Whoopi Goldberg is one of only 17 people to achieve an EGOT, having won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (Ghost), a Grammy for Best Comedy Album, a Tony for Best Musical (Thoroughly Modern Millie), and two Emmys, including Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for The View. She’s also appeared in multiple huge TV shows and movies, including Sister Act, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Theodore Rex (it’s huge among podcasts that cover bad movies, at least). Goldberg has been famous since before I was born, and yet, much like her The View co-stars, I was “today-years-old” when I realized something about her: she doesn’t have eyebrows.
Decider reports that the revelation came during a discussion about bleached brows. “I have to do this with a straight face. Stars like Kendall Jenner, Lady Gaga, and Doja Cat are getting in on the trend of shaving or bleaching their eyebrows,” Goldberg said before tilting her head and asking her co-hosts, “How do you feel about this no-brow look?”
Sara Haines was first to weigh in, admitting that she never noticed Goldberg’s lack of eyebrows throughout the six years they’ve sat next to each other in the show. She added, “I look right into your eyes and I did not know this.” When Sunny Hostin asked Goldberg if she “ever had eyebrows,” she confirmed that yes, she had brows “as a little kid,” but her mom “removed them” after she started to get “bumps” on her face. She explained that she’s kept up the practice because it’s what she’s used to: “I don’t know my face with eyebrows unless I’m working,” she said.
Ana Navarro added, “I, too, was today-years-old when I noticed you had no eyebrows.”
Last week, it was Meghan McCain’s “big t*ts.” This week, it’s Goldberg’s lack of eyebrows. What will we learn about a current or former The View host next week? I’m breaking the news now: Joy Behar doesn’t have an appendix. Shocking stuff.
Sometimes, is can be hard to tell what exactly the internet is talking about at any given moment. There is always some Main Character on Twitter or Instagram who posts something silly, then everyone dunks on them for the next 24-48 hours before the world moves on. It’s the circle of life! But sometimes, a misunderstanding can escalate the situation. For example, many people on Twitter are under the impression that Halle Berry, a 56-year-old actress, and Halle Bailey, a 22-year-old singer/actress are the same person. They are not.
Listen, reading can be difficult. But it can also be very important if you don’t wish for people to make a little fun of you on the internet! One Twitter user attempted to hate on Berry for being cast in Disney’s The Little Mermaid live-action movie… though the only problem is that she is not in the movie. The role went to Bailey, and Disney revealed the movie’s first look over the weekend.
“Halle Berry is nearly 60 playing the role of a 16 year old girl. This is what happens when you upset a fandom.” The account tweeted, along with a screenshot showing they “disliked” the teaser trailer. Berry responded to the tweet with a meme, though the original tweet has since been deleted. But, since this is 2022, everything is immortalized on PopCrave.
Halle Berry reacts to tweet confusing her with Halle Bailey in the live-action remake of ‘The Little Mermaid.’ pic.twitter.com/hi7EGopq09
As Elton John wraps the US leg of his seemingly final tour, Farewell Yellow Brick Road, his final stop at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium will be livestreamed on November 20 through Disney+. The news was unveiled during Disney’s annual D23 Expo last week for a larger series about John’s goodbye tour, which continues through 2023 in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
In addition to Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium, the tour will be the subject of an upcoming documentary. Co-directed by R.J. Cutler (Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry) and John’s husband David Furnish, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And the Years That Made His Legend will include both recent footage and unseen archival moments from his decades-long live career. While it will be featured exclusively on Disney+, Deadlinereports that there are plans for a “festival run and limited theatrical release.” The documentary deal was reportedly for $30 million.
John’s first two performances at Dodger Stadium on November 17 and 19 will be filmed as additional footage for the planned tour documentary, which does not have an official release date.
Outside of his extensive Farewell touring schedule, John has still found time to share new music. He recently released a duet with Britney Spears called “Hold Me Closer,” which is a new version of his 1971 hit “Tiny Dancer.” The re-imagined track has reached the top of Billboard‘s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, as of September 10.
A complete list of Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates is available here.
