focused on you, you have a lot of fans, but also a lot of haters. Apparently, being a young, gorgeous millionaire isn't enough to keep the negativity at bay, which is worrisome for the rest of us! Gigi took to her many accounts to share her message of "STFU haters" (full text below):

https://instagram.com/p/8LCm44jCcx/?taken-by=gigihadid

In it, she talks about how she loves being sexy, and crapping on her isn't going to make her go away. There are also a lot of complaints about her "walk," but we only click through on vids of runway models when they're falling off the actual runway, so it's hard to comment on that. In case you're not on board with how ridiculous it is that anyone is calling Gigi Hadid fat and ugly, here are a couple pics of her:

https://instagram.com/p/7rW6P7jCfh/?taken-by=gigihadidhttps://instagram.com/p/6uMcEkDCUa/?taken-by=gigihadid
 

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on

Perhaps they just mean she has breasts? We thought breasts were popular, but fashion is a strange industry. Here's the full text:

So many people are so quick to comment negative opinions this month. Yes, judgement on social media comes from people who, 99% of the time, have no idea what they’re talking about, but I’m human, and I’m not going to lie, I did let the negativity get to me a little.. I came to a realization that when one gets to this point, it's important to rethink why you're doing what you do. What your message is. What you have to say. 
No, I don’t have the same body type as the other models in the shows. No, I don’t think I’m the best at any given show. Yes, I want to have a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve. No, I’m not the first or the last model of my type in this industry. You can make up all the reasons you think I am where I am, but really, I’m a hard worker that’s confident in myself, one that came at a time where the fashion industry was ready for change. I’m just doing my job. I represent a body image that wasn’t accepted in high-fashion before, and I’m very lucky to be supported by the designers, stylists, and editors that I am: ones that know this is fashion, it’s art, it can never stay the same. It’s 2015. But if you’re not one of those people, don’t take your anger out on me.Yes, I have boobs. I have abs, I have a butt, I have thighs, but I’m not asking for special treatment. I’m fitting into sample sizes. Your mean comments don’t make me want to change my body, they don’t make me want to say no to the designers that ask me to be in their shows, and they definitely don’t change the designers opinions of me. If they want me in their show, I’m in it. If they don’t, I’m not. That’s just how it is and how it will be. If you don’t like it, don’t follow me, don’t watch me, cause I’m not going anywhere. If I didn’t have the body I do, I wouldn’t have the career I do. I love that I can be sexy. I’m proud of it.
I've said it before... I hope everyone gets to a place in their life where they'd rather talk about the things that inspire them over the things that bring others down. At least be open if not part of the change, because it's undeniably happening.
Happy PFW xx G

Britney Spears dropped by her niece's dance class to teach kids how to frighten 90s parents.

0
0

Surprise! It's Britney, Bit- uh, kids. It's Britney, kids! Spears, whose sexy gyrations made parents anxious in the 90s and 00s, is headed directly for your daughter's dance studio. On an Aunt-Niece day of fun, Spears popped into the studio to teach a dance class with her little niece, Lexie. These kids are so lucky, she's a star! Spears taught some of her signature moves, and was chill enough not to dance to her own songs.

Britney Spears dancing to Kesha with little kids must say something about the evolution of pop divahood. Here's a still of Spears in action at the Rock It Dance Studio:

Spears is apparently making a habit of this, as she was also spotted last week teaching some kids how to do Madonna:

It's nice to know Britney doesn't have to be her own guardian to still teach the next generation.

Viewing all 38991 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images