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Barbie's boyfriend Ken gets a makeover: Cornrows, man buns and new skin tones
NEW YORK - He’s been overshadowed by Barbie for decades, but now Ken is finally getting some attention.
Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles.
Barbie had a similar makeover more than a year ago, both part of the toy company’s plan to make its dolls more diverse and appealing to today’s kids.
Ken hadn’t changed much since he was introduced 56 years ago as Barbie’s blue-eyed, chiseled boyfriend. Now he’ll be sold in three body shapes: “slim,” “broad” and “original.”
He’ll have modern hairdos, such as cornrows and man buns, and come in seven skin tones. And he’ll also be sporting new fashions: think skinny ties, plaid shirts and graphic tees.
Barbie's boyfriend Ken gets a makeover
‘Aggressive’ minority forces Paris suburb to nix ‘Barbie’ movie night using gay promotion claim
BLM leader responds to criticism over blocking Pride Toronto
Our action was in the tradition of resistance that is Pride,’ Khan said. ‘We didn’t halt progress; we made progress.
‘We achieved a commitment to our demands despite intense push-back from a primarily gay white male community. The same community did not want Black Lives Matter involved in Pride at all, even going so far as to create a group on Facebook called No BLM in Pride. Gender and sexual diversity, it seems, does not preclude racism or white privilege.
‘The majority of the leadership within Black Lives Matter – Toronto and Black Lives Matter internationally identify as queer or trans. Pride has always been for the most marginalized, and has always been for us.’
She added: ‘Since the action, I have received hate mail and death threats, primarily from gay-identifying men. I have been screamed at on the street. I have been called a “nigger” more times than I care to count. People have told me I’m no longer part of the queer community because my Blackness has no place there.
BLM leader responds to criticism over blocking Pride Toronto
NYC Pride sees $750K shortfall due to pullback from big corporate sponsors
Is notion of a genderless humanity going too far?
We don’t even have pronouns for this.
That’s what accounts for the clumsy grammar of the statement parent Kori Doty issued about Doty’s newborn baby, Searyl Atli Doty. For that matter, it also accounts for the clumsy grammar of the sentence you just read.
Anyway, Kori Doty’s statement read: “It’s up to Searyl to decide how they identify, when they are old enough to develop their own gender identity. I am not going to foreclose that choice based on an arbitrary assignment of gender at birth based on an inspection of their genitals.”
As noted, the English language is not ready for this. For all its splendors, English offers no gender-neutral singular pronoun except “it.” Who wants to be an “it?”
If the language is not ready, well, truth to tell, neither is your humble correspondent. It’s a jarring realization.
Is notion of a genderless humanity going too far?
Pronoun use at center of rape case involving former Chowchilla prisoner
The gender confusion in Scotland over prisoners now rears its head in Northern Ireland
I Set Out To Report On Violence Against Trans People
'I wanted to blow up the internet'
Trump to sign executive orders proclaiming there are only two biological sexes, halting diversity programs
OMB Q&A REGARDING MEMORANDUM M-25-13
EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people
Argentina to ban hormone therapy for trans children
Republicans help defeat bill that would’ve jailed parents of trans kids
LGBTQ students consider quitting college at an alarming rate
More than 1 in 4 LGBTQ college students have considered dropping out of school because of mental health challenges, a survey released Thursday shows.
And a vast majority of LGBTQ students – 92% – say their mental health status has negatively impacted some part of their college experience.
LGBTQ students consider quitting college at an alarming rate
NY hands out worthless diplomas to high school ‘grads’
America’s students “don’t know anything”
LGBTQ Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners not seeking re-election
'Largest score decline' in reading and math for nation's 9-year-olds
Power of NO
Victimhood U: colleges’ leftist brainwashing is making young Americans miserable
NAEP scores show disheartening trends for the lowest-performing students
Alaska Airlines launches gender-neutral uniform
"We have updated our uniform guidelines, effective today, to provide more freedom and flexibility in individual and gender expression," the airline said in a statement on Monday.
