But Trump won and she's still in America, calling Paul Ryan to protest Steve Bannon's appointment to Trump's senior staff. The Girls creator called Ryan's public number (202-225-3031) and let him know that she didn't like how things were headed.
“I’m not sure you’re really going to listen to this,” Dunham says. “But I hope you do, because I want to let you know that as a woman, as a Jew, as a person who cares about other human beings, people of color, the idea of appointing an anti-Semitic white supremacist...”
Dunham's strategy doesn't seem like the most effective one. "Hi, Speaker Ryan, this is Lena Dunham calling," is a sure way to get a Republican to hang up on you so hard he breaks his finger. (Possibly the point?)
Not only that, but the man won't do anything. Ryan famously said he "won't defend" Trump in October but refused to disavow the candidate and is now rolling over and looking for a belly scratch in the form of reappointment to his Speaker of the House position. He didn't even have the gumption of Reince Priebus, who chose his racist demagogue and stuck with him no matter how many sexual assault allegations arose against him.
Ariel Winter has a close relationship with Caitlyn Jenner. She explained this in a Snapchat caption, Us Weekly reports. So close, in fact, that Jenner referred to Winter as her "second daughter" when they met at Glamour ’s annual Women of the Year Awards. "She was so sweet!" Winter wrote.
That is sweet, except that Jenner has more than one daughter to begin with, so we're not really sure what she's implying. Even if you don't count the stepdaughters, she's got three. So who was she counting? Kendall? Kylie? The lesser-known Cassandra?
Of course, that was obviously just a slip-up, either on Jenner's part when she said it or on Winter's when she repeated it.
We can't fault either for misspeaking, and it is nice to know the Kardashian-Jenner clan is accepting new members. Our only question is, how do we get in?
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This election has left people shaken in a way they've never experienced, and there might be only one way to fix it: BDSM. While that may sound out of left field, Vocativ reports that, in major cities, personal listings are rife with creative ads from submissive white men volunteering to take a spanking in the name of stress-relief.
One listing, titled "Take Out Your Trump Anger By Spanking A White Guy," promises exactly that. "A lot of people are having trouble dealing with their anger," he writes after clarifying that he's definitely not a Trump supporter. "This is not a solution, but maybe a small, fun, cathartic escape. Take out your anger by putting me over your knee and giving me a hard spanking!"
He goes on to say he's "willing to donate his butt" to help despondent voters cope.
Trump supporters are also offering their services, with one writing, "I voted for trump. If you are feeling angry about trump, and you feel like relieving some stress, use me as your personal kicking/punching bag. Kick me with your bare feet, punch me, and verbally humiliate me."
And if you voted for Trump and are feeling guilty, there's an ad for you as well. "Did you vote for Trump? Feeling bad about it now?" it reads, before inviting readers over to, among many other things, beg for forgiveness. It's going to be a long four years.
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It’s officially the "most wonderful time of the year" again. And by that, we obviously mean the time of the year when we’re blindsided by just how quickly the holidays have snuck up on us. While this Thanksgiving may bring with it some awkward (read: heated) political debates at the dinner table, we think now is a better time than any to remember that there’s a few better traditions to still celebrate. We’re talking turkey, quality time, and, our personal favorite, Black Friday shopping. Thankfully, the door busting deals of yore have been left to our coupon-wielding grandmothers, and with 2016 comes a simpler way to conquer the most insane day of sales (see ya later, midnight Best Buy frenzies). That is, of course, the internet.
With more deals than we can even put into use at the tips of our fingers, we know it can be tough to navigate towards the items you really want, without getting caught up in the heat of the moment (reminder: this is the year you DON'T need 3 TVs). Instead of subjecting you to an inbox of endless email promotions, we’ve curated the top sales to shop next Friday (with a few exclusives for R29 readers, too). Click on for your ultimate guide to Black Friday shopping, and be sure to check this space throughout the week as we continue to add more to the list.