If there’s anything you can count on, it’s that Nicki Minaj’s most enthusiastic fans — aka the Barbz — will try to start beef with any and every other female rapper she gives them a reason to — even if she never actually names that artist. During a recent episode of her podcast, Queen Radio, Nicki alleged that an unnamed artist with whom she’d previously collaborated offered her a drink, and when she declined because she might be pregnant, told her she could “go to the clinic.”
Of course, the Barbz didn’t take this well, because, for many of them, innuendo is fact, shade is absolute, Nicki’s word is law, and every day is a new opportunity to pick a fight with Nicki’s contemporaries on her behalf. For some reason, one, in particular, decided that Nicki’s anecdote referred to Megan Thee Stallion, who did work with Nicki in 2019 on the song “Hot Girl Summer” and has been known to occasionally encourage her friends to take a shot directly out of the bottle. Megan, however, wasn’t having it.
“Nicki Minaj is accusing you of encouraging abortion & child endangerment w/ alcohol,” wrote the stan. “This isn’t something to stay quiet on.” Meg shot back with just one word: “LIE.” Unfortunately, this opened the door for more Barbz to lash out at Megan. “No names were mentioned but u were first to respond?” wrote one. “So this person didn’t mention me?” Meg replied. “THIS PERSON BE SO FCKN FOR REAL RIGHT NOW” responded another Barb. “This person … as in the person who pressed the @ button” Meg explained. “y’all not this crazy.”
If someone @ you you can respond right or that don’t apply for every user on twitter? If someone directly @ my name …why do they be confused when I reply lol?
That might be… optimistic on her part. Barbz have shown repeatedly and often, that they don’t need logic or reason to fly off the handle (sometimes, I think Nicki Minaj’s fan club is really just a hate club for everyone else). Meg has often blamed a lot of the friction that exists between female rappers on their fans, but if we’re being honest, there is one fan base behind most of it and they’re often proud of themselves for being this way.
Super Freaky Girl by Nicki Minaj alone outsold Thot Shit by Megan Thee Stallion, Hot Shit by Cardi B, and Fly Sh!t by Coi Leray! (combined as well) pic.twitter.com/kaz9UPNZNj
.@theestallion@LILKIM tagged you all week ? Why haven’t you responded to her? You responding to tweets mentioning @NickiMinaj in a bad way tho, the one who introduced you to mainstream. THE ONE WHO GAVE YOU YOUR FIRST HIT RECORD
The AFC West is going to be a gauntlet this season, which we knew coming in after the three teams chasing the Chiefs spent the offseason loading up on more talent.
The previously basement dwelling Broncos added Russell Wilson, finally bringing on a high-caliber QB for the first time since Peyton Manning. The Chargers upgraded their defense with a trade for Khalil Mack and signing J.C. Jackson, while the Raiders added Davante Adams and others to try and keep up in the offensive arms race in the division. All the while, the Chiefs still employ Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, along with plenty more talent despite the departure of Tyreek Hill.
In Week 1, the Chiefs made quite the statement to the rest of the division and league with a 44-21 thumping of the Cardinals in Arizona, with Mahomes throwing for five touchdowns to remind everyone that Josh Allen and the Bills will have plenty of competition in the AFC this year. Those five TD passes weren’t even his best, as that came on a deep cross throw to Kelce, in which he dropped it in between three defenders on an absolute dime.
It’s the kind of throw that often leads to an announcer saying “only Mahomes,” but there happens to be another absolute freak throwing passes in his same division that made almost an identical throw in his Week 1 matchup. Justin Herbert didn’t put up as gaudy a statline as Mahomes, but the Chargers got a win over the Raiders in their opener thanks to their star QB’s ability to make similarly preposterous passes. On a nearly identical looking play, just to the right side of the field instead of the left (against a similar zone look), Herbert dropped a ball in over the heads of two chasing defenders to Keenan Allen for a big gain for L.A. — as Jared Dubin of CBS Sports pointed out in a thread looking at some of the best passes of the week from the All-22.