Alaska Airlines launches gender-neutral uniform
Passenger is arrested for 'masturbating FOUR times
LA County Vote To Stop Travel To Texas & Florida Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Measures
Will No Longer Address Passengers As
Traveler claims United flight attendant refused to serve him because he’s gay
Is it cool to vacation in countries where it’s illegal to be gay?
Americans Just Want Immigrants for the Food
In 2016, Donald Trump posed in front of a taco bowl, fresh from Trump Tower Grill, and declared “I love Hispanics!” It fooled only the very gullible. Taco bowls, while delicious, are to Mexico what unlimited salad and breadsticks are to Tuscany, and his love for one didn’t stop him from trapping hundreds of Latin migrants at border camps. Trump can eat as many taco bowls as he wants, but he’s still racist.
Unfortunately, a new survey confirms that Americans, and people all over the world, tend to have Trump’s mindset when it comes to immigrants (or just non-white people), their contributions to culture, and their food. A YouGov survey of seven European countries and the U.S. found that the “most commonly agreed benefit of immigration has been better food.” The only country that responded differently was France, where everyone was more focused on how immigrants could make their soccer team better. And while the food may be a boon, Americans at least are still worried about providing welfare to migrants, and the (unfounded) crime risk of letting immigrants into the country. Though Americans were the most accepting of any of the countries surveyed, just “one in four Americans (30%) believe [immigration] only brings benefits.” We want your food...we just don’t want you.
Americans Just Want Immigrants for the Food
Big Apple is 'near a breaking point'
500 migrants sneak across Texas border in just two hours
Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches
Beloved Mexican restaurant becomes the latest to shut its doors in California
‘Do you speak English or Spanish?’
Popular haircut sparks outrage across Texas
The N-B-Gay
It is mathematically possible that there are no LGBT players in the league. Although recent estimates are higher, let’s say that 5% of the population identifies as LGBT. That means that the odds that all NBA players are straight is 95% to the power of 450 - the chance that Player 1 is straight multiplied by the chance the Player 2 is straight and so on. That leaves a whopping nine billionths of a percent chance that every player in the NBA is straight: .000000009%, for our decimally inclined folks. In sum, there are probably at least a handful of current LGBT players.
The N-B-Gay
‘Infinite number’ in football are gay
NBA player 'incredibly sorry'
Univ. of Oregon apologizes for 'disgraceful chant'
His First Experience With Homosexuality
Football player comes out as gay
World Cup ambassador says being gay is ‘damage in the mind’
6 gay men competing in pro basketball
Nets’ Cam Thomas fined $40,000 for saying gay slur
NBA players have sex with ‘dudes’ and trans women
Woman Suing Over Male-Only Admission Policy at Clothing-Optional Gay Resort
The outlet reports that the woman, Amina Chaudhry, had previously been invited to a fundraising event at the resort, but the resort said she had been disruptive.
Chaudhry made the complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations. Rather than seeking monetary damages, Keys Weekly reports she aims to end the resort’s allegedly discriminatory policies and to recover court costs.
Woman Suing Over Male-Only Admission
Gay Nude Resort Must Allow Women, Judge Declares
Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors
'Mistress Day' Is The Most Infamous Day...
If you have plans for Valentine's Day, you might want to double-check your dinner reservation. Is your table for two on February 13 instead of February 14? You could find yourself out on what is known in the restaurant industry as "Mistress Day." Also called "Mistress Night" or "Paramour Night," it apparently occurs on the day before Valentine's Day. Yes, that couple seated next to you at Carbone or Olive Garden on February 13 might just not be all that they seem.
A server I interviewed remembered seeing serial cheaters taking multiple partners out during the week of Valentine's Day—all at the same restaurant. "I definitely knew him at the time, so he was semi regular and a SERIAL Valentine's offender," said the server, who worked at a popular steakhouse chain in Canada where fellow servers called February 13 "Mistresses Valentine's."
