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A viral 2015 Twitter thread filled with plenty of juicy details, shocking crimes and revelations about sex trafficking has found new life on the social media platform after the trailer for the Sundance hit “Zola” was released last week. A'Ziah "Zola" King posted a 148-tweet thread in 2015 explaining how she was roped into a series of misadventures, and misdemeanors, in Florida after befriending a fellow stripper at a Detroit Hooters, where she worked. Hours after meeting, they took what King called a "ho trip." "Y'all wanna hear a story about why me & this b-tch here fell out?! It's kinda long but full of suspense," was how King kicked off the social media platform retelling of her adventure. The thread features photos of her and the friend turned non-friend in question. The Twitter thread was adapted into a movie by director Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris and will be distributed by A24 when it's released at the end of June. Over this past weekend, the trailer and release date announcement prompted viral recreations of the famous Twitter thread. Users, in particular, are using the thread intro to reference famous falling-outs. For example, one user took the same opening line to accompany images of Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield…

The mega-influencer and Forvr Mood founder gives her tips and tricks for aspiring entrepreneurs YouTube star Jackie Aina — who gets millions of views on her beauty review videos and has had top cosmetics collaborations with the likes of Too Faced and Anastasia Beverly Hills — knows a thing or two about growing her business. And now, she's sharing her success story for other entrepreneurs. During a virtual event hosted by Meredith employee resource group :BLACKPRINT and Sisters in Media, an organization for minority women in the media community, Aina answered fan questions about all-things business and beauty. When asked how other influencers can reignite their creativity after a few years in the game, Aina explained how she stayed focus. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. "When I hit that five-year mark, I pretty much was in the same predicament that you ladies were when I had my channel," Aina, who started making YouTube videos in 2009, said. "But up until that point, I'd never really put too much focus on growing. I put way more focus and more emphasis on just liking…

“It’s time to get a clear message out about how to find COVID-19 vaccination sites. My goal is to get life-saving information into people’s hands immediately.” – Pabst, CEO GLOW WLS...“The ultimate goal is to make the human population resistant to the deadly virus and enable people to get on with their lives.” Pabst added that “immunization will provide enormous social, psychological and economic benefits to people everywhere. We will be able to put COVID-19 behind us.”  The organization is also monitoring major health care concerns including obesity and cancer. Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington recently interviewed CEO Tommi Pabst where they discussed her ground-breaking approach to Body Optimization. Following in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos, Pabst believes health is our greatest valuable asset. The interview can be found on "Getting Down to Business With Kevin Harrington", Season 3... "Get Down To Business With Kevin Harrington and Tommi Pabst - Glow The One That Works on Vimeo" https://vimeo.com/398239116 Courtesy Link is GlowtheOnethatWorks.com for more information.    Media Contact Robert MarcusJoyful Enterprisesrobertmarcus10023@yahoo.com4102 Fox Hollow DriveCincinnati, OH 45241 United States

FARMINGTON — “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a short story illustrating the attitudes towards the mental and physical health of women in the 19th century, is the next featured topic by the University of Maine at Farmington’s New Commons Project.Published in 1892, the story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an early work of American feminist literature that depicts the gradual mental breakdown of a woman protesting the professional and societal oppression of women. At that time, many medical professionals saw women as weak and fragile and needing to be controlled.Gilman’s own devastating experience with depression and her physician’s flawed remedy inspired her to write the story. She used her writing to explore the role of women and paved the way for writers such as Alice Walker and Sylvia Plath.The UMF New Commons events featuring “The Yellow Wallpaper” are free and will run between April 7 -23. The following resources will help prepare for the events:OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENTS:“The Yellow Wallpaper” Book GiveawayPick up a free copy of The Yellow Wallpaper (while available.) Your new copy will be a reissuing of the 1973 Feminist Press edition, with an afterword by Elaine R. Hedges that solidified the text’s importance in gender studies scholarship.Wednesday, April…

