As A Teen, I Bonded With My Mother Over This Steamy Hobby. Then It Became My Job.
Walking through the fluorescent shelves and orderly storage room at The Ripped Bodice in Park Slope, Brooklyn, no conversation was considered NSFW. Proudly woman- and queer-owned, The Ripped Bodice celebrates a diverse selection of romance fiction in both stores and online. She’s a woman who has devoured romance novels, sometimes multiple a day, for as long as I can remember. When I was a teen, we gleefully began to read romance novels together. Despite how society attempts to degrade the romance genre and romance readers, I was and am committed to celebrating freedom of expression, not to mention the broad spectrum of sexuality and gender on display in the modern romance genre.
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May 12, 2025 13:42 UTC
Nigel Farage Snaps At Journalist After Being Asked To Explain A Key Reform Policy
Nigel Farage Snaps At Journalist After Being Asked To Explain A Key Reform PolicyReform UK leader Nigel Farage. via Associated PressNigel Farage snapped at a TV journalist after being asked to explain a key Reform UK policy. He told Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates “you can play whatever silly games you want” as he dodged the question on immigration. Coates asked Farage if he would cap the number of immigrants allowed to come in on that basis. You can play whatever silly games you want."
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May 12, 2025 13:18 UTC
Trump Revives Failed Drug Price Plan With Promised Executive Order
The order Trump is promising will direct the Department of Health and Human Services to tie what Medicare pays for medications administrated in a doctor’s office to the lowest price paid by other countries. “Our Country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare Costs will be reduced by numbers never even thought of before,” Trump added. It was a rule that Trump tried to adopt during his first term, but could never get through. He signed a similar executive order in the final weeks of his presidency, but a court order later blocked the rule from going into effect under the Biden administration. Only drugs on Medicare Part B — the insurance for doctor’s office visits — are likely to be covered under the plan.
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May 12, 2025 09:27 UTC
Trump Plans To Accept Luxury 747 From Qatar To Use As Air Force One
Democrats and good government advocates said it was unethical and likely unconstitutional for Qatar to make such a gift. Advertisement“Nothing says ‘America First’ like Air Force One, brought to you by Qatar,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X. Trump has expressed frustration at the delays in delivering two new 747-8 aircraft to serve as an updated Air Force One. A U.S. Air Force official told Congress last week that Boeing had proposed finishing the planes by 2027. At the time, the White House said the president did so to get a better understanding of how the updated Air Force One planes would be configured.
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May 12, 2025 04:32 UTC
Trump Is Waging A New Kind Of War. It Could Put Your Family In Danger.
Approximately 57% of global cancer research funding between 2016 and 2020 was provided by the U.S. government. Recent Trump administration cuts to university funding don’t just threaten the future of cancer care. Advertisement“The consequences of withdrawing support for medical research will not be felt immediately. AdvertisementThe research system that gave patients like Eric a future is now being dismantled, just as my family and I need it most. The consequences of withdrawing support for medical research will not be felt immediately.
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May 11, 2025 15:52 UTC
Is This Really A Turning Point In The Ukraine War – Or Another Kremlin Ploy?
AdvertisementSo could this be the beginning of the end of the Putin’s bloody war in Ukraine, or is this – as some fear – just another manipulation tactic from the Kremlin? Putin has proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey. Yet Putin still played for time – and Trump has in recent weeks expressed more frustration with the Russian president, having been incredibly sympathetic. After the US president accused Putin of “tapping me along”, the Kremlin spokesperson told reporters that this was not the case. However, as author of Putin’s War on Ukraine Samuel Ramani told Times Radio: “That’s exactly the trap that the Russians are trying to set for Zelenskyy.
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May 11, 2025 15:02 UTC
'Get Some Better Information': Newark Mayor Slams Trump Adviser Who Justified His Arrest
She doesn’t know what happened … I was there for over an hour in that space, and nobody ever told me to move. Habba later justified the arrest publicly on social media and argued that the Democratic mayor and current gubernatorial candidate was rightfully detained. A former personal attorney for Trump, Habba was made a counselor to the president in December. Advertisement“The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,” she wrote Friday on X, formerly Twitter. “He has willingly chosen to disregard the law,” Habba continued.
