Social media is rife with memes that girls shouldn’t be told they’re beautiful. I read parenting magazines about the importance of encouraging our girls to focus on their intelligence and boldness. Although we all want to raise confident girls, and beauty should never be equated with a person’s worth, many black girls still need to…
The winners of this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards have been revealed, and Devilman Crybaby and My Hero Academia dominated the competition. Devilman Crybaby, which IGN awarded Best Anime Series of 2018, won Anime of the Year. In addition, Masaaki Yuasa, who helmed the critically-acclaimed Netflix series, was awarded Best Director. My Hero Academia Season 3 scored…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced the 2016 NFCA Division II All-Region teams. This year’s squads are comprised of 207 student-athletes from 116 programs. The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s eight regions with first and second team selections. NFCA member coaches from each respective region voted on the teams,…
A journalist from a leading Austrian broadcaster has filed a legal case against the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) after he was barred from entering the country over border violation and “anti-Ukrainian propaganda.” Christian Wehrschutz, who was banned from entering Ukraine in early March, brought an appeal to the Kiev court on Tuesday. The journalist…
WASHINGTON — Chrystia Freeland was not happy. With trilateral NAFTA talks having been on hiatus for most of the summer, the foreign affairs minister was in Berlin, barely one full day into a week-long diplomatic mission to Europe, when news emerged that the United States and Mexico had forged their own trade alliance in Canada’s…
A new TV spot for Disney’s upcoming live-action Aladdin, aired during the 2019 Grammy Awards, has showcased a short, first glimpse at a very blue Will Smith as Genie. A bald but standard-appearance Smith was first seen in costume on the cover of Entertainment Weekly back in December, though the actor later clarified that the…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jessica Burroughs twirled a three-hit shutout as eighth-seeded Florida State edged second-seeded Michigan, 1-0, in the first elimination game on Sunday and advanced to the semifinals of the Women’s College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Box Score | Quotes (FSU / Michigan) The Seminoles (55-9) return to action at…
A local council member shocked his populist, anti-immigration party by suggesting the town build a mosque and cultural center to attract “enterprising” immigrants to save itself from decline. Mark Collins, a 63-year-old member of the Sweden Democrats (SD), said that drawing immigrants to Kramfors, a small coastal municipality in the north, could help revive it….
The Outer Worlds, developed by Knights of the Old Republic II and Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment, won’t be nearly as long as some fans are hypothesizing. In an interview with GameInformer, co-directors Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky discuss fan expectations for the game, and while they strongly feel it’s an awesome game fans…
INDIANAPOLIS — The University of Florida, the two-time defending national champion, was named the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship when the NCAA Division I Softball Committee announced the 64-team field. The Gators will host Alabama State University, an automatic qualifier from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Thirty-two conferences were awarded an automatic…