This Week in Questionable Decisions…
1. Hillary Clinton had people scratching their heads when, in a video, she thanked “activist bitches supporting other bitches.” Abuela, no!
2. Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley compared marriage equality to high-speed internet, saying that the U.K. government would not “impose” same-sex marriage there, “in the same way it’s not for me to impose the way super-fast broadband is rolled out across the country.”
3. London’s Wireless festival managed to book only a measly three women artists compared to 30-plus male acts for the three-day music showcase.
4. A man in the U.K. was pulled over for using his phone while driving (which is illegal there, unless you’re hands-free). His excuse to the cop? “I was just putting a laughing emoji to my girlfriend.”
5. A Canadian train conductor was fired for posting “racy” photos of herself posing on train tracks (off duty).
6. A dozen animals were disqualified from Saudi Arabia’s prestigious camel beauty pageant for having Botox! Yet another example of unrealistic beauty standards for women.
7. Barry Lubin aka Grandma the clown of the Big Apple Circus is the latest #HimToo after admitting to pressuring a 16-year-old aerialist into taking pornographic photos.
8. 50 Cent “forgot” he accepted 700 Bitcoins for his 2014 album — they’re worth more than $7 billion now.
9. The Bombay Times told LGBTQ interviewees that they didn’t look queer enough for a photoshoot and instructed them on what to wear for a redo.
10. The Doomsday Clock, which symbolizes Earth’s proximity to an apocalyptic event, moved 30 seconds closer to “midnight” this week, at 11:58, the closest it’s been since the height of the Cold War in 1953.
11. Trump affirms, “I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist.” Ya don’t say!
12. Viewers of the Bravo reality dumpster fire Vanderpump Rules accused the cast of using the word “pasta” as code for illicit drugs in a recent episode.
This article appears in Jan 24-31, 2018.