Social media has made it very easy to alter your appearance using filters. They may come in handy when you need to record a video but look a bit under the weather—just turn on a soft glow or a makeup filter, and boom, you’re camera-ready in less than two seconds. But there has been a lot of talk around the use of filters and teen girls’ self-esteem and unrealistic expectations seemingly placed on women.
One woman has taken it upon herself to strip away the filters to prove that, while she is beautiful, her face doesn’t actually look the way it does with the filter on. The most interesting thing about these filters is that they’re so good, you can’t tell they’re filters. Gone are the days of filters that made everyone look like a Glamour Shot from the 90s. These filters move with you and even have pores so no one can tell it isn’t actually your face.
Well, it is your face—kinda.
Mimi Webb starts off the 20-second clip using the infamous Bold Glamour filter. It’s the filter that has people questioning their perception of their own faces because the contrast is so jarring. But Webb doesn’t stop with one filter. She puts on another and makes sure she emphasizes her use of a ring light. After turning the ring light off and taking all the filters off as the video is ending, the woman removes her makeup, revealing an inflamed, irritated and blemished face.
People flocked to the comments to thank her for exposing the truth behind filters.
“You’re beautiful & this message is SO important thanks for the reminder,” one person wrote.
“You are beautiful. In real life, we all have imperfections. As a mature woman, I appreciate your honesty. Thank you,” another said.
“Thank you so much. You did not know how much this was needed,” a woman commented.
Social media can really do a number on people’s self esteem, especially when they’re comparing themselves to something that’s not real. Messages like the one Webb shared can help pull back the curtain on the reality of social media. Watch her video below.
When it comes to babysitting, you can hit the jackpot with someone who not only enjoys hanging out with your kiddos but also cleans out of boredom. The only babysitter I’ve had that experience with is my mom, but I do hear they do exist. While walking into a spotless house after a much-needed night out would be amazing, it’s not really part of a standard babysitting package.
Typically, whoever babysits for you is solely there to focus on the well-being of your children. They feed them snacks, play games with them, and follow their bedtime routine to the letter. Then they hang out on your couch reminding Netflix that they’re still watching and wait for you to return. Sure, they clean up dishes from dinner and whatever toys were pulled out during their time with your kids, but they don’t typically clean your house.
But in a private parenting group I belong to, a long debate was started when a mom asked a group of 260k of her closest friends if it would be appropriate for a parent to ask a babysitter to clean their home.
The anonymous mom explained that her college-aged daughter had recently started babysitting for a family, but on the second day, her duties suddenly changed. There was a list of chores waiting for the babysitter that included cleaning the family’s dishes and cleaning up messes that were there before the sitter arrived.
This revelation set off a firestorm of comments with many agreeing that anything outside of cleaning up after the children while they’re in your care is a separate job. But not everyone was on the same page and it was clear that this was a topic that was going to cause some intense debate. Since summer months are here, there’s no wonder this topic is coming up and views are split.
Scary Mommy recently published an article posing a similar question, only this was coming from a parent who wanted her babysitter to clean while her children slept. Elizabeth Narins explains that she and her husband are stretched thin and have an active toddler she jokingly calls a “toy tornado.”
“Given the amount of housework that clearly needs to be done, paying someone to sit on our toy-covered couch during naps or after bedtime just seems… inefficient,” Narins wrote before posing the question. “Is it completely out of line for me to ask her to declutter when my kids are in bed?”
Whether it’s the expert interviewed for the Scary Mommy article or the parents in the private group, there does seem to be one common theme among the discourse: Any additional chores should be clarified in the original job description, and if it wasn’t, then it should be directly brought up in a conversation with the babysitter.
Many parents in the comments believed that a housekeeper should be hired in addition to the babysitter, while others thought the babysitter should be offered more money for the additional work. But there were several people who thought it was just common courtesy for a babysitter to clean the house while the kids were asleep.
