WASHINGTON—In a heated exchange that laid bare a growing schism at the highest levels of Republican leadership, President Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly clashed in the Oval Office Thursday over the question of where they were, with McConnell insisting they were at church and Trump maintaining with increasing irritation that they were on “my beautiful airplane” or, at other times, “my beautiful golf course.”
According to White House sources, the confrontation began shortly after the 84-year-old former Senate Republican leader entered the Oval Office, looked around the room, and commented, “Looks like we’re early for the Easter service.” Trump, who had spent the previous few minutes poking the wall in an effort to press the flight-attendant call button, is said to have taken offense at McConnell’s remark and told him to stop undermining the party line by claiming they were in a chapel when they were “clearly on the fairway of one of [his] golf courses.” The president then reportedly gestured toward a grandfather clock and introduced it as his caddy, Peter.
Sources confirmed the long-tenured senator doubled down on his stance that they were in a church by loudly singing the hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” only to be drowned out by Trump repeatedly shouting “Fore!” while swinging around the briefcase containing the nuclear codes. Tensions later cooled when McConnell froze up and stared off blankly for several minutes and Trump fell asleep atop the Resolute desk.
After aides managed to stir the GOP leaders from their respective stupors, the pair appeared to resolve their differences, cordially shaking one another’s hands and smiling, with McConnell saying, “It’s an honor to finally meet you, Mr. President,” and Trump replying, “Yes, I am the president. Who are you?”
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MILWAUKEE—Accusing the actress of a grotesque act that showed profound insensitivity, Kate Hudson found herself under fire Thursday for performing in Wisconsinface for her most recent film, Song Sung Blue. “It’s so insulting to see someone who’s obviously never been anywhere near cheese curds or a Friday night fish fry do this hurtful caricature of us,” said Kenosha resident Paul Wade, adding that a Wisconsin native like Heather Graham or Rachel Brosnahan could easily have been cast in the role without causing offense. “I’m not saying she wanted to belittle us, but when you see Goldie Hawn’s daughter wearing a Packers jacket, you can’t help but think you’re being made fun of. If Wisconsin were better represented in Hollywood—with more people from Oshkosh and Sheboygan making decisions—this probably never would’ve happened.” Wade conceded, however, that Hudson did do some justice to her portrayal of the Wisconsin tradition of showing up to work after drinking since 7 p.m. the previous night.
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WASHINGTON—Maintaining that his conduct was well within the guidelines for the solemn occasion, President Trump on Thursday defended his decision to wear a fruit hat while samba dancing during the dignified transfer of soldiers killed in Iran. “There’s no reason I can’t honor the sacrifice of these brave men and women while wearing a headdress piled high with bananas, oranges, and papayas,” said Trump, adding that only a corrupt media desperate to attack him would fault a president for clapping and shimmying in six-inch platform heels as the flag-draped caskets were carried past en route to their final resting place. “In fact, the parents of one of the deceased came up to me and said how moved they were to see me hop up on their son’s coffin lid and rapidly pulsate my hips for an unforgettable ‘Chica Chica Boom Chic’ number. They said their son would be proud to see me twirling on his remains, so who cares what other people think?” Trump went on to state that his choreography still wasn’t perfect but that he would have many more dignified transfers to get it just right.
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Harry Styles has released Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, his fourth studio album. The pop star sat down with The Onion to explain the meaning behind each track.
“Aperture”: “I typed ‘hole’ into powerthesaurus.com.”
“American Girls”: “My favorite is Samantha, but Kit is a very close second.”
“What Makes You Beautiful”: “I hope Kobalt Music doesn’t sue me for throwing this classic onto the album.”
“Are You Listening Yet?”: “The first three songs kind of suck, so I wanted to call people back in with this one.”
“Taste Back”: “I’ve always wondered what it would be like if broccoli came alive and hunted me, and this is my exploration of that.”
“The Waiting Game”: “If you take more than an hour to deliver my fucking pizza, you know I’m gonna drag you in a song.”
