Brittney Griner stood for the national anthem before her first regular-season WNBA game since being jailed in Russia. Griner was outspoken for social justice in 2020 and didn’t take the court during the pregame anthem. But nearly a year behind bars in Russia changed her. “I was literally in a cage and could not stand the way I wanted to,” she said. “Just being able to hear my national anthem…
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World’s first-ever oat milk ice cream shop thrives in NYC. A certain soft serve ice cream has been making a big splash. The world’s first-ever oat milk ice cream shop has planted its roots in New York City — and business is booming. Whipped – Urban Dessert Lab in Manhattan’s Lower East Side first opened in 2019, offering a full menu of unique soft serve flavors and ice cream…
ugh Hefner launched Playboy Magazine 70 years ago this year. The first issue included a nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe, which he had purchased and published without her knowledge or consent. Hefner went on to build the Playboy brand off the backs of the countless women featured in its pages, whose beauty and performance of heightened feminine sexuality have entertained its readers for generations. Approaching its 70th anniversary in December,…