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https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc1OCrwOqD9/?igsi=MXRpZG9sZDVkN205aw== “I’M ACTUALLY KINDA FAMOUS”

Reminder: your dollars spent and eyes watching this series will directly fund Rowling’s bank account to further tear down and criminalize the trans community, no matter how many hoops you jump through to justify why you’re watching it.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how children in the nation’s largest school system interact with the technology — will apply to “all software that uses student-facing generative AI” for students through eighth grade, the mayor’s office said. It described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country. At the same time, the city is establishing twice-yearly AI literacy classes for all public high school students. It will also launch pilot programs allowing some high school students to use a handful of AI platforms under an educator’s supervision. Companion chatbots will be prohibited across all grades, officials said. Source: https://apnews.com/article/zohran-mamdani-ai-ban-nyc-schools-647f6a968eea0399521b7934418b1aff

"Grande's break from the public eye will not prevent her from doing press"

Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. Gloria Steinem, the feminist crusader who, in galvanizing the modern women’s movement, helped millions of women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at home, at work and in society at large, died on Wednesday in New York City. She was 92. Her death was announced in a post on social media, which did not give a cause. It said Ms. Steinem had died peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. Calling herself “an entrepreneur of social change,” Ms. Steinem helped usher in sweeping cultural transformations across virtually every facet of American life, from the boardroom to the courtroom to the bedroom. For more than half a century, she personified the women’s movement and became its most enduring symbol; her tinted aviator glasses and curtain of streaked-blond hair parted in the center made her one of the most recognizable women in the world. She was an unlikely revolutionary. Growing up a transient in the Midwest, she was 10 when her parents divorced and she was left to mother her mentally anguished mother — a formative experience that reverberated throughout her life. She had scant formal education until sixth grade; her big dream, as a budding tap dancer, was to become a Rockette. But she read voraciously, graduated from college with honors and believed fiercely that women should be able to live whatever life they chose. Her own feminist awakening didn’t come until her mid-30s, when, as a journalist in 1969, she attended a “speak out” of women discussing their illegal abortions. Charismatic, articulate, media savvy, deeply empathetic and a workaholic, she evolved into a political and cultural force. She led protests and consciousness-raising sessions, wrote essays and delivered speeches, delved into political organizing, helped establish rape crisis centers and shelters for battered women, founded numerous groups that promoted women and had the Midas touch when it came to raising money for their causes. And she and a cadre of feminists had the audacity to start a publication that flew in the face of traditional women’s magazines, examining topics like abortion, domestic violence and equal pay for equal work. The first glossy national periodical to be created, owned and run entirely by women, Ms. magazine, founded in 1971, sought to capture and channel a rising sense of female empowerment and eradicate the sexist assumptions that permeated the culture. The magazine served as the movement’s manifesto, an incubator for social transformation and a blueprint for action. As such, it helped embolden women as they fought blatant discrimination and harassment in the workplace and unspoken oppression, and sometimes outright abuse, at home. “When we started, there was not even a term for sexual harassment,” Ms. Steinem often said. “It was just called life.” Among the messier dramas of the period was one that developed between Ms. Friedan and Ms. Steinem. The two shared certain goals, including equal pay, more women in public office and legalized abortion. But Ms. Steinem also sought broader cultural and social change that included liberating women from media stereotypes and recalibrating the power dynamic between men and women. Significantly, she also wanted to expand the movement beyond the white, middle-class housewives of its early days — those inspired by “The Feminine Mystique” — to include younger women, working women and women of color, as well as lesbians and other marginalized groups. Ms. Friedan saw the focus on sexual politics as a distraction and famously warned that including lesbians (the “lavender menace”) threatened the movement’s goal of achieving mainstream acceptance. (She later supported lesbian rights.) From left, Ms. Steinem in 1971 with Representative Bella Abzug, Democrat of New York; Representative Shirley Chisholm, Democrat of New York; and Betty Friedan. Together they founded the National Women’s Political Caucus to push