'Mistress Day'
...experts insist the 'undeniable' physical advantage CAN'T be undone by gender-affirming care
Supporters of inclusion claim fairness can be maintained when trans women assigned male at birth compete against women, while opponents that argue women's sports must be protected face accusations of transphobia.
But cut through the often toxic political mudslinging that dominates the debate and, according to researchers and elite athletes, the science speaks for itself: Trans women have a physical advantage over biological females - and no treatment exists which can unravel that.
...experts insist
Music teacher claims ‘the goal’ is to confuse students about gender
Kirk Cameron accuses him of ‘unkind’ treatment
Nashville school shooting...
Crack down on guns for the Nashville school shooting, not trans people
One of country's strictest anti-trans bills becomes law
CBS execs bar the word ‘transgender’ from reports on Nashville shooter
Obsessing over misgendering Nashville school shooter
Seven sorority sisters sue University of Wyoming for admitting trans woman
Trans MMA fighter breaks woman's skull
Hero leaps onto subway tracks to rescue man who had fallen onto electrified third rail
'I don’t think I was thinking about what could happen to me at the moment. It was more of what do I have to do to make the situation peaceful. I felt a little shock. I felt it all over my body actually, and then I just didn’t let that stop me.'
Hero leaps
Teen Saves Police Officer And 3 Others From Drowning
Mother Jumped onto Hood of SUV
NYC bodega worker, who stabbed gangster to death in self-defense, tried to defuse argument
Social justice warriors turn victims into killers and criminals into saints
NYC bodega worker has his murder charges FINALLY dropped
Jessie and Woody go out of their way to greet black kids
'My Son Is a Hero'
Hollywood restaurant owner tackles, detains robber who punched senior
17-year-old shoots, kills 2 suspects
Home Depot Has Gone Woke
It asks employees to literally "check" their "privilege," whether it be "white privilege," class privilege," "Christian privilege," "cisgender privilege," "able-bodied privilege," or "heterosexual privilege."
Home Depot Has Gone Woke
75% of voters say Democrats are 'out of touch' and 'condescending'
Trans organization recruiting Ukrainian refugees for sex work
Woke turns on lesbian author
Gay Ohio Teacher Fired
LGBTQ activist displaced from his home
School nurse suspended after voicing concern for 11-year-old
'Stupidly woke'
Iowa library temporarily closes after complaints about 'liberal agenda'
“Football Is Gay,”
Just one week after Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out, the NFL itself made a statement in support of LGBTQ rights on Monday.
“Football Is Gay,”
NFL 'will play the black national anthem 'Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing' before the Star Spangled Banner at its 2021 season games'
Miami Hurricanes top-ranked safety is charged with aggravated battery
Philadelphia Eagles fan 'shot dead New York Giants supporter'
NFL has NOT suspended Texans' Deshaun Watson ahead of training camp as he faces sexual misconduct lawsuits from 22 women
NFL union president JC Tretter slams 'nonsensical' league decision to 'shame' unvaccinated players
Clemson football player arrested after driving 115 mph, smashing into mail carrier
Raiders coach apologizes for saying NFL players' rep had 'lips the size of Michelin tires'
CARL NASSIB TAKES PERSONAL DAY After Anti-Gay Email
CAPTAIN SIYA KOLISI HOPS A BARRICADE TO SIGN & SLAP A FAN’S ASS
We're Finally Getting the Gay Captain America We Deserve
The gays just keep winning!
We're Finally Getting the Gay Captain America We Deserve
Andrew Sullivan, No One’s Ally, Tells It as He Sees It
Supreme Court is being asked to rule if it is unconstitutional to require men to register for the draft at 18 but not women
The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether it is discrimination for the government to require only men to register for the draft when they turn 18.
The question of whether it is unconstitutional to require men but not women to register could be viewed as one with little practical impact.
The last time there was a draft was during the Vietnam War, and the military has been all-volunteer since.
Supreme Court is being asked to rule if it is unconstitutional to require men to register for the draft at 18 but not women