It may seem that you’re paying a babysitter to do nothing while your children sleep, but you’re paying them to be there in the event of an emergency. No matter which side of the debate you’re on, it seems proper communication about expectations will save everyone a headache in the future.
Do you think cleaning should be expected from a babysitter?
The reality era of professional wrestling has consistently blurred the lines between what’s happening in a star’s real life against what’s being presented on television. The natural interest in what goes on behind the scenes has led to WWE pulling the curtain back even further in recent years, giving insight into the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of these larger than life athletes.
WWE’s latest splash mixes reality and wrestling through the lens of superstars Bianca Belair and Montez Ford in Hulu’s “Love & WWE: Bianca and Montez.” The series follows Belair and Ford as they navigate their own respective paths through life, while balancing the love they share with their passion for professional wrestling.
The eight-episode series takes fans from last year’s Royal Rumble through WrestleMania 39, following Belair on her path to defend the Raw Women’s Championship, Ford in his aspirations for singles stardom, and the duo as they discuss life milestones like having a baby.
“For my husband and I, we’re blessed to do what we love with the person we love,” Belair tells Uproxx Sports. “We travel together, we work together, we live together. Why not do this reality show and turn this amazing opportunity and provide something fun and positive, showing what we actually go through, how we balance the life of a worker versus being a husband and a wife, and how it can affect sometimes our marriage and how we move in our life outside the ring.”
Throughout the series, fans watch Belair juggle the internal conflict many families face in not sacrificing her career to have a baby, while not wanting to sacrifice having a baby for her career.
“That’s something a lot of women actually go through, so it was a great opportunity to really open myself up and show that process, show those conversations that I have with my husband and my family,” Belair continues. “Everyone definitely drills in my mind that you’ll never be completely ready, you just have to go for it. It is amazing to see so many women in WWE having kids and having it all, and seeing that they don’t have to pick and choose. (They’re) very honest and raw about how it is challenging, but rewarding at the same time.”
The series also follows Ford as he gets a chance to show his abilities as a singles star while at the same time working alongside tag partner Angelo Dawkins on how to be apart of WrestleMania 39.
“Anytime in the WWE, you get a chance to show what you can do, in a different sense of what the WWE Universe already sees you as, you always try to take full advantage of that,” Ford says.
The series takes a pivot from the typical high stress and high drama that comes with reality television to instead show Belair and Ford as they balance life on the road, while finding time for family and friends.
They do everything together, from Ford agreeing to do a fitness competition with Belair all the way down to their shared appreciation for fashion, something Belair and Ford say began with they first started dating.
“One of the things we were most excited about when we met each other was that we both had the same love for fashion. I know for my husband, he grew up in a church, so he was always in suits. My mom was super into fashion. That was something that was instilled in us as kids,” Belair says. “One of the things that we really connected on when we first met was fashion. We love coordinating together, we love matching. He enjoys it just as much as me and it’s something that we have a passion for. We’ve always connected with fashion. We feel like matching is a love language.”
Ultimately, the change-of-pace reality series offers an opportunity for Ford to put positivity out into the world.
“There’s a lot of things happening in the world right now, and we just want to put out some good feelings, some good positive efforts on our show, and show people there’s a lot of things that we attempt to do, and we aren’t necessarily successful all the time, but we continue to try,” Ford says. “Just providing a sense of escape, showing how we manage our situation, and the base of it all is what everything should be, which is LOVE.”
For Belair, more than just pulling the curtain back for wrestling fans, this was yet another opportunity to show the endless possibilities of what they can accomplish.
“My main goal and my why and my purpose is always about representation,” Belair says. “When you see someone that looks like you doing something that you want to do or doing something that you never thought was possible, when it comes to wrestling, when it comes to the cover of video games, when it comes to highlighting our love on a Hulu show, it’s amazing to know that we’re able to be an inspiration in some type of way. We just want to encourage people to go out there, do it your way, go for your dreams. At this point, we’re just trying to do it our way and hoping that people can relate to that.”
