which was my point. This isn’t a phenomenon limited to artists, and they’re one group with noted substance abuse by profession, but higher on the list are actually restaurant/hospitality workers and doctors/medical professionals, both of which are also acutely affected by this pandemic. The premise makes it seem like…

It’s not, though. Restaurant and hospitality workers have the highest rate of drug and alcohol abuse, and that industry has certainly been deeply affected by the crisis. Likewise, with doctors and health care workers and construction workers who have similar rates as artists and musicians.

I think losing a large portion of your income and struggling with addiction and/or mental illness is a huge problem for many people due to covid around the world. I’m not really seeing how this is unique to musicians or that this article even follows through on that initial theme.

She went to school, full-time, kindergarten through college, in the United States. And vacationed in Mallorca, part of a Catalonian-majority autonomous province, some summers with her parents. So no, the Spanish accent and language from her full-time education in the United States doesn’t get a pass as an “innocent…

I’m confused why everyone thinks we SHOULDN’T prioritize schools and teachers? We should be shutting down restaurants and bars and ensuring schools stay open. It’s been documented that kids are falling behind, and this is affecting poorer and minority students without access to resources more than other kids.

Evangelical Christians aren’t the majority of American Christians. They are a unique subset who have especially flourished in America that was brought about originally by the entrepreneurial conman revivalists - outside established church organizations. Not that church organizations aren’t systemically flawed, but…

Most religions claim moral superiority, which breeds into cultural superiority. I’ve lived in India and the Middle East - it’s not much different in Hinduism or Islam. Americans just tend to have never experienced majority-other religion cultures. Last week the religious directorate ministry in my country proclaimed…

It’s not just Americans. The same thing is happening in many other countries, despite mandatory lockdowns and mandatory requirements to wear face masks in public since March, etc.. People are inherently selfish and if they aren’t mandated to do something, most won’t do it, just for the betterment of society.

LMAO the “outdoor wood-burning furnace” does not adequately convey central heating. Did he buy a cabin in the mountains and expect it to be a 4-season house? These people really have no idea about basic living conditions in the climate in which they appear to actually live in. And yes, grass and trees grow and you…

Yeah, these professional drug companies developing....drugs. Shocking. So you’re also against the vaccines that have been developed by universities too? Because that’s where scientists work....either universities and non-profit/for-profit medical institutions or for-profit pharmaceutical and drug research companies.…

Versus what? The knowledge that minorities have a much greater chance of dying from Covid in the U.S.? Risk v. reward.

100% The reason for the usual long trials isn’t waiting for safety data, it’s applying for funding, waiting for someone to return the paperwork, waiting for a regulator to approve the study, determination by a company whether another round of laboratory study could pay off in an ultimate treatment of a disease. It’s…

People will definitely buy it because Sean Hannity tells them to, but unfortunately for the Trumpsters, MAGAs aren’t known for their literary prowess. I’m sure the book events/rallies would be something except Melania has never been one to actually be able to hold her own event or present for more than 5 minutes, so I…

I doubt it’s an issue. I went to an elite east coast liberal arts college. I realize now I was probably brought in as “diversity” because although I’m white, I’m from a rural midwestern town and went to a public high school. I had no idea how to operate within the world of my classmates who had summer homes on…

It seems like she’s aggressively contouring to appear to look as close to her mother at the same age as possible?

Eh, despite his family refusing to acknowledge/meet Kloss for 6 years, they still invited Jared and Ivanka to their wedding in summer 2019. Josh went to the Trump inauguration events in DC in 2017. Family is complicated, but that sounds like someone who is definitely evil-adjacent and still taking advantage…

The bribery was for paying money in exchange for letting them on the team, no? If there’s a job that is open that I would be able to do adequately, but there are also dozens of people who would be able to do that job spectacularly, so I pay you to ensure I am able to do the job, it’s still a bribe. It doesn’t matter…

I have a lot of respect for Ellen’s journey and what she went through coming out in the 90s - she legitimately lost opportunities and what she thought at the time was her career.

He wants to donate it to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank.

Kardashians are trash, Miley’s family is enabling Trump, Gayle you don’t need to post your scale weigh-ins online.