In addition to amazing storewide discounts through Cyber Monday, H&M is launching an all-black Black Friday collection with featured buys like $4.99 sweaters and $9.99 bomber jackets. Hurry, because deals like these won't last long.
R29 readers, today's your luck day. Blush lingerie will be offering you the exclusive opportunity to access its sale one day early. Just enter the code REFINERY29 at midnight on November 24 to shop the sale. You'll save 50% off sitewide, and have the chance to win $1,000 cash back for every order. The 50% off sale will run until November 27.
The classic sneaker brand is taking 30% off all full-priced styles (seriously, no exclusions!) and an extra 10% off sale styles. Shop this deal from November 22 through November 29.
Reese Witherspoon's Southern-charming line is featuring an extended Black Friday sale. From November 25 through November 27, save an extra 20% off all sale items.
Always wanted to start a proper lingerie collection but lacked the know-how? Adore Me is helping you out by giving new shoppers their first set for $19.95. If you're already an Adore Me fan, starting November 24, you can buy one get one free on any item and save up to $40 off select items.
Stock up on actually cute work appropriate wear with Modern Citizen's Black Friday specials. Receive a free tote bag and mystery gift card with any purchase over $150 and free shipping on all orders.
The Outnet is our haven for packing our closets with designer duds without emptying out our bank accounts. From November 17 through November 28, shop its annual November clearance sale and save up to 85% off your favorite brands.
If you're still itching to grab one of Wildfang's dope "Wild Feminist" tees, you're in luck. On Black Friday, save 20% off full priced items and receiver $20 off your next order.
Launching November 22, just in time for your Black Friday shopping, Timberland will be releasing a limited edition line of "Naughty or Nice" themed boots. The women's boot will be available for $190 online and in stories.
It's not too early to dream about a summer vacation, is it? Sunday Somewhere is getting you into the sunny spirit with a 50% discount off all of its sunglasses. Shop this sale from November 25 through November 28.
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Clay, West Virginia Mayor Beverly Whaling has resigned in the wake of a racist Facebook post directed against First Lady Michelle Obama.
The post in question was by Pamela Ramsey Taylor, director of the Clay County Development Corp., who expressed her satisfaction with Donald Trump's victory by writing that, "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing an ape in heels."
Clay Mayor Beverly Whaling agreed, responding, "Just made my day Pam."
The pair quickly came under fire for their comments. One petition to have them removed from office collected 166,00 signatures as of press time. Taylor has reportedly also been removed from her position, according to WSAZ.
Whaling initially told WSAZ reporter Jatara McGee that the response to her post, including apparent death threats, “has been a hate crime against me.”
She recanted the statement, and her initial post, in a statement provided to the Washington Post on Monday.
“My comment was not intended to be racist at all. I was referring to my day being made for change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may have caused! Those who know me know that I’m not of any way racist!" she told the newspaper. “Again, I would like to apologize for this getting out of hand!”
Clay County broke heavily for the Republican candidate, with apparently more than three-quarters of the votes cast going Trump's way.
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It must be interesting to have a book and movie named after your company, especially when the word "devil" is also in the title — and to be the "devil" in the story.
At the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour revealed how she Miuccia Prada felt about The Devil Wears Prada.
The book's author Lauren Weisberger, a former assistant of Wintour's, has admitted that Wintour is the basis of the villain Miranda Priestly. She was depicted as vain and power-hungry, and the media didn't let her live it down.
While she may not in fact be the devil, Wintour is a fan of Prada. She said she and the designer have annual lunches in Milan. But they went several years without acknowledging the book or movie, The Cut reports.
"For a while it seemed that that association was the only flattering thing about the enterprise, and Miuccia and I never discussed it," she said. "Finally, at one of our lunches, she leaned across the table and she said, 'Anna, that book, it’s good for both of us.' And the subject has never come up again."
Wintour conceded that Prada was right — and that her response represented the "calm confidence" she admires in her.
