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The Lighter Side
The Lighter Side
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In 1983 actor Harvey Fierstein bravely shared what it means to be gay in prime-time TV interview
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In 1983 actor Harvey Fierstein bravely shared what it means to be gay in prime-time TV interview

If you want to know what it was like to be gay in the United States in the 1980s, an interview on ABCโ€™s โ€œ20/20โ€ where one of Americaโ€™s prominent journalists, Barbara Walters, talked to 29-year-old Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein, is a great place to start. In 1983, Fierstein was the hottest thing on Broadwayโ€ with 2 hit shows: โ€œLa Cage aux Follesโ€ and โ€œTorch Song Trilogy.โ€ But even though he was the talk of the town, Walters treats his homosexuality as if it is something foreign and threatening.At the time, Fierstein was a rarity in pop cultureโ€”an openly gay male celebrity and his โ€œTorch Song Trilogyโ€ dared to do the unthinkable: humanize homosexual relationships. Fierstein later found mainstream success in films, starring alongside Robin Williams in โ€œThe Birdcage,โ€ a movie version of โ€œLa Cage aux Folles,โ€ and โ€œMrs. Doubtfire.โ€ In 1983, Fiersten sat down with Walters for a prime-time interview where he made the case that homosexuality wasnโ€™t a deviant lifestyle and that itโ€™s much more prevalent than most people think, especially in the arts. โ€œWhat's it like to be a homosexual,โ€ Walters asked the actor, writer and one-time drag queen, point-blank. โ€œI don't know. I'm just a person. I'm a person who sees the world in the opposite light than you do, that's all. But I see the exact same world as you do. I assume that everyone is gay unless I'm told otherwise. You assume everyone's straight unless you're told otherwise,โ€ he told Walters and the millions of viewers watching at home. See on Instagram Fierstein went on to dismiss the myth that homosexuality was caused by a strong mother and a weak father by noting that his brother was straight. He added that people must be born gay because LGBTQ people are found in every part of the world. โ€œI mean you have to you have to start from the basics, 10% of the world is gay,โ€ Fierstein said. โ€œYou got to stop with the โ€˜this is a sickness,โ€™ โ€˜this is an abnormality.โ€™ This is a normal thing that has gone on through the history of man. It has always been 10% of the population has never been bred out.โ€In the interview, Fierstein also debunks the notion that homosexual people canโ€™t enjoy the same type of committed romantic relationships as heterosexuals. โ€œThose are not heterosexual experiences and those are not heterosexual words. Those are human words. Love, commitment, family belong to all people,โ€ Fierstein said. "It is the norm in the homosexual community. It is not the norm in what you see on the news and all that. But what you see on the news and what you see in print are the bars.โ€Fierstein added that when a happy lesbian couple stays together for 70 years, it doesnโ€™t make the news. โ€œMonogamy is as prevalent a disease in homosexuality as it is in heterosexuality. It's all the life choice that you make for yourself,โ€ he joked.The interview is a fascinating time capsule of a world right before the AIDS epidemic when LGBTQ people began coming out of the closet in increasing numbers to help fight the deadly pandemic. In the interview, Fierstein, as one of the few out and proud gay male role models, was forced to share simple truths about gay life that, 40-plus years later, most people have come to understand. It took a lot of courage for Firestein to speak his truth on such a big stage, and he did so fearlessly and with love and humor. You can watch the entire interview here. - YouTube www.youtube.com
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The Lighter Side
The Lighter Side
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Woman orders a Diet Coke at the McDonald's drive-thru, and ends up with a new best friend
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Woman orders a Diet Coke at the McDonald's drive-thru, and ends up with a new best friend