It has been a little over two months since our last Everything To Know post about the ongoing Young Thug racketeering trial, and a lot has happened since then. We’ll cover the basics, but also everything that we weren’t able to update as the trial continued.
What Is Young Thug Charged With In The YSL RICO Trial?
Young Thug was accused of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The RICO law was intended to curtail organized crime — think the “leave the gun, take the cannoli” guys — but a broad application of the law is being used to prosecute this case. The state argues that Young Stoner Life, Thug’s label, is actually a cover for Young Slime Life, a violent street gang responsible for assault, dealing drugs, and murder in the Atlanta area.
28 members of YSL including Gunna, Yak Gotti, and Unfook, Young Thug’s brother, were indicted, with Thug being accused of being the leader of this gang. Although he was only accused of violating the RICO Act at first, a raid of his home added charges of possession of illegal firearms and possession of drugs with intent to distribute.
Young Thug is facing additional felony charges after investigators discover drugs and guns while raiding his Buckhead home. @wsbtvpic.twitter.com/gWDtmYVGza
Veteran Georgia defense attorney Brian Steel is working with Young Thug. Steel claims the use of Young Thug’s lyrics as evidence is racist.
Why Are Young Thug’s Lyrics Being Used As Evidence?
The state’s case against Young Thug hinges on proving his membership and leadership of YSL as a gang. Young Thug’s lyrics made frequent mention of YSL, so they would like to use his own words to prove that he is the YSL shot caller — but they also have to prove that YSL is a gang in the sense of committing organized criminal activity.
Which Young Thug Lyrics Are Being Used As Evidence In The Case?
The lyrics in question come from a variety of songs, including “Just How It Is”:
“I just beat a murder rap, paid my lawyer 30 for that”
2014’s “Eww”:
“Honestly truth be told YSL won’t fold / Pick his ass off from the balcony/ YSL wipe a n**** nose”
“Bad Boy” with Juice WRLD:
“I shot at his mommy, now he no longer mention me”
“Take It To Trial” with Gunna:
“I rep my life for real/For slimes you know I kill”
What Are The Updates In Young Thug’s YSL RICO Trial?
Since the start of the trial, it’s been delayed a number of times. In December, the trial was paused after a co-defendant, Shannon Stilwell, was stabbed in jail.
Meanwhile, video from a jail call between Thug and his girlfriend Mariah The Scientist was leaked online, prompting Drake to call out the authorities for failing to take the case seriously.
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Sofia Vergara stars in Netflix’s Griseldaas Griselda Blanco, a kingpin who earned the nickname the “Cocaine Godmother” during her reign in the 70s and 80s. The series portrays Blanco’s rise to power in Miami’s criminal underworld, while also struggling to protect herself and her family from her various powerful enemies.
Blanco was extremely powerful thanks to the massive wealth she acquired over the years. In 2012, it was reported that Blanco amassed a cool $2 billion while she was working as a kingpin. It was estimated that her business brought 1.5 tons of cocaine to the U.S. every month. She was killed in 2012, though her killers were never identified.
Her story is told in Griselda, which is from the same folks who brought us Narcos. Here is the official synopsis:
La Jefa is coming. Sofia Vergara transforms in this series, inspired by Griselda Blanco, a woman who rose from obscurity to become ‘the Godmother’ of the underworld. Witness her lethal blend of charm and ruthlessness in this captivating series.
Blanco’s family does not approve of the Netflix series, but Vergara explains that she tried to show that Griseldea was a “complex” person beyond her drug lord tendencies. “I really wanted to explore that from the point of view of, you know, of her being one of the only women in history to have gone as far as she did,” she explained.
As of this writing, Nicki Minaj has officially been going off about Megan Thee Stallion’s new song “Hiss” for about 89 hours straight. On Thursday, she began posting a nonstop barrage of increasingly unhinged tweets and today, released her own diss track, “Big Foot,” on which she joins the chorus of detractors alleging Megan lied about being shot by Tory Lanez.
