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Sunday 30 September 2018
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What is the web-o-sphere angry about this week? The conscious coupling of a comedian and pop princess, a Harry Potter casting choice and a Kardashian sister who could be working undercover for the dairy industry Here’s everything you need to know.
Pete Davidson says some weird things about Ariana Grande
THE STORY: During a radio interview with Howard Stern, SNL cast-member Pete Davidson made a series of comments and jokes about his fiancé, Ariana Grande, that have people asking questions. For starters, he said he’s “never been prouder” than when he watched former U.S. President Bill Clinton seemingly “eyeing” Grande at Aretha Franklin’s funeral last month. And, later in the interview when asked about how he deals with his fiancé being objectified by men on the regular, he said: “I get it. I was jerking off to her before I met her! I’ve been in the other shoes. Who knew I was practicing this whole time [for our relationship.]?”
And wait! That’s not all. In another interview sound bit that the media quickly picked up on, Davidson appears to express sympathy Bishop Charles E. Ellis III, who was accused of inappropriately touching Grande during a live television broadcast. “Shitty situation…” he said, “I feel bad for that guy.”
THE REACTION:
fuck pete davidson ariana deserves so much better pic.twitter.com/fbpLiaD7Jk
— cait (@kissyIipa) September 27, 2018
pete davidson is publicly encouraging toxic male behaviour towards his own fiancé, you should not defend any man who inappropriately touches anyone and it’s certainly not a compliment to be “eyed up” there’s something seriously wrong with him
— t (@louvinglyharry) September 27, 2018
Pete Davidson is DISGUSTING.
Don’t try to tell me otherwise. I don’t care if he “makes ariana happy”, he treats her with no respect publicly and I don’t see him ever complimenting her for anything but her “sexiness” :(
(Don’t even try to comment and attack me, it wont work)— mark 💧 (@remcamiIa) September 27, 2018
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Man, Ariana Grande has had a rough year. Shortly after Davidson’s interview went viral, Grande tweeted a string of emotional messages, including: “can i pls have one okay day. just one. pls.” and “ty for loving me sm i do not deserve it.”
Is she addressing her fan’s Davidson backlash? We don’t know—and it’s probably not our business. What we do know is that Davidson is a brutally honest dude whose made a career out making uncomfortable, often-inappropriate jokes. I think Grande probably knew that before accepting his proposal. We also know that a lot these quotes were taken pretty out of context. For example, here’s everything Davidson said about the whole bishop situation: “It’s not cool and I feel really bad. We both don’t think that was intentional. He’s a really tall guy, she’s very little. He was trying to be funny. He did a stupid joke, he’s a pastor. He did a shitty joke, broadcast it on TV. Shitty situation…I feel bad for that guy.”
An Asian actress Claudia Kim plays Nagini in Fantastic Beasts
THE STORY: The final trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald, the latest film from J.K Rowling’s extended Harry Potter universe, revealed that the character played by Claudia Kim is actually Nagini, a cursed woman who eventually transforms into Voldemort’s killer snake later in the Harry Potter series.
THE REACTION:
I feel like this is the problem when white people want to diversify and don't actually ask POC how to do so. They don't make the connection between making Nagini an Asian woman who later on is the pet of a white man. So I'm going to say it right now. That shit is racist.
— Ellen "Call Me General" Oh (@ElloEllenOh) September 25, 2018
issue isn't that nagini's a villain, but that she's barely a character at all. presumably enslaved, as humanoid pet & before as circus act, but w/no redemption arc as her death in DH is a fun victory for Good. & nagini is SE Asian iconography used as EAsian snake/dragon lady🙄
— ryen 🦇 (@RyeriLim) September 26, 2018
@jk_rowling listen Joanne, we get it, you didn't include enough representation when you wrote the books. But suddenly making Nagini into a Korean woman is garbage.
Representation as an afterthought for more woke points is not good representation. https://t.co/UIrR7yiKQD— Jen Moulton (@J_A_Moulton) September 26, 2018
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Since The Philosopher’s Stone, there problem with diversity and racial stereotyping in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. And in recent years, as the wizarding world continues to hold a powerful place in popular culture, it feels like the author has made attempts to rectify her lack of representation. (For example, a black actress was cast to play Hermione in the stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a decision that was both praised and criticized.)
