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Lena Dunham wrote a powerful letter about why #FreeKesha is about more than just Kesha.

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Last Friday, a New York State Supreme Court said that even though Kesha was allegedly physically, sexually, and emotionally abused by her former producer Lukasz Gottwald (stage name: Dr. Luke), she has to stay bound to that contract if she ever wants to work in music again. In her twice-weekly feminist newsletter, Lenny Letter, Lena Dunham wrote an essay about how Kesha's case is not just about a musician being forced to work with her alleged abuser, but the nature of distrust of victims and mishandling of all sexual assault cases. 

Dunham, who herself is a survivor of sexual assault, explains how the New York State Supreme Court's ruling resonated with her on a personal level:

When I saw the outcome of Kesha's court case last Friday, I felt sick. Actually sick — I wanted to ask my Uber to pull over so I could throw up in a New York City trash can. The photos of her beautiful face crumpled with tears, the legally necessary but sickening use of the word "alleged" over and over in reference to the assault she says she remembers so vividly — it all created a special brand of nausea that comes when public events intersect with your most private triggers.

She also explains how the lessons of this case read for the criminal justice system and its persistent negligence of victims of abuse. Abuse cases, unlike the murders on Law and Order, often do not have a lot of the hard evidence that a judge depends on. But that should not mean that victims should be left to suffer.

The fact is, Kesha will never have a doctor's note. She will never have a videotape that shows us that Gottwald threatened and shamed her, and she will never be able to prove, beyond the power of her testimony, that she is unsafe doing business with this man. And no, none of this was in her contract. But what man, what company endeavors to keep a woman saddled with someone who she says has caused her years of trauma, shame, and fear? Fighting this fight publicly and in the legal system has already changed the course and tenor of her career forever. The lack of perspective on the part of Sony — the inability to look at the worth of a woman's platinum records versus the worth of her soul being intact — is horrifying.

You can read the full essay at Lenny Letter.


Kaley Cuoco explains the meaning of her new tattoo, provides evidence that relationship ink is a bad idea.

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Way back in 2013, Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco tied the knot with Ryan Sweeting. After a year and a half, the pair parted ways, and in addition to all the emotional baggage, Cuoco was also left with one ink-based reminder of their less-than-blissful union. This week, Cuoco chatted with Ellen DeGeneres about her failed marriage and her tattoo, plus some other stuff. Skip to 2:32 to watch Cuoco cringe with shame over the tattoo (and show the new version), or watch the entire clip to hear Cuoco to talk about her boobs as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI5WWNlF6PY

"The tattoo was a mistake," ​Cuoco said of the initial ink she had done. Here's what it looked like before:

https://www.instagram.com/p/ozxyApOWfq/

When looking to remove the daily reminder of the relationship, Cuoco told Ellen that she put wonderfully little thought into the cover-up moth: "The significance is it was big enough to cover the numbers," she said. "It's just what I picked out when I was there.​" She must have been truly desperate. 

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Mom explains why she won’t let her son play football. It’s because she’s a doctor.

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Dyan Hes is a New York City physician and mother who is refusing to let her son play tackle football, and she told the New York Post about it. Her 12-year-old son, Dean Zilbeman, has played flag football for six years and loves the NFL. He's devastated that she won't allow him to play, but as a pediatrician, she has her reasons:

I see too many patients with concussions. I think I’m extreme. I’m much more cautious than other parents because I’m a doctor and I see what happens.

https://twitter.com/margiconklin/status/702139910103367680

Dean managed to get hurt during flag football, and he himself acknowledges the risk. He also says that he is not alone, though, and several of his peers will also not be advancing to the tackle league:

A lot of my friends’ parents are making them quit. If you [can] get hurt in flag, I can’t imagine tackle.