Whew.
While Nicki has almost singlehandedly kept the promotion for “Big Foot” afloat, goading her Barbz into attacking critics, and lashing out at everyone from Jay-Z to TMZ, one might expect Megan to have something to say about “Big Foot” herself. After all, it was an outsized response for the one line on “Hiss” dedicated to Nicki, and she has her own upcoming project to promote. So…
Did Megan Thee Stallion Respond To Nicki Minaj’s ‘Big Foot?’
Although Megan has yet to return to Twitter, let alone drop a response track, over on Instagram, she did make one subtle reference to the beef. A screenshot of the Twitter account @chartdata proclaiming her the first female rapper to have multiple solo songs reach No. 1 on Apple Music’s global singles chart appeared earlier today (about three hours before this writing), suggesting she’s both heard “Big Foot” and seen Nicki’s as-yet ongoing rant, which has referenced Apple Music charts multiple times.
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“Reject” a song that just broke a record for highest debut in APPLE MUSIC HISTORY.
With none of these paid shenanigans. told y’all about TMZ long time ago.
As to whether Meg will deign to letter another bar go in Nikci’s direction or just continue to let her spiral out remains to be seen. But for what it’s worth, this has resulted in a lot of free promotion for one of them with a lot less effort than the other has been putting in. Like another female rapper once embroiled in beef with Minaj pointed out, beef has proven to be bad for business; maybe everyone involved could just stick to promoting their respective albums for a while.
Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
For all of time, Football fans and Swifties have been able to peacefully co-exist. They existed in different realms with only a few minor overlaps, like Swift mentioning the Eagles in her lyrics but for the most part, they didn’t need to choose. And now….it doesn’t feel that way. Times have changed and it’s getting scary out there for casual sports enjoyers. Sure, Swift wrote the lyrics “In your life you’ll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team” but she can’t really take her own advice now, can she?
Now that the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to the Super Bowl, the first question on everybody’s minds was “How will American Darling Taylor Swift make it back to see her BF play a game if she is across the globe making another quick million bucks?” The second question was: “Do you think they will try to project her face on The Sphere?” But we will focus on the first one.
Let’s face the cold hard facts: The Eras Tour resumes next weekend in Japan. Swift will take the stage on Sunday around 8 p.m. and wrap up around 11 p.m., which would be about 6 a.m. in Vegas. She then has to effectively time travel to make it back to the states to see her boyfriend toss a ball. But this conversation has happened before, obviously, on an episode of The West Wing from over twenty years ago. Don’t you remember?!
In season two, episode 15 of the popular drama, the gang is trying to figure out what time the President would return from his trip abroad, and it sounds an awful lot like your uncle trying to talk to you about Taylor Swift showing up at the game.
Rob Lowe’s character Sam Seaborn explains: “The flight is 13 hours long. He’s going to travel eastward from Tokyo leaving at 7:00 p.m. So when he crossed the International Dateline….3 a.m..” Which puts him in Washington at 6 p.m. on Thursday, the day he left Toyko. As for Swift, she would end up in Vegas right around kickoff. Once again, The West Wing saves the nation from impending doom. A clip from the scene was posted on X/Twitter:
Can Taylor Swift make the Super Bowl from her Tokyo concert? A West Wing episode from 2001 already answered this: pic.twitter.com/6LBQMSrCVw
While Lowe could not yet be reached for comment, he is a huge Swift/Kelce supporter, so you can use that information however you see fit. The moral of this time travel lesson is that if you have a private jet, rules don’t really apply to you. That journey would take a minimum of three layovers, two days, and a missing bag of luggage if she were flying commercial.
Sega Bodega has established himself as an in-demand collaborator, as he’s worked with artists like Björk, Caroline Polachek, Shygirl, and others. Now, though, he’s putting the focus on himself. He has a new album, his third and first since 2021’s Romeo, on the way. No title or release date has been confirmed yet, but what we do know is that he has a new song, “Deer Teeth,” out now.