for a greater role for women in politics. Credit...Charles Gorry/Associated Press Decades after the movement dissipated and progressive women faced renewed setbacks, Ms. Steinem continued to push for their rights and equality. Indefatigable, she wrote essays and lectured into her 90s, and the news media never stopped seeking her opinion. She was the author of nearly a dozen major nonfiction books; her latest, “An Unexpected Life,” is scheduled for publication in late September. [...] Even as she personified the women’s movement, Ms. Steinem defied the stereotype of “women’s libbers” as sexless, humorless and dateless. She led a glittering social life and enjoyed relationships with many high-voltage men, including Mike Nichols, the director, and Mort Zuckerman, the real estate and publishing mogul. In the 2026 interview, she called Franklin A. Thomas, the pathbreaking president of the Ford Foundation, the love of her life, the man with whom she felt most in sync. But she spurned marriage (mostly) and remained child free, a choice she said she never regretted. “Not for a millisecond,” she said at 82. “Not everybody with a womb has to have a child, like not everybody with vocal cords has to be an opera singer. It’s a choice, and it’s a wonderful choice, but if everybody has to do it, it’s no longer a choice.” Her lifestyle and unapologetic feminist beliefs made her a lightning rod, adored (though not always) by liberals, demonized (always) by conservatives. She and other single women were caricatured as man-hating, bra-burning lesbians intent on upending the social order and destroying the American family. When Ms. Steinem appeared on “Larry King Live” in 1990, a female caller memorably told her to “rot in hell” for what she had wrought. Much of the hostility toward her was public and overt — especially with the rise of the religious right and the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly — but it was also woven into the fabric of her everyday life. While the male-dominated news media all but anointed Ms. Steinem as the movement’s spokeswoman (to the annoyance of its many other leaders and of the decidedly anti-hierarchical Ms. Steinem herself), it simultaneously patronized and marginalized her as a rebel with a pretty face. When she was first job-hunting in New York, an editor at Life turned her away. “We need a reporter,” he told her, “not a pretty girl.” An editor at The New York Times Magazine propositioned her, she said. Clay Felker, the editor of New York magazine and Ms. Steinem’s mentor, said he gave her an assignment because she had “great legs.” She broke through with a witty exposé, “A Bunny’s Tale,” for Show magazine in 1963. Squeezing into a too-small, electric-blue satin corset, with a bow tie at her throat and a pair of satin rabbit ears bobbing on her head, she worked undercover as a cotton-tailed waitress at the Playboy Club in New York. Her article was praised for revealing the degrading work conditions in that male-fantasy cocoon. But she regretted writing it, for a time anyway, because some used it to dismiss her as frivolous. But it was as a writer — journalist, columnist, essayist, author — that Ms. Steinem made her name. She also had a knack for pointed aphorisms. “The truth will set you free,” she liked to say, “but first it will piss you off.” (Variations on this theme have existed since the Bible; Ms. Steinem popularized this one and used it as the title of a 2019 collection of essays. Another: “Self-esteem isn’t everything — it’s just that there’s nothing without it.” [...] Some of the achievements of the women’s movement — greater economic independence, more legal rights and protections, inroads into all levels of virtually every profession, more men sharing domestic responsibilities — may be taken for granted today. But they were unimaginable when the movement began. And for Ms. Steinem and many others, that struggle never ended. Women still earn less than men for the same work (81 cents for every dollar made by a man, according to the 2024 census). The Equal Rights Amendment, prohibiting discrimination on account of sex, was belatedly ratified but is still not part of the Constitution. The 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, a central goal of the movement, was overturned in 2022; some states went on to reverse or curtail other hard-won reproductive rights. No woman has been elected president. Anti-female bias remains entrenched. “I feel proud, and I feel mad as hell,” Ms. Steinem told The Times in 2022. “We are still dealing with the same issues.” Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/politics/gloria-steinem-dead.html

Gaga x Slayyyter collab yesterday please!

I would love for the film to be released on October, right for Halloween. The show gives major spooky vibes. I mean: The goth opera theme, mistress of mayhem, the skeletons, masks, nurses etc… and for that, I think Zombieboy would be an amazing choice such great potential ughh

Why is anyone watching this nonsense after the creator of the whole franchise coming for us?

I kinda feel like looking at a very happy video of your beloved pet cat that your crazy ex stole from you after the split.

Jordan Baker teas...