Sometimes new friendships appear when we least expect them. You can be out and about, minding your own business, when suddenly a small connection becomes the spark for something truly magical. Sure, these kinds of platonic meet-cutes might not get their own Hallmark movie, but anyone whoโ€™s ever experienced them can tell you they contain their own special kind of romance. For Raquel Benitah, that unexpected friendship came while ordering a Diet Coke at McDonaldโ€™s. This was the key ingredient to make โ€œdirty sodaโ€โ€” a trendy beverage made famous by Mormon Wives which combines soda with some variation of cream. Opting for the less sugary route of Diet Coke plus a Fair Life protein shake, Benitah had planned on filming her taste-test, hence why she had been recording herself at the drive-thru. And it was a good thing she had been recording, because otherwise we would have never been able to bear witness to the โ€œinstant connectionโ€ with her soon-to-be-new-bestie Markelya Skelly. โ€œAre you vlogging?โ€ Skelly asks excitedly in the clip. Benitah confirms, sharing her plan to pour the Fair Life into the soda. Without skipping a beat, Skelly immediately asks โ€œAre you trying that Mormon thing?!โ€ and they both share a laugh. As Skelly recommends the โ€œdeliciousโ€ combination of Coke Zero and root beer, and Benitah promises to try it next time and โ€œreport back,โ€ it seriously feels as though these two have already known one another for years. โ€œIโ€™m obsessed with her!!!!โ€ Benitah exclaims while pulling out. And after she posted the video of their adorable echange, over 12 million other people were obsessed too. @raquelbenitah im obsessed with herrrrr โ™ฌ original sound - Raquel Benitah โ€œI love these types of interactions with strangers, itโ€™s so sweet,โ€ gushed one viewer. โ€œWait youโ€™re totally besties now the energy is matching,โ€ said another. After going viral overnight, Benitah drove back to McDonaldโ€™s to reunite with Skelly the next day, but sadly Skelly wasnโ€™t working and management couldnโ€™t give out her contact information. Benitah must have kept at it, because in a follow-up video, we see the two hit it off yet again. Skelly shares that McDonaldโ€™s corporate reached out to her, Benitah presents her with the gift of a Fair Life and jokes about starting a podcastโ€ฆand of course, the two make plans to try Coke Zero + root beer. @raquelbenitah Replying to @Vanessa IM FREAKING OUT!!!! Sorry for the screaming, im way too excited ahhhhhh. dying that @McDonaldโ€™s โ™ฌ original sound - Raquel Benitah Since that fateful day, Benitah and Skelly have been "inseparable," according to their interview with Today. In addition to planning little friend outings for the holidays, the two have begun creating more adorable content together, including the long awaited Coke Zero/root beer taste-test.While Benitah confesses that she actually hates the โ€œbubble-gumโ€ taste of root beer, sheโ€™s clearly having the time of her life drinking it with her new pal in the video below. @raquelbenitah Replying to @Tina โœจ BACK WITH OUR QUEEN FOR THE TASTE TEST YOUVE BEEN WAITING FOR !!!! @Persephone M. @mcdonaldโ€™s canada?? โ™ฌ original sound - Raquel Benitah What a clear reminder that friendships are every bit as enchanting as a love affair, if we let them be. Because letโ€™s be honest, no matter what way love enters our lives, itโ€™s nothing short of a miracleโ€ฆwhich always deserves to be celebratedโ€”and in this case, recorded.
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The Lighter Side
The Lighter Side
30 w

German holiday ad depicting two girls separated by invisible barriers hits home
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German holiday ad depicting two girls separated by invisible barriers hits home