Sega himself hasn’t said much about what the track’s about, but on his Instagram Story, he shared a fan comment that reads, “This song feels like I just woke up from a subconscious shifting level dream and I’m trying to hold on to the memory… like I could only hear something like this in a dream. But you’ve somehow captured that in sound to listen to over and over…. The last minute specifically sounds like zettaflare lasers launching me through space and time. Just really beautiful craftsmanship. Thank you Sega Dad!” Sega added, “Quite literally what my entire album is about. More on that soon tho.”
The song is the first release on Ambient Tweets, Sega’s new label that’ll feature new music from himself and other artists in the electronic realm.
There is no reason you shouldn’t be a morning person. I don’t care how long you have identified as “not a morning person,” the time to change that personal narrative is now. I can tell you from experience, as someone who was part of that crew, the grass is greener on the other side.
That’s not just my opinion either. Research shows that morning people have a greater overall satisfaction with life and are even less vulnerable to mental health problems. I know it can be hard to ditch an identity but if there was ever an exception — this is it.
Let’s clear up another narrative out there about “morning people.” You don’t have to wake up at four in the morning and immediately hit the gym like Mark Wahlberg to be in the club. The reality is not everyone has the same schedule or the same responsibilities and just because you wake up a few hours later, doesn’t mean that the morning is not yours.
Here are five easy morning moves you can make for better mental wellness.
DITCH THE NOISE
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How good would you feel if you never had to wake up to your alarm again?
Ever hear your alarm in a television show or movie and immediately have a minor PTSD-like reaction? You’re not alone according to research. It seems obvious that being jarred awake by a blaring, obnoxious sound would be a terrible way to start the day, but somehow it has become the norm. That does’t have to be the way though, for years humans woke up without the assistance of an app. And you can do it too.
Now, if you are transitioning into being a morning person, telling you to lose the tool that helps you get up may seem cruel. But this is part of the benefits that come with being a morning person, embracing the power of the sun. Our relationship with the sun is a powerful one, and if you can get in sync with the sun in a meaningful way, there is are a lot of positives.
One of the positives comes from building a healthy circadian rhythm, which is the physical and mental journey our bodies go on every 24 hours. Natural light has a massive effect on our rhythm, and when you get into a good one, quality sleep is easier to come by. No surprise, when you get better sleep, it’s a lot easier to become a morning person.
If you are able to, pull back those blackout blinds and try to use the morning sun to wake up. Depending on how the sun comes into your room, you may be able to adjust your blinds so that the sun hits you at your desired time. If you don’t have adequate sunlight, there are great alarm clocks out there that utilize soft light to wake you up instead of noise.
One of the best habits I ever picked up when I was younger was making my bed. The majority of us probably were asked to do it by our parents, but not everyone keeps the habit after moving out on their own. But it turns out making your bed every morning comes with a lot of benefits (beyond making mom proud).
For starters, we’ll mention the science, with studies showing that doing regular household chores helps you stay sharp and sets the stage for a stronger mental state. The paper mentions “higher cognition” and “sharper memory” and I can certainly validate those benefits. After all, an action like this can become a meditation of sorts. A time when you organize your thoughts for the day.
Getting your bed made is also a great way to check something off of your to-do list with minimal effort. And since for most of us the day is just a succession of tasks to be done, completing one early can really help the mindset. Lastly, a made bed just looks better than a messy one, and whether you live alone or with someone who can judge you, it makes for a better impression.
“GOOD MORNING” STRETCH
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Not everyone has time for a comprehensive stretching routine or to hit the gym for a full-on sweat session. But you don’t need an hour to feel better good physically at the beginning of the day. Doing just 10 to 15 minutes of stretching can be a game changer, but honestly if you don’t even have that, doing one stretch helps. Check out our essential static stretches in this story here. Even if you are doing just one stretch, if weather allows, try to get outside for that additional natural boost of Vitamin D.