It really is wild that we have multiple quarterbacks capable (and maybe more importantly, willing) to make these kinds of throws and these full field angles offer some great insight into what makes playing defense now so difficult. These receivers aren’t particularly open, but even when you play good defense, if you have linebackers or DBs turning to chase, the elite QBs will happily flick a pass by their earhole knowing they aren’t looking for it, even if in tight coverage.
Mahomes and Herbert are two of the best at it right now (along with Allen and Aaron Rodgers, as the short list of guys who regularly make WTF throws), and godspeed to AFC West defenses trying to figure out how to slow them down.
When it comes to beer, there are none quite as divisive as the fall seasonal infused with pumpkin. Whether it’s an ale, lager, stout, or something else, pumpkin-flavored beer is either beloved and eagerly awaited or derided and despised, without much in-between. This probably has something to do with the phenomenon whereby pumpkin beers seem to either be lightly flavored with pumpkin and have just a hint of spice, and have just enough complementary flavors to even everything out, orrrr they’re the flavor palate equivalent of a pumpkin spice candy exploding in a beer can.
Regardless of how you feel about it, breweries all over the country release their versions every fall. That means that when late summer and early autumn arrive, there’s a veritable cornucopia of options for pumpkin beer almost anywhere beer is sold.
We found eight of these pumpkin-fueled brews and instead of simply kicking back and drinking them while we watched early-season NFL games and waited for fall to arrive, we decided to nose them, taste them, and rank them. Yes, we tackled pumpkin beer. Keep scrolling to see how everything turned out.
Today’s Lineup:
Southern Tier Pumking
Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale
Elysian Night Owl
Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
Two Roads Roadsmary’s Baby
New Holland Ichabod
Part 1: The Taste
Taste 1
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of butterscotch, cinnamon, ginger, caramel malts, and a healthy dose of baked pumpkin greet my nose before my first sip. The palate was more of the same with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and sweet, cooked pumpkin taking center stage. Even with all of the various flavors, everything seemed to be in proper balance. Overall, a decent example of the style.
Taste 2
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of dried fruits, pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice, oak, and sweet caramel met my nose before the first sip. The palate is filled with flavors like raisins, vanilla beans, caramel, bready malts, and ripe pumpkin. It’s surprisingly complex and flavorful for a pumpkin ale. This one is something special for sure.
Taste 3
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
This doesn’t smell like any pumpkin beer I’ve ever had. In fact, it barely smells like pumpkin beer. There’s maybe a hint of cooked pumpkin and some cinnamon, but not much else. Overall, a very boring nose. Drinking it revealed more muted pumpkin and maybe some cinnamon and nutmeg. While I don’t like overly spiced, sweet pumpkin beers, this one almost had no flavor at all.
Taste 4
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Immediately a parade of wintry spices hit my nose. Allspice, cinnamon, ginger, the whole game was there. But they left little to no actual beer or even pumpkin aroma to be found. The taste was more of the same with a cavalcade of spices as well as an overly sweet caramel flavor. Overall, this beer doesn’t know if it wants to be spicy, sweet, or even taste like pumpkin.
Taste 5
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
This beer smells like you just got trapped in a closet filled with pumpkin spice candles at Yankee Candle. It’s heavy on cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla. But those aromas were so strong that I didn’t notice anything else. The palate is a little better with a decent malt backbone, but it was more of the over-the-top wintry spices like allspice and cinnamon. It was just too much.
Taste 6
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
This beer literally smells like a pumpkin pie. There’s a hint of graham cracker, sweet pumpkins, fall spices, and maybe a little nutty sweetness. Sipping it revealed more biscuity malts, toasted vanilla beans, cinnamon, and more pumpkin. While it seems more like a dessert beer than a regular sipper, it’s a well-balanced, memorable seasonal brew.
Taste 7
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
This beer smells like a pumpkin pie that was put into a blender and then mixed with a water beer. Allspice and cinnamon are dominant. The flavor is a different story altogether. While there are notes of cinnamon, pumpkin, and other spices, it’s all very thin, watery, and weak. This is one of the least exciting pumpkin beers I’ve ever tried.
