Ruby Rose will bring Batwoman to life in the CW’s ever-expanding DC ComicsTV universe, Deadline.com reports. Batwoman, who also goes by the name Kate Kane, will show up in a crossover between Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow, which all exist in a collective universe called the Arrowverse. (Black Lightning, another CW superhero show, exists outside of that TV universe.) But a standalone […] More
The internet is coming to the defense of a teen who had to give up her Maine Sea Goddess pageant crown after organizers got wind of content on the 18-year-old’s Finstagram account. The teenager, Taylor Hamlin, held the Maine Lobster Festival crown for less than a day before organizers asked her to “immediately step down” because of […] More
21-year-old Makenzie Noland is not like other girls. This is evident by the Texas A&M student’s graduation photos, which feature a 13-foot, 8.5-inch, half-ton alligator named Big Tex. Noland made Big Tex’s acquaintance at a rescue center in Beaumont, TX she’d been interning at. She began training with the alligator at Gator Country on her […] More
Katie Wright didn’t realize she was putting her life in danger when she popped what she mistakenly believed to be a pimple on her face. The 21-year-old Austin, TX resident went in on what she “thought was a giant under the skin pimple” next to her eyebrows, only to suffer immediate and excruciating pain. “It […] More
19-year-old Marshala Perkins had at least a little bit of luck on her side when she was arrested last February: her makeup looked BANGIN. The Texas A&M University-Commerce student is a self-taught makeup artist who told As/Is that she learned off YouTube. “When I was younger my parents were really strict so I spent a lot of […] More
A neighborhood in Boise, Idaho, was roused from their beds on Friday morning as a veritable troupe of goats marched their way down the street. KTVB reporter Joe Parris tweeted the peculiar sight, sharing photos of the goat herd alongside bewildered captions wondering about its origin. “#Breaking,” wrote the reporter. “About 100 goats are on the […] More
An email from a bride named Alex to a (now former) bridesmaid named Courtney Duffy has gone unprecedentedly viral for two reasons; one, it elevated the passive-aggressive letter to an art-form worthy of a research dissertation, and two, it’s got folks hella divided. Here is what we know: Alex asked Courtney to be a bridesmaid […] More
Fans of Netflix‘s Stranger Things will probably have to wait until 2019 to see the third season of the show, but if you’re looking to be freaked out and confused in the midwest, this farm has you covered. Hawkins, Indiana, might not be a real place, but Lafayette, Indiana, totally is. Purdue University, one of the nation’s top agricultural schools, […] More
July ain’t over yet, but a bunch of pretty rad and funny stuff has already happened. That’s important to note, especially at a time when the country seems to be crashing and burning at catastrophic speed. Here are 25 of the most blessed images July had to offer us: 25. This satisfying text exchange: 24. […] More
Christian blogger Lori Alexander recently penned a profound think piece in which she set a highly specific bar for female behavior. The title of her post, which appeared on her website The Transformed Wife, says it all; “Men Prefer Debt-Free Virgins Without Tattoos.” What may sound to you like the headline of an Onion article, […] More
Like many broad swaths of culture, fashion is highly subjective from one individual or generation to the next. But every now and then comes along a fashion trend that is so unarguably stupid, pretty much everyone can get on board with a collective “Huh?” Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with these upside down jean shorts, which was […] More
Gone are the days of smashing unrealistic beauty standards by posting the graphic that shows if Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours. Barbie is cool now, and so are her plastic legs and permanently high-heel shaped feet just in time for summer Instagram pics. Please, take a moment to temporarily forget […] More