It appears that this backtracked diversity is exactly what has been done with Nagini. The criticism that casting an Asian actress as a pet snake feeds into the fetishisation of East Asian women is valid. But on the flip side, writer Biba Kang points out that “had a Caucasian actor been cast in the role, you could imagine that journalists like me would be writing censorious pieces about white-washing and the cultural appropriation of Asian mythology.” She then points out the backlash against Tilda Swinton playing the Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, despite the director’s argument that using an Asian actor would contribute to a racist stereotype.
Here’s what Rowling has to say about all of it: “The Naga are snake-like mythical creatures of Indonesian mythology, hence the name Nagini” and “Indonesia comprises a few hundred ethnic groups, including Javanese, Chinese and Betawi.” Is that a mic drop? Hard to say. I’m most interested in hearing from Claudia Kim, the actress who plays Nakini in the film, and who seems very excited about her role in the franchise.
There’s a Kylie Jenner cereal conspiracy
THE STORY: Kylie Jenner, Realizer of Things™, has come to a revelation. On September 18, 2018, Kylie Jenner tweeted: “last night i had cereal with milk for the first time. life changing.” At this point, the Internet pretty much lost it, and Jenner clarified: “i always liked my cereal dry i never bothered to put milk.” (Kris Jenner later confirmed this key information about her daughter to E! News, saying she’s to blame for Kylie’s strange habit: “It’s all my fault. Guilty as charged. I let the kid eat dry cereal and I think it just kind of stuck with her.”)
THE REACTION:
Kylie Jenner LIED to us! She has had cereal with Milk! pic.twitter.com/BM6R9v6zrp
— Natalia11 (@Natalia11) September 20, 2018
The dairy industry have clearly paid kylie to promote their products as more an more people are becoming aware how bad dairy actually is for you, the same with Kim when she took pictures drinking out the bottle 👀👀
— 💎charlea (@chardunbar_xx) September 23, 2018
Kylie Jenner is working for the milk industry and tweeted that shit last night cause milk stocks been going down since people been drinking dairy alternatives. STAY WOKE
— Titty Milk (@TYB_Johnny) September 20, 2018
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: She’s a liar AND she’s working undercover for the diary industry?! There’s a lot of garbage going on in the world right, and I really don’t think there’s anything wrong creating an unlikely celebrity conspiracy theory to distract from the madness. Oh, and Kylie, if you’re reading this, you owe us the truth!!!
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Lately, coffee hasn’t had the best rep. We’re been told to switch out that afternoon Americano for a matcha latte to avoid weight gain, wavering blood sugar levels that lead to diabetes and indigestion. Java has also been known to stain teeth and cause sleeplessness depending on when we decide to have that last shot of espresso for energy. But it also has many benefits despite the hype, and what’s more, it has benefits for your skin. It sure as hell doesn’t taste or smell bad either.
Coffee grounds are an excellent exfoliant that promote cell turnover and healthy skin thanks to it’s properties of caffeic acid, an antioxidant, which boosts collagen levels and helps reduce the premature aging of cells. It also contains antimicrobial properties and polyphenols, which protect skin against germs and the sun, and it increases blood flow which reduces inflammation under the eyes and the appearance of cellulite, according to recent British medical journals.
So, in honour of National Coffee Day tomorrow try out some of our favourite caffeine infused beauty products:
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As if this day couldn’t get any worse, as if women around the world weren’t already feeling simultaneously enraged and deflated after Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh’s testimonies in Washington yesterday, and nursing an emotional hangover the likes of which we haven’t collectively experienced since November 9, 2016, today Hedi Slimane presented his first collection for Celine.
I suppose it makes some sort of twisted poetic sense that today was the day a fashion label beloved by women for its feminism, its eccentricity, its rich and nuanced understanding of how smart, accomplished women wanted to dress was laid to rest. At the hands of a man, no less. The Céline we knew and loved, led by a strong-willed and endlessly fascinating Phoebe Philo, is gone and what we have in its stead is a far cry from an intuitive manifestation of the way women want to dress. Slimane’s Celine is how men want women to dress. It’s barely-there mini dresses, it’s swinging and sparkly skirts, it’s shrunken leather jackets, it’s see-through blouses.