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On January 12, Khloé Kardashian's new E! series Revenge Body will premiere. In it, she'll be giving people makeovers in order to help them get revenge on people who've wronged them. It's inspired by the "revenge body" she herself got after she split up with Lamar Odom.
Now, E! has given us our first glimpse of the show.
"I was overweight as a kid. When I was stressed out or sad, I would eat," Kardashian says in a voiceover. "So I had to learn how to then put all my energy into something positive and healthy for me, which is how I fell in love with working out. And I really feel like this journey will do the same for you."
Sounds like a worthy enough goal. But unfortunately, the show seems to go pretty heavy on the fat-shaming. The preview features one woman balking at her weight and another saying "I am almost a rectangle" after her hips are measured. People pant in pain as they work out and instructors shame them for not trying harder. A doctor tells one contestant, "pretty doesn't come easy."
Definitely not body-positive, Khloé.
She does add at the end, "it's not about a weight number. It's about how you feel." But we're pretty sure she thinks the two are connected.
Aside from the body transformations, it looks like there's a healthy dose of drama, with multiple screams at the end of the video.
The show may not exactly promote self-love, but we can't guarantee we won't find ourselves sucked in.
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An FBI report released Monday showed a rise in hate crimes in 2015 driven at least in part by increased anti-Muslim attacks. The survey and accompanying report break down the incidents by race, gender, and religious motivation both among the victims and the perpetrators.
The report showed 5,818 hate crimes last year, an increase of around 6 percent since 2014. The crimes recorded included bombings, threats, property destruction, assaults, and other attacks against minorities, gay or transgender people, women, and others.
"Attacks against Muslim Americans saw the biggest surge," the New York Times wrote in its analysis. "There were 257 reports of assaults, attacks on mosques and other hate crimes against Muslims last year, a jump of about 67 percent over 2014. It was the highest total since 2001, when more than 480 attacks occurred in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks."
Those numbers paint a story of the initial effects of a campaign defined on one side by frequent verbal attacks against Mexicans, Muslims, and anyone else Trump deemed a threat to his America.
“We need to do a better job of tracking and reporting hate crime to fully understand what is happening in our communities and how to stop it,” FBI Director James Comey wrote in a release Monday.
Attacks appear to have spiked in the week since Trump's election. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a longstanding civil rights organization, has recorded 437 incidents of hate-motivated violence from November 9 to November 14. Their report includes 136 anti-immigrant incidents, the most of any category, and 41 incidents of pro-Trump intimidation or harassment. That's compared to 20 instances of anti-Trump incidents.
2016 marks twenty wonderful years of the classic Loony Tunes basketball movie that forever lives in our hearts. Specifically, Space Jam turns the big 2-0 today, November 15. In honor of such a special day, Jordan Brand has come out with a holiday collection inspired by the movie, now available on Nike.com.
The collection includes shirts sporting the traditional Space Jam logo edited to say "Air Jordan," a shirt with Michael Jordan's face with the unforgettable "That's All, Folks!" slogan on top, as well as a basic Space Jam hat.
There are other less hokey parts of the collection if you're not ready to go public with your obsession. Buyers can choose from more subdued long-sleeve shirts sporting a small Bugs Bunny pattern, or various other shirts with the silhouette of a dunk. On the whole, fans can shop over 52 shirts, jerseys, shorts, hats, and jackets, each with their own Loony surprises.
And that's not all, folks. The collection has an early look at Space Jam-inspired sneakers (the Super.Fly 5, Ultra.Fly, Extra.Fly and CP3.X) which will come out along with the retro release of the Air Jordan XI “Space Jam,” arriving on December 10.
That's your holiday shopping sorted, but a Space Jam sequel? That would be the most magical gift of all.
