Equality Issues The Black History of Stonewall (This is the latest installment of our Long Reads series. For more entries, please click here.) TRIGGER WARNING: The following article has detailed descriptions of police violence and abuse, particularly towards LGBTQ+ and Black communities. Picture this. It’s a breezy Friday night in New York City’s Greenwich Village. By Prem • Jun 05, 2020 10:50 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 5, 2020 Dear Gossips, I am on the American Film Institute mailing list and since the end of March every day I get a message from the AFI about their Movie Club Movie of the Day that was launched in collaboration with Steven Spielberg so that people could gather virtually to celebrate By Lainey • Jun 05, 2020 08:56 am
Equality Issues The Goldings at the protest Henry Golding and Liv Lo were at the Black Lives Matter protest yesterday. Henry’s mother is Malaysian, Liv’s father is Taiwanese, and I’m bringing this up because as we know, the three other police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd have now been charged with By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 03:16 pm
Equality Issues Jodie and Joshua’s new haircut go for a walk These pictures are a few days old but you know what? There’s no one out there who’s going to complain about seeing them even if you’re seeing them again, right? It’s Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson. Seeing them is self-care for Kathleen. Every time they step By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 12:33 pm
Equality Issues Meghan Markle speaks to the students In a new video first shared by Essence, Meghan Markle has spoken out about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Tamir Rice, and the long list of Black victims who lost their lives or have been wounded emotionally and physically because of anti-Black racism and/or police brutality. She was By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 10:43 am
Equality Issues THR’s Pride Issue The Hollywood Reporter debuted its Pride issue yesterday morning with a cover story, “The 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood”. THR Cover: The 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood https://t.co/FXkONuuuXl — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 4, 2020 Now THIS is a Pride cover. For one, By Prem • Jun 04, 2020 09:36 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 4, 2020 Dear Gossips, John Boyega joined protestors in London yesterday in support of Black Lives Matter, delivering an impassioned, emotional speech denouncing anti-Black racism, calling for justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and so many more, and praising the contributions of Black women. He also made it By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 09:04 am
Top Reads John Boyega marches in London John Boyega has not been quiet this past week after the murder of George Floyd. He shut down commenters last week when he tweeted that he hates racists which, I dunno, seems like a pretty uncontroversial statement, non? And people still had to get into his mentions with some all By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 12:16 pm
Equality Issues Gwyneth Paltrow and the “blindspot of white privilege” As I mentioned in the Tracee Ellis Ross post earlier today, as a member of the “model minority” who has benefitted from white proximity, it’s up to me to engage in conversations about anti-Black racism and identify bias and privilege in my own community among Asians and white people By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 02:57 pm
Douchebags A Blind Item Come To Life Every time I mention a cast member from Glee in Celebrity Social Media, I can’t help but point out that I think the show is cursed. Beyond all the very bad stuff that happened to various people, that show was surrounded by a weird energy field. Co-creator Ryan Murphy By Maria • Jun 02, 2020 12:40 pm
Equality Issues Tracee & Tyler A few days ago on CNN, Don Lemon called out a list of celebrities who hadn’t spoken out about the murder of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. Among them was Tracee Ellis Ross. As a non-Black person, I don’t feel like I have a By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 11:56 am
Equality Issues Abel, Drake, and Showing the Receipts When we think of the expression, “show the receipts”, especially online, it often refers to gossip evidence. This week it’s taken on a different meaning. A better meaning. While some celebrities have been called out for the amount of their donations to Black Lives Matter related organisations, including bail-out By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 09:49 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi because Trayvon Martin was murdered but justice was not served. Today is Blackout Tuesday, an initiative conceived by Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, two Black women in music, calling for the music industry By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 09:00 am
TV Live Blog Issa celebrates Black life On Sundays we watch Insecure, a show that celebrates Black life, Black love, and Black excellence. But if you’re Issa Rae, and Black people are on the streets protesting injustice, protesting racism, fighting for their lives, how do you promote your television show while honouring and respecting the cause? By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 01:25 pm
Equality Issues Blake Lively’s “bias, blindness”, and donation As I wrote in today’s open, in order to end racism and push for a more just and equal society, white people and non-black people of colour have to pull up. We can begin by acknowledging our mistakes and understanding that we’ve been shaped by institutionalised and systemic By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 10:35 am
Equality Issues Beyoncé & Jay-Z call for action Beyoncé posted a video on Instagram this weekend encouraging her followers to sign one or all of the petitions being circulated demanding justice for George Floyd. The petitions can be accessed through her website. Beyoncé, as we know, has been supporting front line workers during the pandemic and has donated By Lainey • Jun 01, 2020 10:02 am