Taste 8
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Another overly spiced pumpkin beer. The nose is dominated by allspice, cinnamon, and even a hint of pepper. No noticeable pumpkin though. The palate had more spices but also had a nice hint of fresh pumpkin flavor and a bit of malt flavor in the background. Still heavily spiced, but not uncomfortably so like some I’ve tried.
This popular wheat ale from Shipyard out of Portland, Maine is surprisingly low in alcohol (4.5% ABV) for a pumpkin beer. It’s light, crisp, and brewed with Willamette and Saphir hops as well as Pale Ale, Whole Wheat, Munich Light malts, and pumpkin and spice flavors.
Bottom Line:
This is watery, thin, and surprisingly bland for a spiced pumpkin ale. It’s an absolute snooze-fest of a beer.
This is a surprisingly complicated fall seasonal beer. It’s made by fermenting pounds of pumpkin with brewer’s wort and sugar before everything is filtered with a spice infusion of nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. This is pumpkin spice to the maximum.
Bottom Line:
This is the type of beer for those fall fanatics who are obsessed with anything pumpkin spice. It’s loaded with everything you love. For the rest of us, it’s a no-go.
This is one of the first pumpkin beers I ever tried more than a decade ago. This 5% ABV pumpkin ale is supposed to taste the way a similar beer would have tasted during colonial days. They do this by adding a massive number of pumpkins and spices during the brewing process.
Bottom Line:
Brooklyn does a lot of things well. Its pumpkin beer isn’t one of them. This beer is the capital of Flavorless City in the country of Bland.
The most well-known of Elysian’s fall lineup, Night Owl is a pumpkin ale brewed with pumpkin puree and juice. It gets its spiced flavor from the addition of nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger. On top of that, the pumpkin is cranked up even high by the addition of roasted and raw pumpkin seeds in the mash.
Bottom Line:
This beer is all over the place. It’s over-the-top spiced, it’s weirdly sweet, and it doesn’t taste enough like pumpkins. I’m sure it has its fans. I’m just not one of them.
Dogfish Head’s popular pumpkin beer is technically a brown ale. It’s brewed with real pumpkins, brown sugar, and various seasonal spices. It’s named for a Delaware fall event referred to as “Punkin Chunkin” in which people build contraptions to throw pumpkins as far as possible.
Bottom Line:
Still a little more spiced than I’d prefer, Dogfish Head’s pumpkin seasonal at least leans in the right direction. There’s slightly more going on with this beer than simply pumpkin spice.
Named for the protagonist in the Washington Irving fall classic story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” this pumpkin ale is brewed with real pumpkin, malted barley, nutmeg, and cinnamon. It was created to taste like fall in a can.
Bottom Line:
New Holland’s Ichabod is loaded with fall spices and fresh pumpkin, but it also has enough of a malt backbone to even everything out.
This bold, high-ABV imperial pumpkin ale is eagerly awaited every fall by its fans. Brewed with ale yeast, two hop varieties, two different malts, pumpkin, and spices, it’s been an autumnal favorite for years.
Bottom Line:
This is a complex, surprisingly well-balanced, bold pumpkin beer. It’s so flavorful you’ll want to go back to it again and again. Especially on chilly fall nights.
Named for the iconic horror film Rosemary’s Baby, this seasonal favorite from Two Roads begins as your classic pumpkin ale. But the folks at Two Roads decided that wasn’t good enough as they aged it in former rum barrels to add a sweet, oaky, rich flavor.
Bottom Line:
This is the best of the bunch by far. It’s easy to add too many spices and make pumpkin ales one-dimensional. But this one has it all. Warming spices, dried fruits, sweet malts, and a nice pumpkin flavor.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Pumpkin ales are really tricky. When done wrong (in my opinion) they can end up as overly-spiced, cloyingly sweet pumpkin soda-tasting garbage. When done right, they’re complex, balanced, and give you a great, warming fall feeling. The beers that landed higher on my list fall into the latter category. Bring on fall. I’m ready now.
In the past few weeks, Nicki Minaj has seen a huge resurgence in prominence following a relatively quiet few years, thanks in part to the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards honoring her with a Video Vanguard Award. She’s also got a new single, “Super Freaky Girl,” out, along with an all-female remix featuring BIA, JT, Katie Got Bandz, and Maliibu Miitch. But as much attention as she has received for her music, she’s gotten even more for the drama being caused by her latest episode of Queen Radio.
