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Here's How the July Full Buck Moon Will Affect Your Zodiac Sign

July's full moon, dubbed the Buck Moon, will light up the night sky on the evening of July 23. "During this period, a buck’s antlers are in full growth and are very impressive. This is the first full moon of the summer," Eva White, psychic and spiritualist of Psychics1on1, explains. The first of two Aquarius full moons in 2021, the cosmic event will allow us to charge and revitalize our spirits. However, some of us might experience a bump in the road due to high emotional intensity.Here, White...

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Tommy Dorfman Reintroduces Herself as a Transgender Woman

Tommy Dorfman, the actor known for playing Ryan Shaver in 13 Reasons Why, has shared her identity as a transgender woman. In an interview for TIME magazine, Dorfman said that, for the past year, she has "been privately identifying and living as a woman -- a trans woman." Now, she is reintroducing herself to the public."I view today as a reintroduction to me as a woman, having made a transition medically," Dorfman told writer Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby. "Coming out is always vi...

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Creative Director of the Olympics Opening Ceremony Is Fired Over Holocaust Joke

Kentaro Kobayashi, the creative director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, was fired after footage of him making a joke about the Holocaust resurfaced. Kobayashi's remarks, which he made in 1998 as part of a comedy set, referenced "massacring Jews."In a statement, the Olympics organizing committee said Kobayashi "made a mockery of a painful historic fact in the past." The committee also apologized for "having caused troubles and concerns to many stakeholders, and residents of Tokyo and Jap...

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Brand Under Fire for "Improving" Congee for the Western Palate

Breakfast Cure, a brand owned by acupuncturist Karen Taylor and run by an all-white team, is under fire for "improving" congee for the Western palate.For those unfamiliar, congee is a type of rice porridge enjoyed as a staple dish among numerous Asian cultures. It's known by different names in certain countries, including juk in Korea, cháo in Vietnam and burbur in Indonesia.In 2017, Taylor, a white woman who refers to herself as the "Queen of Congee," launched Breakfast Cure after discovering ...

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