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May 10, 2025 23:05 UTC
7 People Share The Trends They're Sick Of Seeing In Modern Films
AdvertisementReddit user Prabu-Silitwangi agrees, asking users of the /r/Movies subreddit for their suggestions of a “trend in movies right now” they most want to “die a horrible death”. Reflecting on the 1997 flick, they say: “It’s so refreshing to be able to see everything that’s going on. AporiaParadox says: “Overinflated budgets that lead to movies needing to make an absurd amount of money just to break even. Shout out to recent films like Bottoms, Ride On and Jackass Forever for leading the charge, and reminding us that bloopers in credits are welcomed. AdvertisementCommentary tracks are very much missed, tooRobertm922 says: “We need commentary tracks back.
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May 10, 2025 20:52 UTC
The Military's K-12 Schools Are Banning Award-Winning Kids’ Books To Appease Trump
It has won multiple awards, including being ranked as a Time Magazine best young adult book for all time. It has won numerous awards and was listed as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Kirkus Reviews named it one of the best young adult books of the century. Written by a New York Times bestselling author, this book is a collection of short stories that explores big and small moments in young adult relationships. The New York Times rated it the best children’s book of the year, as did NPR and Bank Street College of Education.
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May 10, 2025 16:57 UTC
Judge Pauses Much Of Trump Administration's Massive Downsizing Of Federal Agencies
LOADING ERROR LOADINGSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday. The temporary restraining order directs numerous federal agencies to halt acting on the president’s workforce executive order signed in February and a subsequent memo issued by the Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Personnel Management. Tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired, left their jobs via deferred resignation programs or have been placed on leave as a result of Trump’s government-shrinking efforts. Support our mission to keep us around for the next 20 — we can't do this without you. In that case, Judge William Alsup ordered the government in March to reinstate those workers, but the U.S. Supreme Court later blocked his order.
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May 10, 2025 09:28 UTC
Father Of Girl Who Killed 2 At Wisconsin School Is Charged With Supplying Guns
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May 10, 2025 02:05 UTC
Stephen Colbert Has 2 Very Revealing Words For Trump About Melania
LOADING ERROR LOADING“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said on Thursday night that there’s one question about President Donald Trump’s White House that many people are asking in Washington lately. “Where is Melania?” he said, pointing to a new report that finds the first lady has spent fewer than 14 days at the White House since Trump took office in January. “Melania was clearly inspired by Mrs. Truman’s famous catchphrase, ‘Be Bess,’” Colbert cracked. Trump said his wife isn’t seen much because “she’s a very private person,” but Colbert isn’t buying it. “Yes, she’s a very private person ― who has film crews following her around for the $40 million documentary about her life,” he said.
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May 09, 2025 19:19 UTC
Christine Baranski Says 1 Mamma Mia! Star 'Hated' Dancing More Than Anyone Else
Christine Baranski in a very big hat in Mamma Mia! During Wednesday’s edition of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert presented his guest, Christine Baranski, with a photo of the Mamma Mia! Or, as Christine put it: “Stellan hated it.”Reflecting on filming the Dancing Queen sequence in the 2018 Mamma Mia! sequel, the Emmy winner said that “all three actors hated” the dancing parts of the project, but it was Stellan who struggled the most. He was like, ‘I can’t do that’.”AdvertisementTo his credit, Christine said he managed it in the end, though, recalling: “He did it!
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May 09, 2025 16:50 UTC
HuffPost Celebrates 20 Years Of Groundbreaking Digital-First Journalism
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May 09, 2025 14:47 UTC
Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian Of Congress Carla Hayden
FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, to be awarded to Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File) via Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and its agenda. The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity before it was made public. AdvertisementConnecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said Hayden was “callously fired” by Trump and demanded an explanation from the administration as to why.
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May 09, 2025 08:06 UTC