In addition to apparently shading Latto for positing that there is more balance among women in rap, Nicki also spotlighted an artist that she worked with she says encouraged her to get an abortion. “Imagine telling someone you didn’t want a drink… you know, because you were, at the time, possibly pregnant, because you were actively trying to have a baby,” she said. “Imagine that person saying, ‘Oh girl, you can go to the clinic!’”
Naturally, fans were quick to speculate, with some latching onto Megan Thee Stallion as a possible target. The two women collaborated in 2019 on the song “Hot Girl Summer” and one of Meg’s signature moves at the time was encouraging friends to “drive the boat” — aka, let her pour a shot directly into their mouths. However, Meg was quick to shut down those accusations.
• An Artist Nicki worked with as a favor for a favor, didn’t return the favor and started ignoring and shading her
•An Artist encouraged her to drink, then referenced “just taking care of it at the clinic, afterwards ” when she turned it down #GuessWhopic.twitter.com/6cybly7knr
Brie Larson loves to shut down any Marvel haters, and she’s honestly pretty good at it. We all know how powerful Brie is — she can pick up Thor’s hammer after all. It was only a matter of time before the rest of the female Marvel crew takes over.
While at the D23 Expo over the weekend, Larson joined forces with fellow Marvel women Nia DaCosta, Teyonah Parris, and Miss Marvel herself, Iman Vellani, for an iconic photo of the four of them. She captioned the pics “*trolls combust*” as a nod to the very, uh, vocal Marvel fans who are often criticizing the women of the superhero franchise.
The quartet is leading the next phase of Marvel as their movie The Marvels will help kick off Phase Five of the MCU next year. It is also the first Marvel movie to be directed by a Black woman and will serve as a sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel.
Larson has received massive amounts of criticism and trolling for much of her career and even more so once she joined the MCU. But she’s not one to back down or keep quiet, hence the pretty monumental tweet. That didn’t stop people from sending hateful replies anyway!
Still, for every incorrect hater, there are also supporters of the women.
Talent and these big brands finally speaking up and taking a stand against bigotry and assholes on the internet will never get old. It’s about damn time I say. https://t.co/6tEBEBCSXx
One of the greatest parenting milestones is the day you get to explain to your children the basics of sex. Sometimes that day arrives because a kid bluntly asks how babies are made, sometimes parents bring it up so their kids to hear it from them before they hear it from other people, and sometimes it’s a result of an unexpected encounter (like a kid walking in on their parents doing the deed).
However you arrive at it, that initial conversation is always interesting. No matter how prepared you think you are, some awkward hilarity is inevitable as you navigate those new waters. Sex is pretty simple on the one hand, but quite complicated on the other, and figuring what details to share at what stage is a tricky balancing act.
Some kids are open and curious and ask a million questions. Some kids are quiet and reserved and process it all in their own sweet time. But the first reaction of most pre-pubescent kids when they first hear about the mechanics of sex, even if you introduce it in a sex-positive way, is something along the lines of “What?? Are you serious? EW.” And when they connect the dots that their parents had sex in order for them to be alive, the reaction gets even funnier.
A thread on Twitter illustrates how true this is as parents share their children’s reactions to hearing about the birds and the bees.
Reaction from my kids after explaining how sex works:
Some kids let questions slip out before thinking about whether they really want to know the answer. Once you know it, you can’t unknow it. Sorry, kiddo.
Parents have to be prepared for awkward questions, but sometimes you really can’t predict what a kid might want to know. Kids aren’t exactly known for having boundaries, and that’s doubly true for a topic that’s totally new for them.
@Kezfromchadders @meganmuircoyle My daughter (6 at the time) asked if we need to have a doctor watch us do it since… https://t.co/JA5Dfy2BbA
@AnnieTook @meganmuircoyle I remember asking my mom how you’d know “ when you inseminated a woman”. I was like 9 an… https://t.co/g11TnU7zBv
— Space Nerd 🚀🚀🚀 #BLM (@Space Nerd 🚀🚀🚀 #BLM) 1612373726
Most of us don’t like to imagine our parents having sex, so this is one area where kids who are adopted have somewhat of an advantage (until they learn that procreation isn’t the only reason people have sex).