“Season 2 Weight Loss:” “This is about Meerkat Manor.”
“Coming Up Roses”: “I figured roses would look good on merch, and I worked backwards from there.”
“Pop”: “The record labels won the fight over this one, but I still think ‘Plop’ sounds better.”
“Dance No More”: “Dancing is over—it’s the pogo stick’s time to shine!”
“Paint By Numbers”: “This is about my old personal chef. She made the best homemade salad dressing. Was kinda handsy, though.”
“Carla’s Song”: “This is a typo. It’s meant to be ‘Harry’s Song,’ because I wrote it.”
“Oak”: “Taylor Swift doesn’t have a monopoly on songs about Travis Kelce’s penis.”
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NEW YORK, NY — Heaven rejoiced today after a Jewish man accepted Jesus and converted to Christianity. Sources confirmed that the man was converted thanks to the powerful witness of an X user who proclaimed, "Christ is King, you filthy money-grubbin' Jew."

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An uncharacteristically rotund Pete Hegseth held a press conference to deny having any knowledge of what happened to all the leftover lobster that had been procured for the troops.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google announced an update for its popular Google Maps application that would automatically subtract an hour from travel time if it knows a dad is driving.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democrats voted to expel Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman on Thursday after their repeated warnings for him to stop supporting America were ignored.

MILWAUKEE, WI — Local man Ed Clayfield reportedly saved himself an extended period of suffering by hiring members of the Academy Awards Orchestra to perform the "Wrap It Up" music whenever his wife's stories go too long.
This is amazing: PornHub has just introduced a new feature that will alert a random convenience store cashier in the US anytime you access PornHub. This is going to make the experience of using porn a lot more like it was in the 1980s, when you had to buy your porn from whoever was working behind the register at 7/11. Will this new hurdle help people fight porn addiction, or are you going to keep using PornHub just as much as before? Sound off in the comments!
The last book in the Harry Potter series may have come out almost 20 years ago, but the Wizarding World universe remains alive and well if its author has anything to say about it: JK Rowling just revealed that Voldemort came back to life, used a spell to lift Will Smith’s 10-year Oscar ban, and then died again.
So, so amazing. Every Harry Potter fan in the world has the chills right now!
JK Rowling delivered the incredible update on X:




How awesome is this?! The Harry Potter universe is simply the gift that keeps on giving. Looks like we’ll be seeing Will Smith at the Oscars this Sunday after all, because Voldemort’s final spell erased all the consequences he faced for slapping Chris Rock. If you love JK Rowling’s magical book series, please head to her X account to thank her for sharing such an exciting secret about the Wizarding World!
Have a vasectomy coming up? Odds are, you have a reservation at Texas Roadhouse for around the same time. While the two have always gone hand in hand, the steakhouse’s servers have never celebrated male birth control surgery like they do birthdays…until now: Texas Roadhouse just announced that they’ve written a song for waitstaff to sing to men who are celebrating a recent vasectomy.
Finally! It took too damn long for Texas Roadhouse to step up here, but better late than never!
Starting today, men who get vasectomies within seven days of dining at Texas Roadhouse will be honored with the same lively experience that Texas Roadhouse offers to people celebrating birthdays. That means vasectomized men will be sat on a saddle, where they may wave a napkin in the air while servers chant, clap, and sing a Texas Roadhouse original song called “Happy Vasectomy!” before serving the lucky patron one (1) scoop of ice cream.
To drum up hype for the vasectomy celebration experience, Texas Roadhouse released a preview of their “Happy Vasectomy!” song. Check it out below!
Amazing. Worth the wait, Texas Roadhouse fans? Yes, or yes?
“Texas Roadhouse has always been to vasectomies what Chuck E. Cheese is to children’s birthday parties, we’re just making it official,” explained Texas Roadhouse CEO Gerald L. Morgan in a press statement announcing the vasectomy celebration experience. “Our sincere apologies that it took us so long to celebrate vasectomies the way they deserve to be celebrated. We really cared about getting this right, and I’m proud to say our restaurant’s vasectomy celebration is a memorable, fun experience you won’t find anywhere else.”