The feedback on Hes's decree has mostly been positive; several parents are aware of the concussion risks associated with football and agree with Dr. Hes:

https://twitter.com/Fongua/status/702142570231533568https://twitter.com/Maggie07701/status/702150665217380352https://twitter.com/AnadoluNina/status/702144986297606146https://twitter.com/billiemook/status/702153286091059200

Dean has come to terms with the fact that he won't play football. But he would like to become a sports agent instead:

I still want to be a football agent — the guy who gets them contracts with Rolex. Still doing what I love, but not actually in the NFL. 

It's like they say: if you can't beat 'em, and you can't join 'em, sign 'em contracts with Rolex. 

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‘#ObamaAndKids’: heartwarming photos of Obama playing with kids went viral this weekend.

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This past weekend, the hashtag #ObamaAndKids exploded on Twitter, and it all started after the heartwarming photo below was released to the public. The photo shows Obama greeting a young guest during the Black History Month event at the White House. Take a look:

https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/701040383879417856

White House photographer Pete Souza snapped the monochrome photo of the young boy who was in utter awe of Obama's presence as the president touched his left cheek. According to NBC, the little boy was "so determined" to meet Obama that he scuffled his way to the rope line before the president even showed up to greet the crowd.

Entrepreneur Michael Skolnik, who saw the photo online, triggered the #ObamaAndKids hashtag that was met with countless of individuals sharing their favorite photos of Obama meeting America's youth at the White House. The First Lady shared her own photo on Twitter as well. 

https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/701142804999766016

Here are several of the top #ObamaAndKids photos circulating on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/701142606382628865https://twitter.com/4lisaguerrero/status/701094635284914177https://twitter.com/CultureInStereo/status/701058068797218816https://twitter.com/1978BABY/status/701075174137856003https://twitter.com/aposa/status/701111190794203137https://twitter.com/sinoricemoss/status/701066105620566016https://twitter.com/ObamaAndKids/status/701090667175411712

Aww, how sweet. But don't forget about the kids who face-planted in front of Obama as well.

Watch 100 years of black men’s hair trends in one minute.

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The folks at WatchCut Video, widely known for their 100 Years of Beauty series, undertook extensive research to create their latest clip featuring 100 years of black men’s hair trends in the United States. The video touches on the hairstyles of influential pop culture figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Will Smith.

The model, Lester Shaw, rocks everything from a flattop to cornrows as well as an afro. And all of these dastardly handsome hairdos were done by the hands of professional hairstylist, Tasman Holloway. Watching the video will only cost you a minute of your time, so take the century-long journey below:

https://youtu.be/z36GQyInzhk

Holloway really nailed the Basquiat do-up:

“One thing we wanted to be really clear about in this video is that hair and politics are always intertwined,” visual anthropologist Chris Chan at WatchCut explained in the research video behind the looks.

Charlie Sheen blames his 2011 meltdown on testosterone cream, which is confusing.

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2011 was a time so dominated by bizarre Charlie Sheen news that browser plug-ins blocking mentions of Sheen's antics were necessary for just making it through the day. In an upcoming interview with 'respected medical professional' Dr. Oz, the self-proclaimed "Vatican assassin" revealed that his very public breakdown five years ago was caused by...testosterone cream?

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Testosterone cream made this man get up to a lot of odd things in 2011.

Testosterone cream is not the first substance you'd suspect as the culprit when it comes to a man who allegedly participated in a crack sex tape. According to Page Six, Sheen said:

"That was a very specific period of time that did feel very out-of-body and very just detached from all things real. I felt superhuman during some of that...I was taking a lot of testosterone cream and I think I went too far with it. It was, kind of, like, a borderline, not a 'roid rage, but a 'roid disengage."

If a cream really did cause Charlie Sheen to consume unthinkable amounts of crack cocaine and pay porn stars to hang out with him, the FDA's regulation standards should be put under thorough investigation.

