“Girl and a Margin” Image: Ladan Osman. Collage: Joe Penney. Series editor’s note: In Ladan Osman’s piece “Dark Matter Girls,” the poet quietly asks herself, and by extension us, how we see Black girls, dark-skinned girls, girls that do not fit into the expectations of others. She says, I am chaos, incomprehensible; what kind of
Tan Min Liang, the co-founder, CEO and executive director of Razer, at a press conference on the proposed listing of Razer at JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong in Admiralty. Dickson Lee | South China Morning Post | Getty Images After applying to become a regulated bank in Singapore, gaming hardware firm Razer is now considering
Blumhouse has entered into a three-picture deal with sought-after British director Rob Savage, which the studio will finance and partner with the filmmaker to produce. Savage will be collaborating with the same team behind Host, including producer Douglas Cox; writers Jed Shepherd & Gemma Hurley; and editor Breanna Rangott. “We’ve been tracking Rob’s work for
Raytheon is one of several major defense contractors selected by the U.S. Air Force for the program known as “defense experimentation using commercial space internet.” WASHINGTON — Raytheon Technologies on Sept. 10 received a $13 million contract to test the use of commercial space internet services on military aircraft. Raytheon is one of several major
Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach attends a news conference titled “Publication of facts of pressure of U.S. Embassy on Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies to interfere in electoral process in U.S.”, in Kiev, Ukraine October 9, 2019. Gleb Garanich | Reuters WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on three Kremlin-linked individuals and a Ukrainian lawmaker
Carole Baskin‘s got the eye of the tiger as she prepares for her big “Dancing with the Stars” debut … and she’s practicing her moves in a way that would make Billy Idol proud. Sources close to Carole tell TMZ … she’s been dancing with herself in her Los Angeles apartment during her downtime this
U.S. government debt prices were higher Friday morning as investors monitored an array of economic data, along with the Senate blockage of a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill and further volatility in equity markets. At around 1:25 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was slightly lower at 0.6788% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was down
Gucci: Courtesy of the brandInstagram Style Points is a new weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Jeannette Wei. Sabrina Pilkati. Ioana Ciocan. These may not be household names, but they’ve all played a big part in fashion recently. Wei is designer Joseph Altuzarra’s grandmother, and her wardrobe helped inspire his fall
The long-awaited Lost Girls & Love Hotels is finally getting it’s release this month and we’ve got an exclusive look at the new movie to prove it. The adaptation of Hanrahan’s 2006 novel of the same name stars Alexandra Daddario (San Andreas, TV’s True Detective) and Takehiro Hira (The Fighter Pilot, The Floating Castle). [embedded
What did Tinsley have to say to her former co-stars? On The Real Housewives of New York City Season 12 Episode 22, things took a turn when the women met up for the first time since COVID-19 hit. Dorinda took a trip to the hot seat after dropping a big bombshell about one of her co-stars.
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In Raven Leilani’s Luster, Edie is a 23-year old Black woman who, amongst other problems, has irritable bowel syndrome. “I can’t shit,”
Apple’s unified “Apple One” subscription that will bundle its services together, as previously reported, has been spotted in Apple Music’s latest beta version for Android, through strings of code, by 9to5Google. The bundles are expected to have a tiered approach, with Apple Music and Apple TV+ in the cheapest tier, and Apple Arcade, Apple News+,
For almost 75 years, the Doomsday Clock has monitored how close humankind is to global catastrophe. With the clock now closer to midnight than ever before, the science writer Rachel Brazil talks to Physics World’s Matin Durrani about how the clock is set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and how physicists can engage
Peloton said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter sales surged 172%, as its high-tech stationary bike and treadmill became two of the hottest commodities for people looking to workout from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The fitness equipment maker also offered Wall Street an eye-popping outlook for the current quarter and fiscal 2021, with sales of its bikes
In the wake of the announced reopening of OC earlier this week, AMC is officially throwing the doors open to four locations in the greater Los Angeles area this weekend, followed by the AMC Woodbridge 5 on Sept. 18. The AMC Anaheim GardenWalk 6, AMC Orange 30, and AMC Tustin 14 will open on Friday,
Sen. Cramer: The Space Force caucus will provide an avenue to craft bipartisan legislative ideas. WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced they have formed a Space Force Caucus to help the new military branch advance issues on Capitol Hill. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) will chair the group.
The Senate failed Thursday to advance a Republican coronavirus stimulus plan, the latest blow to stalled efforts to pass another package to mitigate the pandemic’s economic damage. The measure fell short of the 60 votes needed on a procedural step to move toward passage. All Democrats present, and one Republican — Rand Paul of Kentucky
Davido has shared the music video for a new single. “FEM” is the first single from the Nigerian pop star’s next studio album, A Better Time, which is set to drop next month. The new song takes it title from the Nigerian street slang for “be quiet.” Check out the music video for the Napji-produced