Tiana Miller

21 Jan 2019

Outrage Marketing: How Gillette and Others Profit Off Our Nation’s Divide

Gillette’s new commercial is so touching I almost forgot they charge more for a razor with less Blades simply because it’s pink. Remember their long running Venus ads with half naked model’s shaving already hairless legs under waterfalls? Beyond the veil of social responsibility and activism the simple truth is

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21 Dec 2018

What It’s Like Spending Xmas Alone in NYC

Christmas is fast approaching and, thank god, because at this point images of Mariah Carey singing “Santa Baby” literally project onto the inside of my eyelids when I close them. As tough as hearing the same stale songs over and over is, it’s even tougher spending the holidays alone. Luckily,

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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19 Dec 2018

How to Safely and Effectively Report Domestic Abuse

I recently saw a friend ask Facebook how he could report domestic abuse if he’s a person who does not feel safe involving the police i.e. someone from a marginalized community. The holidays are a time when we reconnect with loved one’s and get a glimpse into what or who,

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03 May 2018

Herman Dune’s Sweet Thursday Celebrates Southern CA

Herman Dune’s first album in 7 years is a tribute to Southern California that will make you fall in love with the west coast all over again.   David Ivar  has spent most of their life on the road performing under pseudonym, “Herman Dune”. Dune hit the ground running – bringing

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14 Nov 2017

Go To Guide For Surviving Seasonal Depression

By the time you get off work it’s dark. You spent your savings living it up over the summer so you shuffle home to your tiny room in your tiny apt where your things surround you like an Ikea manufactured Egyptian tomb.

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31 Jul 2017

Top 4 Reasons To Date Vladimir Putin

A look at ultra-conservatives romantic infatuation with Putin. Every girl loves a bad boy but it takes a special lady to love an oligarch! Here are the top 4 reasons Vladimir Putin is 2017’s dream boat to die for, (most likely in a suspicious circumstance made to look like a suicide),

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25 Jul 2017

The Brooklyn Bar that Defines Gentrification, & The Locals Fighting it

Pretend bullet holes in the wall, 40oz’s of Rosé, designed by a white, corporate tax lawyer

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24 Mar 2017

Two NYC Comics Breakdown the Whitewashing of the Ghost In The Shell Movie

On March 31st the internationally celebrated media franchise known as Mobile Armored Riot Police in Japan, finally makes it’s big screen debut in the states. The highly anticipated film adaptation of Ghost In The Shell – named after the subtitle of the first serialized classic anime novel – is expected

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