Below is a clip from the interview, set to air Wednesday, where Sheen will reportedly open up about his tumultuous relationship with ex-wife Denise Richards and his desire to enroll in a clinical trial for an HIV treatment developed by CytoDyn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443k57P1fHk

Jessica Simpson's caption using 'Milkshake' lyrics on an Instagram of her daughter Maxwell is dividing her fans.

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Jessica Simpson—who has done a stellar job at carving out a brand in the past few years—regularly posts photos of her family on Instagram. For the most part, her pictures are pretty benign and offer up nothing more than the remarkable cuteness of her very blonde children, Ace and Maxwell. A recent photo of Maxwell, however, is accompanied by a caption that's divided her fans:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCHEyw7EVok/

"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like it's better than yours..." Simpson wrote. As everybody probably knows, those are lyrics from Kelis's 2003 classic "Milkshake." The song is not exactly about milkshakes.

The metaphorical-turned-literal caption has commenters divided:

Simpson likely didn't realize she was writing such a divisive caption , but the storm has been unleashed. Perhaps the next time she posts a "sassy" picture of Maxwell she will air on the side of caution.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BA00IPtkVpy/?taken-by=jessicasimpson

Look at that: "#SASSYPANTS #MAXIDREW." Nothing objectionable there.

Study suggests paleo diet could cause weight gain, sending loyalists into a primal rage.

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A new study suggests the paleo diet could have the opposite of its intended effect: it caused weight gain and increased glucose intolerance in lab mice. The paleo diet is based on foods presumed to have been eaten by early humans, consisting primarily of meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit. The diet excludes dairy or grain products and processed foods.

The study was conducted in Australia, and the results were published in the journal Nutrition & Diabetes. Mice that were fed foods similar to the paleo diet gained 15 percent of their body weight within two months. They also showed increased glucose intolerance, which can lead to type 2 diabetes. 

Meeeeeeeeeeeat!

The experts noted that this study has not been replicated, and the research has not been done with humans. So don't angrily throw your paleo diet books on the pile along with your old Tae Bo DVDs, Atkins diet books, P90X DVDs, and Insanity workout DVDs. One of these fad diets or workouts is sure to be the miracle everyone sticks with forever.

NASA has finally released the creepy 'space music' astronauts hear on the dark side of the moon.

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When NASA astronauts circled the moon on the 1969 Apollo 10 mission—the final "test run" mission before the first moon landing later that year—they heard strange, whistling, musical noises while their spacecraft flew around the far side (often called the dark side) of the moon. Since there's a Moon between any spacecraft and Earth during this portion of the flight, Apollo was receiving no signals from anywhere but space. Now, after more than 40 years, the Discovery Science show NASA's Unexplained Files uncovered the recording of that "music," which was buried deep in NASA's lengthy historical archives (though technically available to the public). Take a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK9ZBbsj0ec

"The music even sounds outer-spacey, doesn't it?" one astronaut even says. "You hear that? That whistling sound, 'wooooo'?"

Here's the disappointing part: the sound apparently has nothing to do with aliens. Though the crew at the time couldn't explain the noises, NASA said later that the sound was caused by interference between the two radios in the lander and orbiter modules of Apollo. Suuuure, if you believe NASA. (Editor's Note:We believe NASA.) Conspiracy theories still continue to abound, as they will.

What do you think?

Unhelpful stoner makes Bernie-themed paraphernalia to help fund socialist pipe dreams.

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Everyone salute (or condemn) Redditor CarlosWeiner for bringing the world's attention to the fact that you can buy a Bernie Sanders ceramic pipe—and donate to Bernie's campaign at the same time! The pipe-maker, Stonedware, promises to donate a portion of the proceeds to the Vermont senator's campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. The pipe is for smoking tobacco only, of course. As one does out of porcelain pipes.

Support Sanders' plan to break up the big banks by breaking up the big nugs.

The gloriously-named Stonedware promises to donate 10 percent of the sales of these $60 pipes and $30 "chillums" to Sanders' campaign for president. And yes, that sign uses the hashtag "#BurnOneForBernie."