Will Ready Exclusive Interview with Muzique Magazine How did you come by your stage / brand name? It’s my real name cut in half. William Redditt, Will Reddi, Ready is catchier and I always stayed ready so I wouldn’t have to get ready. When did you discover your love for your craft and what made you realize you wanted to pursue a career in it? When I realized it was like therapy to me. I could express myself through music. The reason I pursued it was when I figured out how to get paid doing what I love doing, music. To what or whom do you accredit your sense of style? My influences are legends like Charlie Wilson, Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, Luther Vandross, Keith Sweat, Baby Face, and Maxwell. On your current project, how did you come up with the concept? Searching 4 Love is my new single, I came up with it by being real with myself, I want that one true love that we all long for. You know the best creation God ever made is woman, I’m ready for mine. What are some of your greatest challenges, and what is your greatest attribute when it comes…

Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content FILE - This April 25, 2018 file photo, the YouTube app and YouTube Kids app are displayed on an iPhone in New York. A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids. In a letter sent Tuesday, April 6, 2021, to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy says YouTube isn't doing enough to protect kids from material that could harm them. Jenny Kane By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it can serve them ads.The inquiry comes despite Google agreeing to pay $170 million in 2019 to settle allegations that YouTube collected personal data on children without their parents’ consent.In a letter sent Tuesday to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy said YouTube does not do enough to protect kids from material that could harm them. Instead it relies on artificial intelligence and creators' self-regulation to decide what videos make it on to the platform, according to the letter from the…

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CEDAR RAPIDS — A former Coe College student implicated in a foiled plot to open fire at a Canadian shopping mall was a talented yet dark writer, a loner who held a fascination with neo-Nazism and the Columbine High School massacre, according to local acquaintances and online posts. Lindsay Souvannarath, 23, most recently of near Chicago, is one of three people suspected of planning to carry out the attack Saturday at a Halifax, Nova Scotia, mall, authorities said. One blog item apparently posted by Souvannarath depicts two people in masks — one of which seems to be her — with the text: 'Valentine's Day. It's going down.' Her apparent Tumblr blog invokes the nicknames of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shooters in the 1999, killings at Colorado's Columbine High School. 'Eric and Dylan are dead, but REB and VoDKa live,' the blog reads. 'IT'S ALMOST HERE THE CLOCK IS TICKING.' Authorities say Souvannarath and Canadians Randall Steven Shepherd, 20, and James Gamble, 19, planned to go to the mall to kill as many people as possible. Gamble was discovered dead in a Halifax house. Authorities have not said just when they believe planning for the would-be attack got underway, but…

Before Reddit became the "front page of the internet," and before Tumblr and Twitter took off, there was one place online where you could seriously ask questions like, "Did I accidentally summon a demon?" or "Why do we here?" It was one of the few sites where students seeking homework help, curious and ill-informed adults and, of course, trolls willingly sought each other's guidance. Such was the perplexing appeal of Yahoo Answers. Yahoo's Q&A community, an oft-forgotten haven for eccentrics to ask nonsensical questions and offer largely unhelpful responses, is shuttering this month after nearly 16 years. The Verizon-owned website told users the platform is "less popular" than it once was, and resources will be directed to products that "better serve our members." The site's members, the loyal few that remain, are distraught and devastated. Naturally, they submitted questions on which site to make their home in next. Yahoo Answers had an odd appeal Yahoo Answers is perhaps most fondly remembered as an unintentionally hilarious platform for some of the strangest folks on the internet. Few of the questions made sense, and typos and misspellings, while endearing, often bordered on illegibility. Serious inquiries were rarely answered. Where else could you…

1of12Yuliet Colon pulls her rolling grocery cart as she walks home after after a visit to the agro market in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 2, 2021. Colon helps Cubans cope with shortages exacerbated by the new coronavirus pandemic with Facebook posts of culinary creations designed around what is actually available at the market.Ramon Espinosa/APShow MoreShow Less 2of12A makeshift light switch plate is decorated with an image of baked goods in the home of Yuliet Colon, a 39-year-old mother of two and a contributor to the Facebook page, ”Recipes from the Heart," in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 2, 2021.Ramon Espinosa/APShow MoreShow Less 3of12 4of12Yuliet Colon puts on her apron as she prepares to cook a dish in her kitchen in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 2, 2021. Colon found for herself and many Cubans a solution that combines ingenuity with the innovative use of the Internet on the island and became a contributor to the Facebook page “Recipes from the Heart,” with tips, ideas and tricks to get ahead with what items are actually available at the market.Ramon Espinosa/APShow MoreShow Less 5of12Contributor Yuliet Colon takes pictures of ingredients to upload to the “Recipes from the Heart” facebook page for her latest post,…