For the morning, I like a stretch that also works as a body check and sun salutation. Start by standing straight up, bend down to touch your toes, then keeping your torso parallel to the ground swing your arms out like you are doing a chest stroke until they are just past your shoulders. Hold that. Bring your arms back down then stand up straight again. Bring your arms up in a circle from your sides until they are both straight up above your head and you are in a stick position. Then arc to the left and the right without moving your feet, so that you feel a stretch in both sides. Return back to the stick position.
The last touch is putting your head back and looking up at your hands like you are going to take off of the ground like Superman.
GETTING INTO THE MORNING GRIND
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I’m a huge coffee lover, and it’s a big part of my daily routine, but I started to realize that my dependence on it to wake me up in the morning was not healthy. There is no study that concludes exactly when it’s “best” to drink coffee, but general guidance from well-respected experts like Dr. Andrew D. Huberman is to wait an hour after you wake up for your first cup. This is based off the time that natural cortisol levels are highest in our body (earlier in the day), since it is also a stimulant and basically trying to do the same job as caffeine.
In order to break the habit of reaching for a coffee mug as soon as you wake up, look to other ways to invigorate the body off rip. One of the best ways is getting sunlight early, because it tells your body to stop producing melatonin, the hormone responsible for sleepiness. Another great way is cold water, I like to kick off the mornings with a cold shower or plunge to get a rush of endorphins.
Speaking of water, make sure that water is the first thing that you drink. Most of us don’t get enough throughout the day, and front loading is a good way to get ahead. The added benefit being you aren’t trying to quench your thirst with coffee, as it actually does the reverse. By getting your jump start by other means, and hydrating before, you can really enjoy your morning roast.
MORNING MANTRAS
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Starting a good morning habit is about doing things that are easily accomplished in a short amount of time and then expanding on them as you get more comfortable. Not everyone has time for 45 minutes of meditation, but you can accomplish a lot of good by starting your day with a little self-talk that includes purpose and gratitude.
The definition of mantra that applies in this case is a statement that is repeated often, for as long as you need. The objective is to find a mantra that you connect with personally and brings you contentment. Keep it realistic though, this is not a time to make wishes. For example, “I will win the lottery today” is not a good mantra. Here are a few that I like, but you can also create your own.
“I create my own path, and walk it with joy.”
“I am centered, and I am at peace.”
“I am motivated to become the best version of myself.”
Give these mantras a try, make up your own, make small tweaks and live the hell out of your one life!
After being found guilty of sexually assaulting Carroll, Trump continued to insult her on social media and claim he never even met her, which landed him back in court. This time around, the judge ordered the jury to hit Trump with a sizable figure to teach him a lesson, if that’s even possible.
In the meantime, The View co-hosts had a field day with Trump’s massive court bill by walking out to the theme song for The Apprentice, Trump’s old reality TV show. And for added measure, Whoopi Goldberg made sure to clue everyone in on what was happening.
#WhoopiGoldberg: “We just walked out to The O’Jays ‘For The Love of Money,’ which is the theme song of ‘The Apprentice,’ and that’s connected to the fact that you-know-who has to pay money, money, money, money… $83.3 million.” pic.twitter.com/NnkpT2mwZx
“We just walked out to The O’Jays’ ‘For the Love of Money,’ which is the theme song of ‘The Apprentice,’ Goldberg said via The Wrap. “And that’s connected to the fact that You-Know-Who has to pay money, money money, money! Money! And you know, if he had just shut his mouth, he’d have been dealing with $5 million dollars. But this is what happens when you got a hard head and a soft behind.”
Ana Navarro also made sure to throw some salt in the wound by bringing up Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood tape.
“And you know, he boasted about grabbing women by the hoo-ha,” Navarro said. “Well, the women grabbed back. And E. Jean Carroll grabbed him by the pocket, which is what hurts him the most.”
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told y’all about TMZ long time ago. 