Back in 2011 after Gaga released the BTW country version, Dolly expressed her admiration for Gaga. "I think it's great," Parton told E! backstage at the GLAAD Media Awards. "It's just wonderful. I love her." And wanted to hit the studio with her. "Maybe we should do something together--GooGoo and Gaga!" she told E! Online in an interview after the GLAAD Media Awards, "You know those GooGoo candy bars in Nashville? I could be Lady GooGoo." What could have been. https://tasteofcountry.com/dolly-parton-lady-gaga-duet/

She kinda looks like she’s about to blast off to a new dimension in your bedroom

omg how skinny she is!

SHE BLEACHED HER EYEBROWS ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING

Bloody Mary had her moment Judas🗑️ has had more than enough moments (Hate to say it, but) my girl LoveDrug doesn't translate well live (& I selfishly want her to remain a fan-favorite, hidden treasure) Vanish Into You, meanwhile, deserves (& is worthy of) more spotlight

Nit-picking production design now.... what is this flooring for the great hall? Giving bathroom tile

Only swifties can celebrate a law that has been made because a girl died at a Taylor Swift concert

Her being a "VP" doesn't at all mean shes like 2nd in line to CEO. She was a relatively senior professional specializing in business relationships, sort of a middle manager. Do not celebrate the death of a regular citizen because they worked in banking. Psychotic

Insane lead over BOAF yesterday with +690k streams, less than 4M to surpass it!

Brazil has introduced new concert regulations requiring free drinking water at large events and cracking down on ticket scalping, three years after a Taylor Swift fan died from heat exhaustion at an “Eras Tour” show in Rio de Janeiro. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed two decrees on Monday that have become known as the “Taylor Swift Law,” One requires events with more than 1,000 attendees to provide free drinking water and allows concertgoers to bring their own water containers. The other targets digital scalping, including the mass purchase of tickets using automated systems. Ticketing platforms must clearly disclose original prices and additional fees, while official ticket transfers must be available at no extra cost. The measures follow years of pressure from organized fan groups. Representatives of fandoms for Swift, BTS, Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, and other artists attended the signing ceremony in Brasília, O Globo reports. https://consequence.net/2026/09/brazil-introduces-taylor-swift-law/

Genuinely didn’t realise it had been going for so long. I know it started as her trying to actually get dates and then became a celeb interview show almost. Also thought it had only been around since like 2022/23

Victim #1 I'm officially banning for this sh*t, it's so tired. Marginalized groups like us should know better than to turn around and do the SAME SH*T to others.

I come from a liberal european city which has been integrated and multi-cultural my whole life. Here's a list of what's happened to me in the 30 years I've lived here as a f*ggot. From the age of 8, in a Church of England primary school, I was bullied in school by the straight white boys in my school for being different. Come highschool, they were calling me gay/poofter/bender etc even in lessons in some cases. While the teachers did nothing. I was getting beat up on the bus or on the playground because of this. None of the bullies or teachers were arabic or practicising muslims. They were white chavs. At 16, I was walking alone alongside the canal which cuts through the city centre to go and meet friends. I was followed by a pack of chavs who were shouting homophobic abuse at me, threatening me, telling me they were going to kill me and r*pe me. All white. At 18, first week in Uni on a night out. Made a comment to a flat mate about the dodgems opperator being fit at a carnival event. And as I did this, a random straight white lad walking past called me a ******* and threatened to hit me. At 20, working in the only surviving gay bar in town, I got glassed by a straight white guy who had come in with a stag party when trying to get them to leave because they were harrasing a trans customer. So please tell me about how muslims are incompatible with western culture. And tell me how they pose a risk of violence towards me.

It should be banned for everyone tho

I never liked the originals that much anyway (I was more into the Star Wars and LOTR as a kid) but most of this looks like a fanmade version of it. Like the sets are almost identical, the acting is pretty wooden like the original and the bits missing from the books don't add much to warrant a series imo. It doesn’t add anything that the dull originals didnt already have. But I know straight people, terfs and millennials who can’t grow up will make this a success and make trans people’s lives hell. And any member on here who is going to watch or fund this I hope you burn in hell sister.