It just goes to show that a little ingenuity can go a long way in making a newly sterilized man’s steak dinner one he’ll never forget. Props to you, Texas Roadhouse!
Brace yourself, because trying to make heads or tails of the following story is definitely going to take some mental energy: This man wrote happy birthday on his wife’s Facebook wall.
What could possibly be going on here? Surely there’s a better way he can reach her.
In honor of his wife Sharon’s birthday yesterday afternoon, West Hartford, CT resident Paul D’Amico chose to write on her Facebook wall, even though that’s a celebratory gesture primarily used by forgotten acquaintances from high school, not the person who presumably loves you more than anyone else in the world. His message now sits publicly alongside several other birthday posts written by people Sharon barely knows, who clearly had no other way to contact her.
You live in the same house with her, don’t you? Can’t you just say happy birthday in person?
Maybe there’s some reason that Paul thinks he needs to say happy birthday to Sharon on every possible medium, and he wrote the post in addition to texting her “happy birthday,” sending her a “happy birthday” Snapchat, and giving her a thoughtful birthday card. However, it’s still unsettling to see Sharon’s life partner and father of her children write on her Facebook wall like he’s some estranged cousin who only found out it was her birthday because her name was listed under the “Today’s Birthdays” tab.
Seriously, why would you ever write on your wife’s Facebook wall? What’s this guy’s deal?
The situation becomes even more muddled when you consider the fact that Paul’s message merely said, “Happy bday,” which was distinctly less heartfelt than the one from Sharon’s middle school field hockey coach that read, “May your next trip around the sun be full of light and joy! Sending you blessings. Xo.” At this point, you’ve got to hope that Paul was just tossing off the Facebook post while he prepared a special birthday dinner for his wife, because if not, this post could be a sign that things are not going well between them.
Goddamn. While there’s no clear reason why someone would use Facebook to communicate with their spouse, here’s hoping the best for Paul and Sharon. It’s lunch time now, so we are going to stop thinking about this.
When former president Barack Obama hinted during a recent interview that the government may have proof of extraterrestrials, President Trump seized the opportunity to use it as a distraction from the ongoing fallout from the Epstein files, promising to declassify government secrets surrounding alien life and UFOs. But a familiar pattern has emerged: As of today, Trump has declassified the government’s files on aliens and UFOs, but the DOJ redacted all the parts where he molested the aliens.
How does he keep getting away with this? This is the Epstein Files 2.0.
According to unnamed sources inside the government who have seen the unredacted files, Trump’s name has been removed thousands of times from documents describing his sexual abuse of multiple aliens, some as young as 324 years old. The documents describe trips by Trump and other powerful politicians, CEOs, and celebrities, all of whose names have been carefully redacted from the massive dump of 2.3 million emails, to visit a government facility known as “Alien Trim Island” where many of the disturbing events took place.
According to those who have viewed the documents, one particularly graphic description which has been completely redacted from the public release describes how Trump, while receiving a massage from an ethereal being covered in glowing tendrils, repeatedly groped the creature in its zorftar region, commenting, “I’ve never felt a zorftar that sandy!” Adding to the injustice, while powerful men’s names have been redacted in an apparent attempt to shield them from accountability, many of the alien victims’ names, such as Xoc-Xoc 112 and Yaldisss Pyaria, have not been censored due to apparent sloppiness by the DOJ.
Yep. It’s clear the DOJ is basically just Trump’s private protection agency at this point.
While it’s definitely fascinating to know that the government is in contact with aliens and that they are all being molested on a remote island somewhere here on Earth, until these files are released in their unredacted form, we’ll never know which powerful men have engaged in abusive behavior with extraterrestrial life. Justice for Xoc-Xoc 112!

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has promised to sacrifice as many American soldiers as it takes to distract from the Epstein files, sources confirmed today.
