
For Sapphic Paradise, a collective of queer, Black and brown strippers, Instagram wasn’t just a platform to hype upcoming events. It was how they found and grew a dedicated audience that packed their monthly Monday night shows where cisgendered men aren’t allowed in.
They lost that footing shortly after they posted a promotional event poster for their November 2025 “Winter Wonderland” prom-themed event, which showed a photo of a pair of legs wearing high-heeled shoes and a rose, both in the snow.
Sounds weirdly sharia.


On 20 February 2012, Coté Arias met Morrissey at a fan meet-up in Santiago, Chile. The former Smiths frontman signed her forearm in spiky capitalised lettering, which Coté later had traced permanently on to her skin with ink. Her years-long plan for the tattoo, which had started with her founding Morrissey’s Chilean fanclub, had worked. “Morrissey had such an impact on me growing up,” she says. “I struggled with shyness and lacked confidence for much of my life, and his lyrics helped me feel seen while transitioning 
A TTC employee has been suspended and faces criminal charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a female coworker “numerous times.”
Democrat leaders in New York City oppose voter ID laws but are not above requiring such papers for recruiting people for manual labor.