Rudy Giuliani’s 31-year old daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, made some waves one month before the election when she wrote a three paragraph op-ed for Vanity Fair in which she said Donald Trump was selfish and cruel, her father was a blowhard and urged us all to vote for Joe Biden. Caroline’s bio lists her as a filmmaker, political activist and writer. Up until this time, most of her writing has been in short films and television. Vanity Fair seems to have taken a liking to her, so she got her second piece with them, this time a bit of satire. It’s self care tips directed at Trump and magas to help them accept the fact that they lost the election. A few of her ‘tips’:

Commune with nature. Adequate gear is essential for outdoor adventures, so begin by packing up any and all belongings from the White House. Then trek into the wilderness until you lose cell service and Twitter will no longer refresh. Stay until America is back on track. This may take anywhere from eight years to forever.

Engage with your surroundings. It’s time for a redesign! Demolish remaining Confederate statues and consider replacing them with busts of Dolly Parton and John Lewis. For outdoor architectural projects, I recommend Four Seasons Total Landscaping. (Get a jump on your holiday shopping at the literary establishment next door.) Sexual self-care is critical if you don’t want to end up in the crematorium across the street. This is not a sponsored ad. But it could be! Call me, Fantasy Island.

Take stock of your failures. Only sociopathic narcissists have delusions of grandeur, blaming others for their failings, often with tragic consequences. And you’re not a sociopathic narcissist, right? To be sure, meditate on how losing an election can be an opportunity for growth.

Invest in skin care. After you work it out physically and mentally, it’s time for a cleansing routine! Avoid charcoal products or anything with artificial dyes, which may result in your face oozing as you make false claims of voter fraud in Philadelphia, for example. Opt for an exfoliating scrub—Coup D’état Be Gone is a popular one—to wash away any lingering desire to subvert the will of the people.

[From Vanity Fair]

There are other tips, like adopting a stray but it sounds sympathetic to William Barr, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, none of whom deserve sympathy or mercy. She tried to include every scandal she could in a short amount of space, including p*ssy grabbing and VP-Elect Harris’ “I’m speaking” line from the debates. In the end, Caroline seems to be speaking directly to her father by suggesting they “connect.” She went on to say, “Or at least stop ignoring your relatives who just want you to allow the democratic process to unfold unobstructed. (Artsy daughters are especially insightful.)”

If Caroline wants to use the incredible clout her name affords her to embarrass her dad in fluff pieces like this, that’s her business. A quick look at her Instagram shows a slight uptick in political posts so perhaps she is becoming more involved. That would be great, because given her private school education, connections and privilege, she has a platform most activists would give their eye teeth for.

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Recently, while walking through Griffith Park in Los Angeles with a friend, Laverne Cox was attacked by an unidentified man who was motivated by transphobia.

Laverne, visibly shaken, took to Instagram to recount the story. Laverne doesn’t mention who her friend was, but she said that she and this friend were taking a stroll through the park when a male passerby aggressively asked them what time it was. Laverne said he then proceeded to ask her if she were male or female. Laverne was going to walk away but her friend told the guy off which led to a brief altercation. Below are a few excerpts from Laverne’s Instagram account via Just Jared:

Laverne explained that she and her friend were walking when a man came up to the friend and “aggressively” asked what time it was before asking, “Guy or girl?”.

The friend told the man to “f–k off,” which then triggered the man to start hitting her friend.

“The guy is like hitting my friend, and then my friend is going toward him and I’m like ‘Holy s–t,” Laverne said. “I pull out my phone and I call to dial 911, and all of a sudden it’s over and the guy is gone.”

While reflecting on the incident, Laverne said that she believes the man wanted her to answer his question instead of her friend.

“The guy really wanted me to answer so that he could spook whether I’m trans or not,” Laverne said. “I don’t know why, I don’t know why it matters. At the end of the day, it’s like who cares? I’m in a hoodie and yoga pants, I’m completely covered up, I’ve got my mask on. Who cares if I’m trans? How does this affect your life?”

She added: “This dude was looking for trouble…because I happened to be a trans person in public. None of this is new, but it’s still just kind of like…why do you need to be aggressive?”

[From Just Jared]

This is absolutely appalling. Especially, since many trans activists have been shining a light on the alarming death rate of black trans women throughout the U.S. As Laverne says, why does it matter if she is trans or not? The fact that this passerby felt a need to ask Laverne a question in order to clock if she was trans or not is frightening. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act needs to be more widely enforced, and hopefully it will be under the Biden administration.

It angers me that trans women have to worry about this sort of violence and that there is nothing done about it. Thankfully Laverne had her friend with her because god only knows what would have transpired. Then again the as*hole in the park was willing to show aggression towards Laverne despite that. Unfortunately, Laverne was unable to get a picture or video of the man to report the incident.

I am glad Laverne is ok physically. Hopefully, she will be able to heal mentally and emotionally from this traumatic experience. In the meantime, I do hope that the incoming administration does something about this crisis that trans people, particularly black trans women, are facing. The fact that Biden tweeted support on Transgender Day of Remembrance gives me hope.

