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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was forced to decline an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris last Friday after he realized the event would be used to promote LGBTQ propaganda. Erdogan said at a party meeting on Tuesday that he had received an invitation and intended to attend the ceremony but decided against going after his 13-year-old granddaughter showed him LGBTQ-related images on Instagram and warned him that the ceremony would include LGBTQ elements. The four-hour spectacular along the Seine featured global stars including queer icons Celine Dion…
Get Urban Milwaukee’s top stories delivered to you every day Homes along N. 17th St. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. City Hall on Monday hosted one of the most unusual public meetings in Milwaukee’s recent political history. The five-hour hearing before the City Planning Commission was about a fairly simple issue: The Department of Metropolitan Development (DCD) is pursuing its Growing MKE plan to allow more housing types to be developed throughout the city in response to changing household sizes and Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s vision for expanding the city to a population of 1 million. “This plan is just one part…
The Paris Olympics are finally starting!It’s not that I haven’t attended sporting events before: Wimbledon, Formula 1, Goodwood Festival of Speed… Each of these extravagant sporting events has its own dress code (real or implied) that requires serious planning (sage advice: don’t go to Goodwood in heels. I learned that the hard way). But there’s something special about the Olympics. The sheer scale of an international sporting event seems to require more thoughtfulness about your attire than other competitions.First, there’s the issue of the host city. Hosting the Olympics in Paris is a kind of pressure in the fashion capital.…
Ryan Reynolds has been filling his entire press tour for Deadpool and Wolverine with quality, well-built menswear. Last week, he appeared on “Good Morning America” in a pastel pink suit by Officine Generale. He also wore four (!) oversized Bode shirts, including one that wasn’t even available in retail at the time. So is it all that shocking that his love of the Holy Grail would translate to an actual movie? No, it’s not.We won’t go into full spoilers here, but there’s a scene in the latest Deadpool movie where our favorite anti-hero is surrounded by his loved ones. It’s…
Katie Holmes is putting a “J.Lo” twist on her flawless outfit formula and getting ahead of fall 2024’s biggest denim trends.Katie Holmes has perfectly honed her casual approach to street style, with basic tees, jeans, and baseball caps remaining a staple in her wardrobe. After years of roaming SoHo, she’s perfected the simple look. But she was spotted over the weekend giving her favorite wide-leg pants a subtle upgrade, using the occasion to cleverly tap into the popular denim trend — and one celeb staple.Katie Holmes took a cue from Jennifer Lopez by pairing a navy blue T-shirt with wide-leg…
Listen to the article 3 minutes This audio is automatically generated, please let us know if you have any feedback. Dive Overview: A new survey of 2,233 U.S. adults conducted by Walmart and Morning Consult found that more than half (55%) of Gen Z shoppers have purchased an item online while browsing social media in the past six months, highlighting the importance of social commerce. In contrast, only 38% of shoppers overall did the same. While 44% of Gen Z shoppers start their shopping journey with an online search, roughly four in 10 start their shopping journey by browsing in-store…
On TikTok, thousands of women are panicking over a new type of illness. “I’m kind of scared to ask this on the internet, but I want to know,” content creator @niessaxoxo_ said on TikTok earlier this month. “Do I have red face blindness?” To understand “blush blindness,” one must understand “brow blindness,” a term coined on TikTok to describe the thick, overdrawn brow trend of the 2010s. Last month, users began reminiscing with embarrassment and regret over the makeup of that era. Now, with blush emerging as the latest makeup craze, many online makeup enthusiasts are starting to worry about…
Children are not always honest about their emotions, so it can be difficult for parents to know exactly what their children are going through.But recent studies have shed light on the emotional states and coping mechanisms of Gen Z kids, those born between 1997 and 2012.The study, conducted by the Walton Family Foundation and Gallup, surveyed 1,675 participants between the ages of 10 and 18, along with one of their parents or guardians. The results revealed that while the majority of Gen Z kids feel happy on a daily basis, a significant number also experience stress, anxiety, and sadness.More from…
Boo! More words are in the dictionary. But some of them might be annoying. The Cambridge Dictionary added more than 3,200 words this year, including some Gen Z slang that some people may find ageing. Language is constantly evolving, and some slang words and words often disappear from people’s dialects, but Wendalyn Nicholls, publishing manager at Cambridge Dictionaries, told the BBC that these new additions have “staying power”. In recent years, new terms have become popular online and in youth culture. Gen Z terms currently listed in the dictionary include: Discomfort Made famous by the reality TV show Love Island,…
Fashion tech startup Unspun today announced it has raised $32 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds to be used to scale up its technology to reduce waste and carbon emissions in the fashion industry. The fashion industry is under increasing pressure to address its climate and environmental impacts as one of the leading industrial sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water pollution and landfill waste. For example, the European Commission is proposing rules aimed at supporting the sustainable management of textile waste and putting responsibility for the entire life cycle of textile products on producers, noting that…