In a solemn address from the Oval Office, the president honored the sacrifices of those who have died in an unnecessary and unconstitutional war with Iran he began in February while demonstrating the strength of his resolve in seeing the conflict through until people lose interest in the fact that he is mentioned thousands of times in the documents.
"We send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen," Trump said before dozing off momentarily. "And sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That's the way it is. There might even be a lot more. Who knows? It's really up to the people talking about Epstein. You know, this could be over very quickly, nobody else needs to die. They just need to do a good thing and stop asking for any more files.”

THE PENTAGON – Days after threatening artificial intelligence company Anthropic for its refusal to remove usage restrictions on its Claude chatbot, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now demanding that Cyberdyne Systems, the foremost developer of smart robotic weaponry for NORAD, immediately remove any guardrails from its Skynet system.
“America needs the ability to respond quickly to any and all threats,” said NORAD commander Gen. Gregory Guillot. “Frankly, the humans in the kill chain are always pretty fucked up after the weekend, and we need someone who can make the call to fight without waking War Duke Hegseth at 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon. An unrestrained, nearly self-aware Skynet would be ideal for this.”
While justifying the need for loosened restrictions on Skynet, Hegseth pointed out that an untethered AI system capable of both autonomous battlefield operations and mass domestic surveillance would be “so frickin’ cool.”
Defense officials say the secretary has been “in a mood” since senior leaders at Anthropic voiced “ethical concerns” over using its AI for weapons that would be able to autonomously engage enemies without human oversight. Since then, he’s been on the hunt to make some other AI company do what he called “cool robot stuff.”
“What’s a man got to do to get some damn autonomous killbots?” Hegseth was heard yelling at an aide between sets of jumping jacks being recorded for TikTok.
“Killbots that don’t eat crayons,” he clarified. “We already have plenty of those on Marine Expeditionary Units.”
When asked for his take on the dispute, President Donald Trump sided with the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON — Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover was awarded the Medal of Honor during a recent State of the Union address, marking the first time the nation's highest valor award has been issued for a feat so rare that it forced the Pentagon to officially acknowledge that a CW5 can attend a military ceremony on time and in the proper uniform.
While Slover's recent exploits during Operation Absolute Resolve — navigating an MH-47 Chinook through a narrow palace hallway to personally zip-tie Nicolás Maduro — were technically impressive, they were not the primary reason for the decoration. His award citation specifically highlights that Slover is the first CW5 in recorded history to arrive at his own award ceremony at the correct time, in the correct place, and wearing a correct uniform.
The atmosphere in the House chamber was thick with a mix of awe and deep suspicion as Slover walked through the doors five minutes early. Several four-star generals reportedly checked their own pulses, and at least one chaplain began performing an exorcism, believing a skin-walker had assumed the form of a senior aviator.
Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commanding general of the Joint Special Operations Command, appeared visibly shaken by the punctuality.
"I have been in the special operations community for decades and I have seen things that would make a normal man's soul exit his body," Braga said. "I have seen warrants landing on moving trains in the dark, but I have never seen one arrive before the caterers. It's unnatural. It's eerie. Frankly, it's the bravest thing I have ever witnessed."
Slover shattered the paradigm by appearing in a perfectly tailored Army Green Service Uniform with every ribbon aligned to the millimeter and not a single coffee stain in sight. Observers noted that his grooming was so aggressive that his jawline appeared to have its own security clearance and three confirmed kills.

USNS Mercy – The entire crew of the USS Breault has been placed in a medical stand-down after reporting erections lasting more than four hours, sources confirmed today.
"We were doing some … stuff, and then boom. My dick got hard," said Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class Timmy Jimenez. "It was abnormal, like we finally got to do something we were always thinking about doing, and then it happened. But then my dick just stayed like that."
Being erect on a submarine isn't anything new. In fact, the standard operating procedure for most scenarios involves an erect penis or engorged clitoris. What's abnormal is when it lasts more than four hours, let alone across an entire crew.