@meganmuircoyle My kids are adopted, and I once heard, “Well, at least you guys didn’t have to do THAT!”
It’s always entertaining to see a kid’s understanding move from innocence to reality.
And even more entertaining when you realize that you were the one who inadvertently introduced your kid to a sexual concept you may not have been prepared to discuss.
@fitz_lorie @meganmuircoyle @JoJoFromJerz I asked my mom the same question around the same age. She wanted to know… https://t.co/GT1G1MaL46
Perhaps the funniest part about talking about sex with kids is how actually kind of weird the physical act really is when you think about it. Of course it seems absurd to children who haven’t sexually developed yet.
@JessicaReens @meganmuircoyle Wow, they have it SO backwards! 😂
— Dr. Gemma Angel 🍞🌹🌏🏳️🌈 (@Dr. Gemma Angel 🍞🌹🌏🏳️🌈) 1612367869
In fact, some kids find it so weird, they literally don’t believe it.
@KathlynClore @meganmuircoyle I used to think that people got pregnant by kissing, the baby would grow and eat in y… https://t.co/7JXLHhXwLA
Like, what the heck with this design? And they don’t even know at this point about the nitty-gritty details that you only really know once you’ve done it.
@hobwas @meganmuircoyle Kid is like: 🤣 https://t.co/2BPeT1JKjB
As funny as these stories are, the fact that parents are having open and honest conversations with their kids about sex is seriously awesome. Some people do their kids a disservice by being too creeped out to talk about it, or maybe worrying they’ll give too much info, so they don’t talk about it.
Whatever your moral perspectives on the topic, sex is part of life. It’s basic health and biology. It’s a human reality that everyone learns about one way or another, and it’s generally better for kids to learn about sex from their parents than from their peers, who might give wrong information. Starting early by answering kids’ questions matter-of-factly, giving age-appropriate details (which admittedly can be hard to discern), and bringing up the topic occasionally if your kids don’t can help kids ease into a healthy understanding of sex.
While the basic mechanics conversation is indeed a parenting milestone, the best parent-child conversations about sex are ongoing and ever-expanding. Making consent and boundaries part of the conversation is vital as well. Some uncomfortable moments may be inevitable, but keep the line of communication wide open will go a long way toward helping kids prepare for what’s to come.
u201cReaction from my kids after explaining how sex works:nnu201cYouu2019ve done this THREE TIMES?u201du201d
A thread on Twitter illustrates how true this is as parents share their children’s reactions to hearing about the birds and the bees.
“@Kezfromchadders @meganmuircoyle My daughter (6 at the time) asked if we need to have a doctor watch us do it since he is putting something inside my body. Then she asked if she could see how far it goes inside. 😬 We then explained privacy.”
u201c@Kezfromchadders @meganmuircoyle My daughter (6 at the time) asked if we need to have a doctor watch us do it since he is putting something inside my body. Then she asked if she could see how far it goes inside. ud83dude2c We then explained privacy.u201d
Some kids let questions slip out before thinking about whether they really want to know the answer. Once you know it, you can’t unknow it. Sorry, kiddo.
@meganmuircoyle On a summer walk my 1 boy(9) was asking ? about sex & I explained everything. My husband was away f… https://t.co/0hHQQxUFgt— arlene geerlinks (@arlene geerlinks) 1612372163.0
Parents have to be prepared for awkward questions, but sometimes you really can’t predict what a kid might want to know. Kids aren’t exactly known for having boundaries, and that’s doubly true for a topic that’s totally new for them.
“@AnnieTook @meganmuircoyle I remember asking my mom how you’d know “ when you inseminated a woman”. I was like 9 and I still remember the look on Her face.”
u201c@AnnieTook @meganmuircoyle I remember asking my mom how youu2019d know u201c when you inseminated a womanu201d. I was like 9 and I still remember the look on Her face.u201d
Most of us don’t like to imagine our parents having sex, so this is one area where kids who are adopted have somewhat of an advantage (until they learn that procreation isn’t the only reason people have sex).
