HUFFPOST PERSONAL 06/29/2018 11:01 am ET Lesley KinzelGuest Writer This week, Self magazine unveiled its first digital cover, featuring a surprising photo choice: plus-size model Tess Holliday, posing in diaphanous fuchsia, her bare back and one of her upper arms forming the center of the image. A post shared by SELF (@selfmagazine) on Jun 26, 2018 at 7:01am PDT This was surprising because Self has historically been a “fitness” magazine, and fitness is usually code not for metabolic health or fun, fulfilling physical activity, but for women who look a certain part ― women who are most often slender, muscular but not so muscular as to seem “unfeminine,” and conventionally attractive in a modelesque way. So it was unexpected to see Tess Holliday’s body showcased on the cover ― and doubly so to see it alongside the headline “Tess Holliday’s Health Is None of Your Business.” As a fat acceptance … [Read more...] about In A World Of Watered-Down ‘Body Positivity,’ The Tess Holliday Self Cover Is A Radical Choice
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Leaving the UN Human Rights Council was the moral choice
So long, haters. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday announced the United States is quitting the UN Human Rights Council — which, as Pompeo put it, is “an exercise in shameless hypocrisy” whose members include serious abusers of the rights it supposedly aims to protect. Plus, it’s obsessed with bashing Israel, condemning the Jewish state 70 times on various trumped-up charges over the last 12 years, far more attention than it’s given to actual human-rights violations in the entire rest of the world. The council is the successor to the UN Commission on Human Rights, which had all the same problems — which is why Washington quit it under President George W. Bush. Setting up the new body was part of a deal that brought the United States back under President Barack Obama, who claimed he’d pursue “reform from within.” But the new council’s members still included rampant abusers such as China, … [Read more...] about Leaving the UN Human Rights Council was the moral choice
After 75-plus years, volunteer fire dept. stops serving CT town
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Spectrum Enterprise Expands Enterprise TV Portfolio Offering More Content & Choice across Multiple Platforms & Devices
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR)Hotels want a TV solution that fits the needs of their guests. Our new offerings meet these demands with extensive programming packages available on multiple platforms”— Peter Agnvall, Vice President, Enterprise TV, Spectrum EnterpriseSTAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATES, June 19, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- STAMFORD, Conn.: June 19, 2018 – At the HITEC Houston 2018 conference, Spectrum Enterprise, a part of Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR), today announced an expansion of its Enterprise TV Portfolio, offering enterprises a choice of extensive channel line-ups and multiple platforms that combined provide a consistent viewing experience and support the demands of the digital age. All of the new offerings provide a dependable entertainment experience with more than 200 HDTV channels including: core bundles with sports, Latino and international programming, and add-on premium and music channels. “Hotels, hospitals and … [Read more...] about Spectrum Enterprise Expands Enterprise TV Portfolio Offering More Content & Choice across Multiple Platforms & Devices
‘America’s Got Talent:’ The 5 craziest auditions, plus that just-too-weird reject
Bill Keveney USA TODAY Published 12:06 p.m. UTC Jun 19, 2018 Yes, "America’s Got Talent," plenty of it. But the NBC reality competition also offers lots of lunacy, often inspired. The top-rated summer series (Tuesdays, 8 EDT/PDT), halfway through its audition episodes, has featured memorable singers, dancers and escape artists. Three of them – Zurcaroh, Michael Ketterer and Courtney Hadwin – won the coveted Golden Buzzer and a free pass to the Season 13 finals. Along with the sublime, there’s a compelling sideshow: acts whose crazy brilliance is their ability to defy categorization. You say you tune in for the beautiful singing, but come on, you really keep coming back for the compellingly crazy. Many quirky performers show talent, too. Here’s a list of five that impressed the judges — Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel — enough to earn a trip to the next round, and a bonus reject. More: This … [Read more...] about ‘America’s Got Talent:’ The 5 craziest auditions, plus that just-too-weird reject