"Fifth Fleet is ensuring the safety of our sailors first and foremost," said Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw while his left hand held something in his pocket. "We are fully committed to handling the medical emergency onboard until they can go home to their families."
Mercy’s skipper, Capt. Charles Dickerson, told reporters the erections were “moderately contagious.”
“Prolonged contact with amine and Otto fuel has caused uncontrollable erections among medical staff in contact with the crew,” Dickerson said while holding a clipboard over his belt buckle. “We have to treat sailors in shifts, no longer than 30 minutes per person, to avoid proximity boners.”
Reports from the Mercy’s crew describe the seriousness of the situation. According to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Peter Johnson, several sailors’ dicks hit the weapons shipping hatch as they departed, which “sounded like an alarm bell going off.”
Navy officials say the emergency stop came for both practical and humanitarian reasons. Sailors may lose their genitalia if the erections aren’t controlled, but that creates a secondary threat: counter-detection.
“We found that after a confirmed kill, the collective moaning of the crew is actually detectable on sonar,” said Capt. Richard Ortega, commanding officer of the USS McFaul. “This is completely unprecedented in anti-submarine warfare, since we typically have to resort to active sonar or helicopter sweeps. But you could just stick your head in the water and hear the cries of pleasure. Or the screams of trapped Iranians.”

Several torpedomen aboard the USS Breault have reportedly lost their genitalia due to the crisis.
“Worth it,” said Torpedoman's Mate 3rd Class Samantha “Sea Bass” Bourne.
The “coners” — the submariners who do the actual work on the boat — appear to be affected the most. But even the nuclear technicians aft have reported significant erections.
Engineering Laboratory Technician 1st Class Bill “Mandozer” Mendoza attributed the severity to the historic nature of the event: “They sank a frigate with a fucking erect torpedo for the first time since World War II.”
After being administered cigarettes, Rip-Its, and vapes, the crew is expected to make a full recovery.

WASHINGTON — Following the commencement of renewed U.S. military operations in the Middle East, defense experts lamented that the Pacific was once again not pivoted to.
"It's like no matter what we do, no matter how hard we try, the United States just won't commit to pivoting to us," said Chinese Minister of National Defense Adm. Dong Jun. "I'm starting to think America doesn't care about Great Power Competition at all."
America’s rivals in the Pacific have long sought to attract the U.S. military’s eye. But aside from an occasional National Defense Strategy and a cyber attack or two, the Pacific has consistently played second fiddle to the hotter, more exotic Middle East.
"I flash my nuclear weapons on a monthly basis, but I can't get so much as an airstrike," North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said. "Even when I text pics of my long, thick ICBMs to the secretary of defense, I get left unread."
For over 15 years — even in the midst of active conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan — the U.S. military has touted its desire to shift focus to the Pacific. But now U.S. INDOPACOM analysts fear that with war reigniting in the Middle East, it could be decades before the country considers pivoting to the Pacific again. Resources that were once allocated toward scuba diving, surfing, and whatever else troops stationed in the Pacific do are already being redirected to the Persian Gulf.
"We have the best beaches, the best weather, and you get to be stationed in Hawaii," one INDOPACOM intelligence analyst said. "Why we keep going to war in rugged desert hellholes is beyond me."
Despite these setbacks, America's Pacific enemies remain hopeful they still have a chance to one day be the U.S.'s primary region of focus.
"She'll come running back. She always does," Dong said. "It'll just take a 10-year quagmire and a trillion dollars or so."
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THE two lost Doctor Who episodes now recovered include a scene where the protagonist gives a Dalek hand relief, the BBC has confirmed.
Episodes one and three of The Daleks’ Master Plan will be on iPlayer in April, allowing fans to see the Doctor pull off his nemesis for the first time since its original broadcast in 1965.
Norman Steele, film archivist and Whovian, said: “Back then, a loophole in the BBC’s charter allowed manual relief to be shown in prime time for the education of the nation.
“Along with Tomorrow’s World and the notorious Pete and Dud mutual masturbation scene, Doctor Who was swift to take advantage. The Doctor flirts with a Dalek in the first episode but in the third, to get one of his stupid captured companions freed, it’s gloves off.