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1Shortly after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, concerned citizens began donating to Planned Parenthood in the name of vice-president-elect, Mike Pence. Doing this ensures he receives the certificate of the donation, which flies directly in the face of his conservative, anti-Planned Parenthood values. In the space of a week, 20,000 donations have been made in the name of the politician.
Indy Star confirmed that of the 160,000 donations the organization has received since the election, 12.5% are in Mike Pence's name, meaning 20,000 certificates are on their way to his office. This justice is particularly sweet since the politician has spent much of his career attempting to limit, control, or remove many of the services that Planned Parenthood offers.
This isn't the first time Mike Pence has been totally trolled by women. For instance, he once signed a bill that outlawed abortion if the only reason was for a genetic disability, and required abortion providers to bury or cremate the aborted tissue. In response, women began calling Pence and updating him on their menstrual cycle, figuring that if he cared that much about people's uteruses, he'd want to know every detail.
While Planned Parenthood has received an "unprecedented outpouring support," they could always use more. We'll just put this here:
Since Justin Bieber's made documentaries about his Believe and Never Say Never tours, a fan at his Hamburg, Germany concert Monday asked if he'd be making one out of Purpose, MTV reports.
"I don’t know yet. We haven’t really discussed it yet," he said. "But I still have another year to talk about it because I’m on tour for a while. I’m doing stadiums in North America, which is going to be pretty awesome. So hopefully we do a Purpose tour movie."
And then he dropped this bomb: "If not, I’ll be doing other movies, which will be pretty cool."
Say what? Is Biebs coming to the big screen?
Hollywood Life has reported that he'll be in Pitch Perfect 3, though nobody's confirmed it. If he is, that wouldn't be his first major movie. He also showed up in Zoolander 2, though his role was short-lived (literally — he dies soon after he appears).
We're excited to see where this new acting career takes him. Hopefully, his next character will have a longer life span.
The Walking Dead is a show built on suspense and surprises. For every season break cliffhanger, there's a herd of Walkers ready to burst into frame. While we now know that Glenn and Abraham are Negan's victims, the show still has plenty of mysteries to unspool.
We know that the Saviors are our newest opponent for Rick, and that Negan is the most formidable opponent yet. We're not yet sure what Carol's fate is, or how the survivors will cope with being tossed from yet another frying pan into yet another fire. We know that this is a show built on hopelessness, but is this the year some civilization begins to form?
Most importantly, the colonies of the living and their relationships to each other are constantly balanced on a razor's edge.
Here, we'll collect the best theories about The Walking Dead. Check back weekly to see what your fellow fans are predicting.
This theory posits that Daryl might be the next survivor to bite it on The Walking Dead. He's given an interview to EW that made it seem like he would follow Glenn into death. Not only that, but fans have long speculated that this season would mean Daryl's end. Still, we're not buying this one.
As far as theories go, this falls into the rubric of " Malcolm in the Middle, Seinfeld, and Breaking Bad all take place in the same universe." You know, insane. Absent any real evidence of an ur-Cranston, this theory relies on the durability of Jessie Pinkman between shows. Basically it all boils down to someone saying his profane catchphrase a lot. Kind of thin.
If someone saw a Donald Trump walker, they weren't alone. This theory posits that there was a political zombie shambolically lurching forward, turning anyone he met into a fellow wraith and dedicated to depriving people of life and dignity. Also, supposedly an extra looked like Donald Trump. Wild.
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Thanks to the World Series and the election, we've had to wait a month to discover the fates of Denise Hemphill (Niecey Nash) and Chanel No. 5 (Abigail Breslin), who were attacked and apparently left for dead on Halloween by the Green Meanie. Thankfully, we pick up right where we left off, with Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis), Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts), Zayday Williams (Keke Palmer), and Chanel No. 3 (Billie Lourd) discovering the grisly scene.
Dean Munsch declares Denise DOA, but Chanel No. 5 is alive, but brutally injured and in need of immediate medical attention. "For the love of god, No. 5," says Chanel, "Denise is dead! Can you give us two minutes before you make it about you?"
