Archive Photos/Moviepix/Getty Images Sharing movies from my childhood with my three daughters is my absolute favorite thing to do. But too often, we’ve been halfway through a classic movie when I’ve realized the movie just… doesn’t hold up anymore. Some are more obvious (sorry, Heavyweights) and some are a bit more subtle (in hindsight, Homeward Bound is a bit too much for my sensitive kid), but revisiting movies from the ’90s reveals a lot of misogyny and jokes at the expense of women and yucky stereotypes and ick. It’s a wonder any of us made it out OK, which is...
Nearly 20,000 Cases Of Horizon Milk Recalled By FDA
Horizon Milk Organic milk is usually great for kids, but not in this particular instance. The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled 19,688 cases of Horizon organic milk, stating that faulty packaging may mean that the shelf-stable dairy product could spoil before the expiration date. The milk was initially recalled in December, but now in January, the recall has been elevated to Class II. The Class II recall is “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse...
Brooke Eby Is Dying For You To Know The Signs Of ALS. Literally.
Brooke Eby never intended to become an influencer. In fact, she had to watch a YouTube video on how to create a TikTok before making her first post. But she never intended to be diagnosed with a terminal illness at 33, either. Eby, now 36 ("Plus one month and one day," she says, ever-cognizant of the time fuse attached to her nervous system), was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s, in March 2022. Commonly and falsely associated with an older population, the progressive disease that impacts muscle movement — and shot to fame in 2014 in part by...
13 Vampiric Baby Names Inspired By 'Nosferatu'
Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features There’s no doubt that our love affair with vampires is immortal. Irish author Bram Stoker penned Dracula in 1897, forever changing the way the world perceives vampires. In 1922, the silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror was released, an adaptation of Stoker’s work (albeit unauthorized). The latest Nosferatu film, directed by Robert Eggers, is based both on Stoker’s Dracula as well as the 1922 film, but with a life —and an afterlife — all its own. If you’ve got a little would-be succubus (or perhaps a noble vampire slayer) on the way, there’s no better place...