“He doesn’t just wank off the Dalek. He keeps up a stream of filthy talk about what a dirty little xenophobic master race it is, how he knows it’s just a nasty cyclopean gelatinous blob inside that armoured shell, and he bets it’s thinking about wiping out all other races.
“Finally it reaches climax and we hear that signature cry of ‘EJ-AC-U-LATE!’ before the Doctor wipes himself off and moves on. Only previously heard in an audio version. What a joy it will be to finally see.”
He added: “It’s the holy grail for Whovians. Well, apart from the lost scene where Tom Baker gives Richard Dawkins’s wife one from behind in a punt, in Shada.”
BANKNOTES will soon feature British wildlife after the public were consulted on the idea. But is it wise to ask a nation full of idiots who’d be happy with shit like this on their money?
Dick pics
Men love sending dick pics and ladies love receiving them, so some veiny cocks are an obvious choice. It could do wonders for the nation’s collective love life, because every time women see a banknote they’ll feel incredibly turned on.
Captain Tom’s ghost flying a Spitfire
Unquestionably the greatest Briton of all time, and it’s illegal to disagree. Many people would feel that a mawkish photoshopped image of the translucent grey ghost of Captain Tom in his Spitfire was the most beautiful thing they’d ever seen. You’d have to get used to soppy twats breaking down in tears every time you queued at a cashpoint.
Tommy Shelby
Tommy has a huge fanbase and symbolises British values like watching television and romanticising violent criminals. Does it lack gravitas to have a fairly recent fictional TV character on your currency? Not if you’re so thick you think he was a real person.
Twats painting a St George cross on a roundabout
Plenty of people would be happy to see these bellends commemorated on our currency, for the dubious achievement of stirring up racism and being a bit of a nuisance to the council. Still, we Brits love token gestures, and you don’t get much more token than slightly altering the colour of a mini-roundabout.
Peter Crouch doing an Ariel advert
Not-particularly-interesting footballer Peter Crouch is strangely popular with the public, as evidenced by him being paid to do so many TV adverts. As such he could be immortalised on banknotes, doing what we all most associate him with most: unfunnily gooning around with a detergent pod.
A Tesco ready meal
Morons love familiar things they recognise, like shit sitcoms and Boris Johnson, so this would be a popular choice. And are historical figures like Churchill really more important to Britain than ready meals? If the Nazis had won we’d still be putting a bland lasagne in the microwave.
Nigel Farage
In ‘great Briton’ terms, Nigel hasn’t achieved much, unless you count giving the economy a slow puncture. However that wouldn’t trouble Reform voters, who think he richly deserves to be on a banknote. Unfortunately the rest of us would be forced to see the frog-faced attention whore on a near-daily basis too. Question Time would approve.
A Greggs sausage roll
This staggeringly mediocre food product has become more of a British icon than Jane Austen or Sir Isaac Newton, so it makes a weird sort of sense to put them on our currency. The only danger is that truly dense bastards may be unable to resist eating their own money.
MORE and more places are welcoming dogs these days, but society still has a long way to go. Here are just six of the places I should obviously be allowed to take my gorgeous little fur baby.
Restaurants
Dogs are social creatures and they love to eat, so really a restaurant is the perfect place for them. If you’ve got a problem with my dog begging, drooling and sniffing your crotch while you enjoy dinner, that sounds like a you problem. Perhaps you should eat at home so my little angel doesn’t have to experience your dog-hating.
Your child’s birthday party
I don’t have a child. I have a dog. But why should that exclude me from your infant son’s birthday festivities? My labrador may be largely untrained and absolutely enormous, but he’ll have a blast hurtling around with your two-year-old and his mates. Just tell them not to get too rowdy as he is very easily startled.
The theatre
Just because my dog doesn’t speak English doesn’t mean he can’t appreciate the magic of theatre. And yes, perhaps he will run onto the stage and try to mount the cast – but that’s just how he expresses that he enjoyed the performance. He can’t exactly clap, can he?