"her"????

https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/trusted-charities-supporting-trans-people/

Also reads a bit undercurrents of Maria Maria on the blink … where the LG narrative trajectory motif remains married to Metropolis

Don't mean to start anything but yes she is looking quite skinny - hope she's ok and healthy but this stuff is suddenly much more noticeable after the Ariana stuff this year.

She looks beautiful Video is better on mute

I think it’s so quaint and cute that Brits call a place where you get fried chicken a “chicken shop.” “I met the nicest lollipop lady on the way to the chicken shop with me nan.” Like what on God’s Green Earth are you on about, sistren?

And I'll say this too, I think people are freaks when they expect a total level of assimilation for immigrants and refugees. When someone goes to another country they have every right to bring their own customs and cultures as long as they aren't harming anybody. A Muslim woman deciding to wear whatever she wants on her own body harms nobody. Outlawing part of their culture, or agreeing when laws of that nature are passed, makes you an ignorant bigot and an asshole. Full stop. Threads like these really do expose why "twinks for Trump" or alt-right gen z in Europe are a thing. Y'all are too dumb to see you're siding today with the same people who are coming for you tomorrow.

It's crazy parasocial but I just want her to be happy and at peace, finally (and making music ofc ) but I've long become a fan of her, too. Even though I know very well I don't know the woman. Remember those wildfires when her house was still in danger and we got that picture taken (obviously in secret) behind a half-open door of one of the shelters she visited, Gaga sitting next to an old lady's bed, seemingly talking and definitely feeding her food from a plastic tub with a fork. This was during an already very traumatic time for her (we knew, but not the extent, Rolling Stone article from 2025 is mighty illuminating) but that's her. No Tech entrepreneurs, people orbiting Michael Polansky, Sean Parker himself, or Outer Bio will change that. Remember how so early in her career she worked with numerous brands and worked with Polaroid etc. Yes, she's a Capitalist (I can't believe I'm saying this as a student of THE field of Economics that's looking for a viable alternative and will return the moment I'm able to), always has been and to be fair couldn't have given a quarter of the amazing visuals/tours she's done if she wasn't a savvy businesswoman in this climate. Remember also how she used her own money AND leverage with businesses in order to try and help speed up the development of Covid vaccines. She has a HUGE heart, I actually love her acting when she's given the chance to do something with it. I would follow her movies, interviews and red carpets, and especially those peeks behind the scenes that show us how much she gives back - and mostly keeps quiet about (remember that deleted tweet from the US Fire Brigade years before said incident randomly thanking her?) - whether it's face-to-face or donation-wise. She's a gem of a person who, through an effing screen, has helped me through 17 years of incredible chronic pain, 12 years bedridden. With laughter, tears, joy and catharsis. I wouldn't just be gone. I was hooked on Just Dance so why give up? Besides, maybe I could finally dissect every single song she's ever put out lol - she'd always be my no. 1, listening on loop. Or we could do it @gagacabana's way lol. I don't see her quitting though. Those tears at every Mayhem Ball concert, not to mention multiple times at Gagacabana? That "thank you for wanting me back" that's there somewhere since BTWB... The exorcism that making music is for her, her outlet, her passion and creativity, that drive, that obvious promise. Nope, she's going nowhere and I believe her that she'll be performing and making music for many decades to come.

One of my students submitted an assignment with part of the answer saying, verbatim: “if your teacher wants a more specific answer, you could also mention x, y, and z.” Like you couldn’t even be bothered to just read what it wrote either??

What did people expect? She’s starring in the film, she’ll obviously have to do press conferences. People are so annoying

She is almost certainly contractually obligated to do press. It's standard with movie contracts.

I think, you should leave her alone. Enough obsession with her and her health.

I only care about the first three films (& mostly only because of John Williams' music) (should I change my username to NOSTALGELLA?) but I admit I am curious to see how this show is going to "out do" certain things from the films As slick & stylish as HBO is, these scenes in particular are going to be difficult to top (as far as visual effects, music, sound design, pacing, etc):

Need this law in everywhere tbh. Corporate greed causing water to cost so much at concerts. Like wdym a bottle of water is $7?!!

I'd be gone. I'm already way less into her the person these days with some of the circles she moves in. The music is the only reason I'm still here.

Thank you for explaining this, because braindead edgelords with zero understanding keep passively celebrating this woman’s death as if she personally created the banking industry