As far as Denise's body goes, Dean Munsch wants to toss her in the swamp, because that's been working out so well for everyone. Then there are more screams. The group leaves No. 5 bleeding and find a room full of vines and a bunch of dead Alexander Hamiltons. Munsch orders the girls to change out of their costumes but asks Zayday to help her with something. Zayday thinks they're tossing Denise into the swamp, but Munsch tells her that she's still alive but just barely. They go back for her and take her to a truly insane cryogenic chamber (paid for by the Radwell fortune, natch) that Munsch was planning on using on herself if she can't cure the cannibalism disease she's dying from. The pair put Denise on ice.
Later, a back-to-mostly white Chanel flirts with Dr. Brock Holt (John Stamos). "It worked. I peed out all the blue," she says. "My butt is still really blue though, so I kind of look like a blonde baboon."
Brock explains he didn't know who tampered with his mixture that turned Chanel into Smurfette. He laments not going after her. "The only reason I got busy with Munch was because I thought I lost a chance with you," he explains. Awww. Chanel says that for her part, she was mourning Chad Radwell (Glen Powell) but that's over, because "I have like zero emotional object permanence" she explains.
Anyway, despite the murders, all the free publicity the CURE center received leads to booming admissions, with tons of people with strange conditions coming for treatment, including a woman who works for the United Nations whose accent shifts from sentence to sentence, which gives us a nice subplot that finds Brock, No. 3, and Dr. Cassidy Cascade (Taylor Lautner) because apparently the condition is contagious, and they become infected. "Oh crap, this is must have been what happened to Madonna," says No. 3 ."We should call her." It's a fun subplot, and basically lets us get to hear the actors goof off with whatever accents they want for the rest of the episode and underlines Scream Queens ' general insanity as they begin to switch accents mid-sentence. "Before you sounded like Keanu in Dracula, and now you sound like Leo in Blood Diamond."
Meanwhile, Ingrid Hoffel (Kirstie Alley) has Chanel and Chanel No. 3 cleaning bedpans and catheters. They're just about over it and need spa time. "I am getting a manicure and a vag steaming," Chanel announces. And she figures out a plan for how to get more time off from gross gigs and have some human shields around for the Green Meanie to hunt: She's going to make more Chanels. "We need cannon fodder," she says. They interview patients with odd medical problems and finally wind up with Chanels No. 7 and 8. "One has Abe Lincoln disease and the other can't move her face or something," Chanel helpfully explains. They also wind up with Chanel Pour Homme, a guy named Tristan who wrote lesbian fanfic about them when they were on trial. The others are suspicious of him, thinking about his stalkery past, but Chanel defends him. "Gays don't murder people they're a peaceful, musical people, right? Name one gay serial killer." (Chanel No. 3 rattles off a list.)
That night while on duty, Chanel hears moaning in the hallways. she goes to investigate and finds Hester, who's escaped, and obviously upset that she wasn't asked to join up as a Chanel. "We didn't ask you to rejoin because you tried to kill us," Chanel explains, but brings her in anyway, because what would make more sense when finding a serial killer than having one on your side to tell you how they think? TOTALLY.
Zayday, on the other hand, is choosing to investigate the Green Meanie with actual detective work. She discovers that Dean Munsch didn't hire Chamberlain the candy striper (James Earl) and decides to look into him, but doesn't find much. Instead, she recruits No. 5 to help her interview a woman named Jane Hollis, who she thinks might have some connection to the 1985 murders. She claims to not have seen her son in years.
Munsch, meanwhile, calls Hoffel into her office and fires her. She doesn't like that she's threatening the Chanels for some reason. Hoffel fires back, and says she's not going anywhere or she'll reveal that Musnch has kuru from eating human brains."Don't cross me, slut, or I'll make sure it's the last thing you do," she says.