Most advertisements are purposefully obnoxious or annoying in some way, designed to grab our attention in order to sell us a good or service. But occasionally a commercial comes along to accomplish that same goal but in a more thoughtful way, with artistic beauty and a heartfelt message that taps into our humanity. Are such ads still trying to sell us something? Of course. Does that mean the people behind those ads aren't sincere in the messages they're trying to convey? Not necessarily, which is why people around the world are celebrating a 2-minute holiday spot from a German telecom company.The ad from Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile, plays more like a short film than a commercial. As a version of "Shchedryk" (the Ukrainian folk song that gave us the melody for "Carol of the Bells) plays, we see two girls around middle school age, one dressed in red with a pointy nose and the other in blue with pointy ears, forming a friendship despite the panes of glass that separate them. The scene alternates between the joy of playing together and the clear message that their elders don't want them interacting with one another. The girls are determined, but they eventually see how limiting the glass walls between them are. The reveal of their gifts to one another at the end is hauntingly beautiful, with a powerful message.Watch "Bubbles": - YouTube www.youtube.com Breaking down barriers is a classic message but one that feels incredibly timely for our highly polarized present. The ad feels like it makes a subtle allusion to the Berlin wall, but the walls that separate these girls are perfectly transparent. They can see into each other's worlds, but can't get past what's separating them. The way they see the problem but feel powerless to change it feels like a fitting metaphor for today's divisions, as do the bubbles that surround the girls and their communities preventing them from fully communicating with one another.People found the video surprisingly moving. "It's the invisible wall that people build between each other because of perceived differences...nationality, religion, sexual orientation and how they perpetuate it by passing it on to their children.""The innocent and non-judgemental minds and hearts of children - so much that adults could learn from them!""Isn't amazing how it takes innocent children to take down the walls put in place by adults.""It shows that governments and small minded people cannot keep people apart forever. They can keep us apart for awhile but the human spirit does survive in spite of governments and small minded people.""Heart wrenching, and joy inducing all in one ad.""A knockout Christmas ad with a profound message for our time... Wunderbar!""Blue, red. This ad has me crying. I am struggling here in the USA. Merry Christmas to all around the world!"The tagline for the ad on the YouTube share reads, "Connections Begin When Barriers Break. โค๏ธ?" Though the ad comes from Germany, the song lyrics being sung in English and the red and blue colors can easily be seen as pointing to American politics (which arguably impacts much of the world in direct and indirect ways). It's a good reminder that so much of what divides us are invisible barriers we've created and grown to identify with. Seeing those things through the eyes of children helps highlight how absurd it is to wall ourselves off from one another due to differencesโ€”an age-old human habit of prejudice that only leads to more misunderstandings and suffering. It might seem scary to shatter the bubbles we've built around ourselves, but when we do, we may find that what's on the other side isn't nearly as scary or awful as we've been led to believe.May we all find ways to break down barriers and embrace the joy of friendship in this season of goodwill.
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Classic Rock Lovers
Classic Rock Lovers  
30 w

The Beach Boys songs written by Carl Wilson: โ€œHe brought dignity to the songโ€
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The Beach Boys songs written by Carl Wilson: โ€œHe brought dignity to the songโ€

An integral member. The post The Beach Boys songs written by Carl Wilson: โ€œHe brought dignity to the songโ€ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Rocky Wells
Rocky Wells
30 w

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#missingperson USA - Karlya Celestin, 17

LAST SEEN: Time Not Specified on 6th December at 4100 block of 2nd Street, #keywest #florida

APPEARANCE: 5'0", 136 lbs, brown eyes, long curly brown hair

LAST SEEN WEARING: Long-sleeved white shirt, blue jean shorts & white sandals

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Nostalgia Machine
Nostalgia Machine
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7 Fun Facts About Donny Osmond for His 67th Birthday
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7 Fun Facts About Donny Osmond for His 67th Birthday

The singer has had some very unexpected collaborators through the years.
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Nostalgia Machine
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7 Things You Never Knew About โ€˜Wizard of Ozโ€™ Star Margaret Hamilton
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7 Things You Never Knew About โ€˜Wizard of Ozโ€™ Star Margaret Hamilton

She had a very different job before playing the Wicked Witch of the West.
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7 Fun Facts About Donny Osmond for His 67th Birthday
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7 Fun Facts About Donny Osmond for His 67th Birthday

The singer has had some very unexpected collaborators through the years.
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Nostalgia Machine
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7 Things You Never Knew About โ€˜Wizard of Ozโ€™ Star Margaret Hamilton
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7 Things You Never Knew About โ€˜Wizard of Ozโ€™ Star Margaret Hamilton

She had a very different job before playing the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Conservative Voices
Conservative Voices
30 w ยทYoutube Politics

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Why Health Insurance is a Loathsome Industry and How Obama Made it Worse
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