Of course, there's always the risk for the candidate that stuff like this makes his followers seem like the supporting characters in a Judd Apatow movie. On the other hand, all the ultra-conservative uncles of the world already think that Sanders supporters must be smoking something, anyway. 

Stoner cat gets into a pound of catnip and goes into orbit.

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An Imgur user recently posted this picture of his cat rolling around in an entire pound of catnip like Demi Moore rolling around in cash in Indecent Proposal.

"You ever listen to Pink Floyd? Like, really listen to Pink Floyd?"

Soon after this picture was taken, the cat busted open a pint of Cherry Garcia, added a little Meow Mix, and watched four hours of Law and Order on TV.  

"I can see time, man."

The owner doesn't give specifics, like if the cat was peer-pressured into doing so much catnip at once ("C'mon, buddy, all the cool kitties are doing it. First bag is on me.") or if the cat held the owner at claw-point and demanded the greenery in exchange for urine-free footwear. Don't worry, though; according to The Nest, dried catnip is completely safe for cats, even if it turns some of them into fiends. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXPugx3xSCM

People are losing it over this picture of a bed with a hidden animal.

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There is something deeply satisfying to the human brain about searching for something and finally finding it. Maybe it has to do with the ancient drive to search for food in the wilds of nature, or maybe it's because humans love doing anything they can to distract themselves on the Internet instead of doing work. Either way, people have been flipping out about this picture with a hidden animal that was uploaded to Imgur by user I4got2ptinthecrystals:

Hint: It's not that the grey blanket is actually a really large stingray.

The picture was posted with the title "She thinks if she sits really still, i won't see her." A lot of commenters certainly didn't:

Zooming in a little helps:

It's a dog!

See, it's a dog! Just a plain old fun dog, hiding patiently behind your pillow, waiting in perfect stillness until you're asleep and it can finally hatch its plan. Nothing to worry about here.

If you're still having trouble seeing the face of waiting evil, here it is lightened up.

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13 awkward instances of people finding their family member's sex toys—or worse.

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When you're family, you share everything—food, bathrooms, secrets about how racist Grandpa is. It's great, but some things are just better kept to yourself, like sex toys. Especially sex toys. Hide those things (or anything that looks like them) somewhere no one will look. Lock them up tight. It's not just common courtesy—you'll also save your family members years of therapy bills. It's already hard enough trying to make eye contact at breakfast. 

1. This Mom thought her kid was up to no good, turns out it was worse than she thought. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BB3wJdMm65d/

2. Your family will never look at Star Wars the same way again.

https://twitter.com/Carbosly/status/497334825599369217

3. This Mom thought she found a cat toy under her son's bed, but it wasn't a cat toy.

The good news is your cat instinctively knows to stay away from butt-plugs. 

4.  Show and tell and explain yourself.

5. This is why they don't make Gak anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iDALjY4QnY

6. Duh Mom, it's from Harry Potter.

https://twitter.com/PipitsLady/status/623561115700625408

7. Lose something, like the ability to get that image out of your head?

https://www.instagram.com/p/9Fcw0wG66e/?taken-by=yourshittyfamily

8. It's just an overpriced sponge for putting on make-up, really.

https://twitter.com/bthnyjoy/status/680859245198229504

9. When this little kid finds his mom's giant dildo, the only thing to do is laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6FVHZfBTZY

10. Some people will do anything to sell.

https://twitter.com/ohhaylsno/status/244485378218807296

11. A Mom found her son's sex toy and made the mistake of asking the Internet what it was. 

Ma'am, step away from the Fleshlight.

12. Get your mind out of the gutter, parents.

https://twitter.com/venom11808/status/504866003369881600

13. Not technically family (who knows where he got it, though), but the dog's owner said, "I threw a stick but Bean came back with this. Hours later and I still can’t stop laughing."

Worst dog bone ever. 

Dr. Phil gives his non-medical opinion on what's wrong with Kanye West.