And to make matters worse, it’s nothing new. It’s Hedi Simane’s Saint Laurent, just by another name. In fact, if you were to place any of Slimane’s collections for Saint Laurent side by side with what he sent down the runway today, it would be near-impossible to tell them apart (a fact that has already begun to inspire a cavalcade of memes on Twitter). Sadly, there is not a trace of the Céline DNA to be found in this collection, and presumably, in the collections going forward. Slimane did give us fair warning, I suppose, telling French newspaper Le Figaro in his first post-Celine-announcement interview just days ago, that “at Celine, the weight of the past is not as strong as at Dior or Saint Laurent. We can break free of it more easily.” Break free he did. But I think he’s wrong in assuming that Céline’s past will not haunt him. He has markedly underestimated just what this brand meant to women around the world. Whether we could afford to buy this brand or not, whether we admired it from near or far, the house of Céline, under Philo’s leadership, was a reflection of women’s truest selves, a reflection of the way we see ourselves in the fantasy reel of our own heads. It was women dressing for themselves, in clothes that made them feel powerful and empowered, and also feminine and graceful. Philo’s Céline was bursting with personality, it was the sartorial embodiment of an inside joke, something that only women could understand, that was truly ours.
Slimane has tossed all of that out, but perhaps that’s a good thing. Perhaps this is the jolt we needed, the sense of detachment and distance we needed to put between ourselves and the Céline we once loved. Because now we can finally let it go.
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The British Museum is home to some of the greatest treasures in the world – The Rosetta Stone, Greek sculptures from the Parthenon, Ancient Egyptian sphinx statues, the list goes on… (Many would liken their ownership of such antiquities to cultural theft and demand their repatriation to countries of origin, but I digress.) As of now, the British Museum is home to one more treasure – these gorgeous talismans by Vancouver-based jewellery line Pyrrha.
Pyrrha uses authentic wax seals to cast their antiquated-looking pieces, and this particular talisman depicts a suffragette being pulled by a horse, waving a banner that reads ‘Votes for Women.’ The imagery was gleaned from a lithograph by Theodore Blake Wirgman that appears in the museum’s new exhibition I object: Ian Hislop’s search for dissent which showcases objects of dissent in the British Museum’s collection. In this particular case, the dissent is related to first wave feminists fighting unjust laws that barred women from casting votes in so-called democratic elections.
“We have spent decades studying the imagery and symbolism of the 19th and 20th century, so this was an exciting experience for us,” Pyrrha designers, Danielle and Wade Papin said in a press statement. “We were especially drawn to objects depicting the suffrage movement – the Pyrrha team is mostly female, so the strong themes and imagery of Wirgman’s lithograph really resonated.”
“We are proud to be working with Pyrrha. It is wonderful to see them inspired by the British Museum collection, creating stunning sterling silver contemporary jewellery talismans that pay tribute to a key milestone in human history,” added Craig Bendle, of the British Museum.
I object: Ian Hislop’s search for dissent is on view at the British Museum now until January 20th, 2019. If you can’t make it across the pond to the exhibition, the talisman necklaces are available for $198 USD online or call the studio directly to order for $198 CAD.
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Parisian fashion designer Isabel Marant remembers hearing the L’Oréal Paris tag line “I’m worth it” as a teen. “It stood out, even for a teenage tomboy raiding her dad’s wardrobe and not subscribing to the feminine ideals of the time,” she says. Now there’s L’Oréal Paris x Isabel Marant, her 11-piece cosmetics collaboration with the French brand, which she based on “exactly what I want in my makeup bag.” There are seven lipsticks (ranging from nude to red to plum), a lip and cheek tint, a small smoky eyeshadow palette, a highlighter that also blurs and a transparent mascara that provides “a very natural, dewy, ‘just emerged from the water’ finish” and can also groom brows. “The look I envision is makeup without trying—slightly undone.”
Yesterday in Paris, the collection was used backstage at Marant’s Spring/Summer 2019 show. Get your first look at how it was incorporated and shop the collection in the gallery below.
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