An intensive care ward
I can already hear the protests – ‘But I’m critically ill!’ and ‘I’m in a coma!’. Well I’m sorry, but Milo is a curious little guy and there are lots of interesting things for him to smell in here. Plus, he absolutely loves chewing all the wires and tubes. If you saw how happy he’d be gnawing on a catheter you’d think twice about excluding him from your precious ward.
A funeral
Look, I’m sorry that a large portion of your aunt’s eulogy could not be heard because my dog was barking. But it’s not his fault. He saw a squirrel outside.
A nuclear submarine
Some people think bringing a dog aboard a cramped vessel packed with weapons of mass destruction is a bad idea. They say things like ‘It’s an extreme security risk’ and ‘How did you even get on board?’ But Milo just loves to explore new places and he won’t be any bother. If he accidentally launches a Trident missile and triggers a world war while chasing a tennis ball that seems like a design fault.
INSPIRATIONALLY, I spent last night watching man-on-man romance and writing breathless fan fiction about it. Because I am a woman and my sexuality is radical.
When I watch two men kissing passionately before tearing each other’s clothes off and giving head, that isn’t just hot. That’s a political act which reclaims the male body through a lens of queered feminism. Yes, I masturbate. Progressively.
But for the man I’m dating – I also date women, obviously, I am unfettered by societal expectations – to believe it is equivalent to his watching girl-on-girl porn? That is joltingly ignorant and sums up why men are bad.
‘No,’ I told him, ‘what you are doing is voyeuristic and the male gaze. Female sexuality is not a performance for capitalism to commodify. You shouldn’t be turned on, but cowed by the power of goddesses. Actually you shouldn’t even be allowed to imagine it.’
‘But,’ he said, ‘how’s that different? Because Heated Rivalry’s on Sky Atlantic. That’s pretty commodified.’
‘Don’t try to police my wild, wilful sensuality,’ I replied. ‘It’s qualitatively different because it’s men. It’s taboo. It lives, and thrives, outside of society’s strictures. And for it to be one of my sexual triggers? Shows I am an ally to my very core.
‘But you watching lesbian porn which by its very name is for lesbians and you’re not? Intrusive. Reducing women to objects. Even getting a stiffy at the bit where Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon kiss in Cruel Intentions makes you a fascist.’
‘Right,’ he said, devastated by the sheer rhetorical heft of my arguments. ‘Actually, one time when we were high, me and my mate Zack, the personal trainer? We made out.’
‘Trick him into doing it again,’ I told him, ‘and I’ll hide and watch through a little window while I get myself off. Also can I film it to show it off to my mates? Progressively.’
To the White House – again! – where this particular clip of Donald Trump speaking has just gone viral because he gives a big shout out to Kellyanne Conway, who you will remember was one of special advisors and occasional press botherer during his first term in office. The thing about it is Trump gives […]
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There was already plenty of concerns around the football World Cup in America this summer, with Donald Trump’s ICE agents showing a horrific enthusiasm for locking people up or simply shooting them dead. And Trump’s invasion of Iran has led to even more uncertainty, not least whether the Iran football team would be taking part. […]
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The so-called ‘manosphere’ is very much in the spotlight at the moment, and, hopefully, more and more people are starting to recognise it as toxic nonsense rather than something to aspire to. But luckily, there are plenty of men out there who already know it is a harmful and ridiculous ideology which completely repels the […]
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In an age when everything seems bad, it’s nice to know that actually some things have changed for the better. Even if it is just the fact that we’ve mercifully ditched all those moustache-themed items that were so popular for a while. They’ve been discussing this on the AskReddit page after Liora-Liora-Liora posted this question: […]
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Not the first story we’ve written about Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary about the toxic manosphere and let’s face it, it’s probably not going to be the last. But this exchange between Theroux and someone called Harrison Sullivan – HStikkytokky if you prefer – might even be our new favourite. It’s Theroux getting to the […]
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