At least 37 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed this year, most of them Black and Brown transgender women. It’s intolerable. This Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor their lives—and recommit to the work that remains to end this epidemic of violence.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 20, 2020

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Rita Ora is among the celebrity brain trust that believes that they are exempt from COVID. Like the Kardashians and Cardi B, Rita thought her birthday would provide immunity from the virus. Rita hosted a crowd of around 30 people in a restaurant in West London while the whole of London was still in lockdown. After getting caught and fined 10,000 pounds ($12K US), Rita issued an apology claiming it was a spur of the moment decision. She checked all the boxes in her public apology by citing errors in judgement, irresponsible actions and knowing the devastation of the virus first hand. If she’d truly meant all that, she wouldn’t have had a party in the first place. Here is Rita’s full “apology”:

According to TMZ, Rita “voluntarily” paid her fine. I’m sure somebody told her she owed it and she paid it without being dragged to court, but I don’t know if that makes it voluntary. I don’t believe that Rita got a restaurant mandated to shut down except for take-away to open on the spur of the moment. She must have told the restaurant, Casa Cruz, that she’d pay their penalties up front and they were probably desperate enough to agree. That doesn’t let them off the hook, but it does show how little celebrities think of others. The entire apology reeks of the adage “it’s easier to apologize than ask permission.” I mentioned last week – and am still furious at our governor – for attending a birthday party at French Laundry against his own guidelines a few weeks ago. He did the same thing, apologized, said he was in the wrong and made a terrible decision. I like Gov Newsom well enough, but I am absolutely convinced he went to that party knowing it was wrong and with the intention of issuing that bs apology afterwards. Rita, on the other hand, thought she wouldn’t get caught.

In addition to Rita, actor Laurence Fox also hosted a large lunch with friends this past weekend, bragging about it on social media and also getting sternly admonished by Boris Johnson publicly. At least Rita apologized. Fox, on the other hand, tweeted about hugging his friends and encouraged people to break lockdown to stick it to the NHS because “compliance is violence” (his words).

Just held a persons hand as they died alone, without their family or loved ones by their side. Glad you enjoyed your meal. https://t.co/L4FrRUnIdx pic.twitter.com/RWkBELdRXA

— Joanna ? (@joanna_louise0) November 30, 2020

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People compared Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman’s situations constantly during the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, but their crimes were somewhat different. Felicity’s crimes were limited to scamming her daughters’ SAT exams, whereas Lori and Mossimo scammed the academic system in a bunch of different ways, from falsifying their daughter’s sports careers, to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get Olivia into USC. I’ll be honest, both Lori and Felicity sound like terrible mothers and horrible helicopter parents, so they had that in common. But being charged with federal crimes hit Felicity a lot harder than Lori. Felicity immediately sought and received a plea deal. She pleaded guilty last fall, and she got sentenced to 14 days in federal prison. She only served 11 days before being released, and she recently completed all of her community service hours and all of that. So now Felicity is ready for a comeback, and she’s found her comeback vehicle:

Felicity Huffman has landed her first project following her involvement in the college admissions scandal. The Oscar winner, 57, is set to headline a new as-yet-untitled ABC half-hour comedy, PEOPLE confirms. According to Deadline, the show, written by Becky Hartman Edwards, is inspired by Susan Savage, the real-life owner of the Sacramento River Cats, a Triple-A baseball team.

“She is honored and grateful to be a part of this project,” a source close to Huffman tells PEOPLE.

The project — which has a pilot production commitment at ABC — stars Huffman as a woman who inherits her husband’s minor-league baseball team after his sudden death, per Deadline. She attempts to navigate her new normal with the help of her son, played by Zack Gottsagen, a baseball lover with Down syndrome.

Huffman, who previously won an Emmy for her work on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, is also set to executive produce the series alongside Edwards and Savage. The news comes after a representative for the actress confirmed to PEOPLE last month that she had completed her full sentence in the college admissions scandal, which included jail time, community service and supervised release.

[From People]

It sounds like an interesting project, and it’s just a pilot… for ABC, which will probably pick it up for a season at least. It’s been a full year since Felicity completed her prison sentence, which is probably by design. My guess is that a crisis manager advised Felicity to do the time and community service quietly, with no drama, and then seek out a wholesome TV project for her “comeback” but only after a year has passed. I’m sure Lori Loughlin got the same advice, but Lori’s not taking that advice – Lori has been attention-seeking this whole damn time. Lori will want to “come back” next month.

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Chadwick Boseman would have turned 44 yesterday. Marvel posted a tribute to him, as did many others on social media. I just watched Black Panther again – for the 23rd or 24th time – and his vitality, his charisma, his dignity… it’s just so hard to believe that he’s gone. The Fug Girls have reposted …

Chadwick Boseman would have turned 44 yesterday. Marvel posted a tribute to him, as did many others on social media. I just watched Black Panther again – for the 23rd or 24th time – and his vitality, his charisma, his dignity… it’s just so hard to believe that he’s gone. The Fug Girls have reposted …

Chadwick Boseman would have turned 44 yesterday. Marvel posted a tribute to him, as did many others on social media. I just watched Black Panther again – for the 23rd or 24th time – and his vitality, his charisma, his dignity… it’s just so hard to believe that he’s gone. The Fug Girls have reposted …

Last week on the Show Your Work podcast, Duana and I talked about Cardi B and how she answered those who were dragging her for being named Billboard’s Woman of the Year. At one point during the show, we noted that just because we loved how Cardi clapped back and how she’s been doing the work, it doe…

Last week on the Show Your Work podcast, Duana and I talked about Cardi B and how she answered those who were dragging her for being named Billboard’s Woman of the Year. At one point during the show, we noted that just because we loved how Cardi clapped back and how she’s been doing the work, it doe…

Last week on the Show Your Work podcast, Duana and I talked about Cardi B and how she answered those who were dragging her for being named Billboard’s Woman of the Year. At one point during the show, we noted that just because we loved how Cardi clapped back and how she’s been doing the work, it doe…