Did we get a montage yet? We do now, as the Chanels decide to celebrate the new Chanels with a makeover party at the hospital where they send Chanel No. 8 to find a gift -- a Hermes silver infinity choker -- in the morgue (to draw out the Green Meanie). There she finds Chanel Pour Homme, who's already looking for the necklace and wants to find it before she does. Disappointed, she leaves and comes back with the other Chanels, who find Pour Homme dead in a morgue locker with his guts ripped out. Hester smiles.
Munch is pissed that there's been another murder and that Hester is back in the hospital, but she seems to understand Chanel's plan. So she brings in her own Chanels, numbered 9 through 11. Chanel No. 9 is a goth dungeon master. Chanel No. 10 has no kidneys but 30 extra feet of intestines. No. 11 has 11 fingers. But, soon after leaving Munsch's office, the new Chanels run straight into the Green Meanie. He helpfully cuts off Chanel No. 11's 11th finger and she thanks him, then he stabs her thru the stomach.
Finally, while we learn that Brock has discovered a cure for their accent problems that involves watching movies with only American accents, Cassidy bows out, saying he has other plans (the worst bit of writing and continuity in the episode, btw), turning up instead at the home of Jane Hollis. "Don't worry mom. I'll take care of everything," he says, "After all you've been through and all you've done for me, you deserve it," he says, sinisterly. "You deserve the whole world."
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This Is Us certainly knows how to tug at our heartstrings.
In this week's episode, the writers dig deeper into Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Randall's (Sterling K. Brown) relationship. Through flashbacks, we see just how bad their relationship was growing up, even as they became teenagers.
As the relationship worsened, Kevin moved into the basement to get away from Randall. And when the brothers' high schools faced each other in a football game — with both of them playing the sport — it resulted in a full-on fight between the two.
From the clips we see this week, Kevin is clearly the instigator, while Randall often tries to make amends with his brother. It's definitely not the whole story, but it's clear that Kevin is jealous of the attention Rebecca (Mandy Moore) gives Randall.
Decades later, their strained relationship is still playing itself out, as Kevin is still living with Randall's family. Things quickly go awry for Kevin and Randall when Rebecca cancels their dinner plans (apparently Miguel's gout is giving him some trouble), leaving the two of them alone together. Kevin discovers that Randall never watched The Manny, and storms out of the restaurant. They eventually break out into a physical fight in front of the Flatiron building until Seth Meyers, playing himself (yes, really) interjects to see if everything is okay.
Of course, having a public brawl recognized by a celebrity puts things into perspective for the two of them. Kevin admits he was envious about how much attention Rebecca gave Randall, to make sure he fit in with the rest of the family — and Randall says he didn't fit in because of how Kevin treated him. Eventually, they make up (somewhat), with Randall saying Kevin's interaction with Seth Meyers was the first time he'd ever said "he's my brother" about Randall. The two go back to the house — where, ironically, Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) has moved Kevin's stuff into the basement — and watch The Manny together.
That doesn't mean all is well in the Pearson home, though. After Beth and William (Ron Cephas Jones) get high together, William reveals that he'd met Rebecca, and given her Randall's poetry book. Beth leaves Rebecca a furious voicemail, debating whether or not to tell Randall about the fact that she kept William's identity hidden from him for so long.
As far as Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby (Chris Sullivan), it looks like this fan-favorite couple may be experiencing some problems. Toby meets his monthly weight loss goal, while Kate doesn't, and it's clear that she's frustrated. After their support group meeting, Toby binges on pizza and Doritos, and he tells Kate that he doesn't want to diet anymore, because "depriving myself makes me absolutely nuts." Objectively, it's a good philosophy — but it's also hard for Kate to hear, after all of her diligent meal planning and exercise. We see her binge-eating gas station donuts at the end of the episode, and it's safe to say we haven't seen the last conversation about their now-differing eating plans.