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Dr. Phil, a doctor whose office is a TV set, went on The Late Late Show this week. While there, James Corden asked Dr. Phil what he thinks is going on with Kanye West and West's recent Twitter meltdowns/rants/cries for help (financial or otherwise). Dr. Phil's opinion wasn't exactly clinical:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpbIQGmvS2Y

According to Dr. Phil, Kanye's just barfing over Twitter for the attention. "We're in a generation now where everybody thinks you gotta have an audience for everything," noted the man whose television audience numbers in the millions every week. Dr. Phil went on to use the example of how everyone is posting selfies of themselves brushing their teeth, which he mentions enough times to make it seem like he's actually obsessed with tooth-brushing selfies and trying to hide it.

So is that what's actually going on with Kanye? Who knows. But no matter what happens with Yeezy, Dr. Phil got one thing right: they'll be "reading about it in China in five seconds" indeed.

15 celebrities who are surprisingly hilarious on social media.

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Most celebs use social media to promote their latest projects, shut down trolls, or simply to show off how good-looking they are. Although selfies, meltdowns, and beefs are highly entertaining, there's nothing better than a celebrity who uses their online presence to just be flat out funny. Here are 15 of the funniest (non-comedian) famous people on social media right now.

1. Ryan Reynolds talks shrinkage in Paris.

https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/691954379470016512

2. Model Chrissy Teigen jokes about the joys of pregnancy.

https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/700730762383880192

3. Katy Perry is a human mic drop.

https://www.instagram.com/p/9h0NL3P-Qy/?taken-by=katyperry

4. Josh Groban makes songs for your wedding and Viagra jokes for your commercial breaks.

https://twitter.com/joshgroban/status/690764650468605953

5. Channing Tatum dresses as a low budget PBILF.

https://www.instagram.com/p/89i6DFACHu/?taken-by=channingtatum

6. Jessica Biel is being such a Carrie right now.

https://twitter.com/JessicaBiel/status/513476384979578880

7. Anna Kendrick is channeling her inner Fat Bastard.

https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/659420414565744641https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOTQq9H1EE

8. Is this a joke, or an actual fact Ken Jennings learned on Jeopardy?

https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/701098887445094401

9. Chris Pratt's hilarious #tbt will make you #dtf.

https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/510227498563428352

10. Twitter Rob Lowe is even funnier than Lifetime movie Robb Lowe.

https://twitter.com/RobLowe/status/700473073749794816

Then again, maybe not.

11. Betty White promotes 'Deadpool' with a potty mouth.

https://twitter.com/BettyMWhite/status/697839194568167424

12. Brandon McCarthy throws balls for the Dodgers and throws karate chops for his neighbors.

https://twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/status/701610717271592961

13. Not sure if Britney Spears is trying to be funny on social media, but she's crushing it nonetheless.

https://www.instagram.com/p/-VtgC8m8PG/?taken-by=britneyspears

14. Dax Shepard is an Oreo purist.

https://twitter.com/daxshepard1/status/691488495303393280

15. His adorable wife Kristen Bell geeks out on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCEEvx8qhrX/?taken-by=kristenanniebell

Then they go ahead and join forces and post something like this to make us all jealous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgL3puDfuRg&feature=youtu.be

These celebs are rich, good-looking, and funny? It just doesn't seem fair.

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Kevin Spacey and Jimmy Fallon perform scenes from 'House of Cards,' written by kids who've never seen it.

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Tuesday night on The Tonight ShowKevin Spacey and Jimmy Fallon performed House of Cards scenes written by kids—based only on the title House of Cards. Spacey brought the same Frank Underwood-intensity to the tales of a garbage collector making his rounds and a kid who lives in a literal card house. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHwD8UOFTMw

A team of junior judges determines who's the better actor, and a kid named Angus couldn't help but point at Spacey and say, "I don't get you." (Author's note: Me neither, Angus. Me neither.)

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