The overdone soundtrack detracts from some of This Is Us ' most heart-wrenching moments. But thanks to the immense talent of the cast, there were still several standout scenes that brought tears to our eyes. William tells Beth that growing closer to her and Randall's family makes him sad to die, after he spent most of his life alone. Young Randall asks Kate why Kevin hates him. And Rebecca has an incredible music rehearsal, her first in 10 years. But she doesn't get to tell Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) about it, because they have so much else going on with the kids.
If next week's previews are any indication, the brewing tensions might come to a head in the Thanksgiving-themed episode. It looks like Randall might find out that Rebecca met William. And we still don't know much about what Kevin's relationship with Rebecca is like in the present day, either. This Is Us is finding its place in the current TV landscape, and our lingering questions after each episode keep us tuning in.
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More than a year ago, we told you about Lovely, a wearable sex tracker that also gives you suggestions to make your sex life better. Now the company is back and ready for testing — which is where you come in.
The original idea for Lovely came over two years ago after a particularly vigorous night of sex, explains 28-year-old founder Jakub Konik. "We started wondering how many calories we just burned," he writes in an email to R29. But he and his partner couldn't find an app that would tell them what they wanted to know.
"I talked to sexologists, industrial designers, and engineers," he explains, "and decided to create a wearable that could not only tell you how many calories you burn during sex, but also suggest [to] you how to diversify and achieve even more pleasure from sex."
That wearable turned out to be Lovely, which is essentially a vibrating cock ring that also stimulates the clitoris while the wearer engages in penis-in-vagina sex. Additionally, it's connected to an app, which tracks your favorite positions as well as your sexual frequency and duration. And, yes, it'll tell you how many calories you burned.
From there, the app will suggest new positions and stimulation ideas to help you try new things you and your partner might enjoy. "Both partners can view these suggestions anytime after sex in the Lovely app and express their feedback and desires to get tips and tricks that fit their style of lovemaking," explains Konik. The idea is that, on top of making sex more enjoyable, this will encourage better sexual communication between partners, which hopefully fuels even better sex.
Now, after months and months of working with experts, refining the Lovely, and raising funding, the company is ready to let 100 couples test its product. Testers will get the Lovely at a discount ($99 instead of $169) and simply use it — and the app's suggestions — while having sex. They'll also fill out the occasional questionnaire about their experiences. That data, which will remain mostly anonymous, will be used to fine-tune the suggestions for everyone and inform future updates to the app.
That's especially exciting, because it's hard for even established sex researchers to do these kinds of projects on such a large scale — which is why the data will also be shared with a few selected scientists looking to understand certain aspects of sexual behavior. "By becoming a Lovely tester, you are helping everyone to have even better sex," notes Konik.
The only major drawback is that, despite Konik's assurance that Lovely was designed for "basically any couple who likes to have sex and would like to try something new and exciting in bed," there are some clear heteronormative hardware requirements here. Still, the Lovely can be used with two partners who have penises, and it's stretchy enough that it could be used with a strap-on or dildo.
The question is: Would you want to be a sex-toy beta tester?
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Jimmy Fallon's about 16 years late, but he finally got the memo that Gilmore Girls is amazing. Now he's burdened with the responsibility of watching all seven seasons before the Netflix reboot premieres on November 25. We could think of worse ways to spend one's time.
The Tonight Show host revealed that he's only on season 4 of the beloved show, which means he's reeling from Rory's Dean drama.
"Rory's back, she's in college but she came back home, and I can't even talk about it," Fallon shared during last night's show. "It went down ... major."
Yes. We remember.
Fallon also shared his five favorite characters from the show. He's Team Jess, digs Taylor Doose, thinks Luke has a "big heart," and finds Kurt "unbelievably funny." But only one character can come out on top.
"Number one, obvious: my girl Paris Geller," he announced. "Paris is smart, she's got the brains, but she's having a tough time right now, and I'm a little concerned."
Paris can handle herself, dude. Maybe Fallon should worry more about he failed to include Grandpa Gilmore in his hot list. What the hell?
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Before you start sounding off on how the Mannequin Challenge is played out, consider this: Isn't it still a terrific excuse for old friends to reunite and stay perfectly still?
First we got a Destiny's Child reunion out of it. Now Kristen Wiig has returned to the Saturday Night Live fold to host this week's show and lead her former castmates in a frozen face-off. It's just like old times.
A new video released by NBC shows the SNL crew doing their best to not break their poses. Aidy Bryant gets props for holding her gum mid-bubble. Pete Davidson's chair somehow doesn't fall back. Kate McKinnon's alien abduction character doesn't budge. Leslie Jones, fittingly, freezes while taking a selfie. Then she wanders over to berate Wiig and the rest of the cast for not moving a muscle.
"Why y'all still still like this?" Jones demands.
Trust her to steal the show. And trust us to expect a full-on Ghostbusters tribute on Saturday night.
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The holidays are not the most wonderful travel time of the year. You wait in longer lines full of impatient people, deal with flight delays, and could cut the stress and tension in the air with a turkey carver. It's rough out there.
This year, the travel gods have heard your holiday prayers and answered with the best present of all: free car rides from the airport. Uber and American Express are partnering to give travelers two free trips up to $65 each.
You need an Amex card to take advantage of the deal, but if you have one, just link it to your Uber account and enter the promo code AMEXAIRPORT. The code will be good until New Year's Eve, so you have some post-Christmas and Hanukkah flex time.
Unfortunately, not all airports are part of the deal, but many major transit hubs are included. The eleven airports the code will work at are LaGuardia Airport (LGA), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), McCarran International Airport (LAS), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
We can't promise this will make time with the whole family less stressful, but at least you'll avoid the dreaded bus and taxi lines and save a little cash for the new year.
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Twitter user Jonathan Sun created the bot to make Twitter a more peaceful place after the election results came in, Hello Giggles reports.
Its bio reads "please take a break," and its messages include "remember to ask for help if you need it please," "take time to walk around please," and "take some time to say hi to your friends please." (This bot is very polite.)
"I think most of us are finding ourselves glued to social media lately," Sun told Vice. ""It's that horrifying feeling of not being able to look away. Because the bot was originally written as reminders to myself, it's catered specifically to that Twitter-obsessive type of anxiety. I think Twitter bots and internet comedy can help simply because we are all transfixed to our timelines right now in trying to cope, and they can show up unexpectedly among all the bad news."
Given that 43% of Americans in a recent poll were stressed out by Donald Trump's campaign, a lot of us could use that kind of stress relief right now.
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While Donald Trump is busy naming Nazi sympathizers, (alleged) Islamophobes, and noted racists to prominent White House positions, New York City buildings are busy removing his name from their facades. The structures at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, used to be known and numbered as "Trump Place."
Now, their landlord is striking the giant golden "TRUMP"s from their fronts after a raft of resident complaints and petitions. Trump's real estate company developed the properties in the 1990s and sold them to Equity Residential in 2005. The Chicago-based company allowed the letters to stay on the buildings under a "use of name" agreement, which satisfies Trump's urge to have his name on things he has nothing to do with, with the Trump Organization.
They're coming down to much rejoicing. 300 people, many of them residents, created a petition to get the name off the property. It makes sense, since 75% of their district went for Clinton, according to DNAInfo.
Equity Residential tells the Guardian they hope to make the buildings more attractive to potential tenants.
“We are in the process of rebranding the buildings using their street addresses as the property names,” Marty McKenna, a spokesman for Equity Residential, tells the newspaper. “The goal is to assume a more neutral building identity that will appeal to all current and future renters.”
Trump relied on foreign capital, as he always does, to complete the project. The New York Times says they were developed in conjunction with investors from Hong Kong.
A Trump spokesman told the Guardian the name change was completed as part of a pre-existing agreement.
Watch a news story about the letters being removed below.
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