“@meganmuircoyle My kids are adopted, and I once heard, “Well, at least you guys didn’t have to do THAT!””
u201c@meganmuircoyle My kids are adopted, and I once heard, “Well, at least you guys didn’t have to do THAT!”u201d
“@meganmuircoyle My kid learned about it in the backseat at Target in a spur of the moment conversation. We got home and she goes up to her Dad, “YOU STUCK YOUR PENIS IN MOM’S VAGINA TWICE!!!””
u201c@meganmuircoyle My kid learned about it in the backseat at Target in a spur of the moment conversation. We got home and she goes up to her Dad, u201cYOU STUCK YOUR PENIS IN MOMu2019S VAGINA TWICE!!!u201du201d
It’s not just the questions, but the declarations that come along with kids learning about sex that can take parents by surprise.
“@meganmuircoyle @bames_jrolin My nephew was about 7 when he got this info. At the next big holiday dinner he spontaneously stood up on his chair, flexed his biceps and loudly announced, “I am strong and healthy and full of sperm!””
u201c@meganmuircoyle @bames_jrolin My nephew was about 7 when he got this info. At the next big holiday dinner he spontaneously stood up on his chair, flexed his biceps and loudly announced, u201cI am strong and healthy and full of sperm!u201du201d
It’s always entertaining to see a kid’s understanding move from innocence to reality.
@meganmuircoyle when he got older I told him about the cervix, contractions, labour etc and he was like “oh. okay.… https://t.co/u7mnCiVYUg— L. (@L.) 1612384726.0
And even more entertaining when you realize that you were the one who inadvertently introduced your kid to a sexual concept you may not have been prepared to discuss.
“@fitz_lorie @meganmuircoyle @JoJoFromJerz I asked my mom the same question around the same age. She wanted to know where I had heard such a word from. Ummm from you and my aunt talking the other day. 😂😂😂😂 She never asked that question again! It’s important to know I was raised Southern Baptist! 😂”
u201c@fitz_lorie @meganmuircoyle @JoJoFromJerz I asked my mom the same question around the same age. She wanted to know where I had heard such a word from. Ummm from you and my aunt talking the other day. ud83dude02ud83dude02ud83dude02ud83dude02 She never asked that question again! Itu2019s important to know I was raised Southern Baptist! ud83dude02u201d
And then there are the unintentional misunderstandings that occur when kids don’t get quite enough information.
Perhaps the funniest part about talking about sex with kids is how actually kind of weird the physical act really is when you think about it. Of course it seems absurd to children who haven’t sexually developed yet.
In fact, some kids find it so weird, they literally don’t believe it.
Like, what the heck with this design? And they don’t even know at this point about the nitty-gritty details that you only really know once you’ve done it.
As funny as these stories are, the fact that parents are having open and honest conversations with their kids about sex is seriously awesome. Some people do their kids a disservice by being too creeped out to talk about it, or maybe worrying they’ll give too much info, so they don’t talk about it.
Whatever your moral perspectives on the topic, sex is part of life. It’s basic health and biology. It’s a human reality that everyone learns about one way or another, and it’s generally better for kids to learn about sex from their parents than from their peers, who might give wrong information. Starting early by answering kids’ questions matter-of-factly, giving age-appropriate details (which admittedly can be hard to discern), and bringing up the topic occasionally if your kids don’t can help kids ease into a healthy understanding of sex.
While the basic mechanics conversation is indeed a parenting milestone, the best parent-child conversations about sex are ongoing and ever-expanding. Making consent and boundaries part of the conversation is vital as well. Some uncomfortable moments may be inevitable, but keep the line of communication wide open will go a long way toward helping kids prepare for what’s to come.
One of the best things about Drake — or worst, depending on how you look at it — is how he romanticizes practically everything about his life. His son’s finger painting is the next Picasso, he envisions himself as a smooth player from the 1970s complete with a shag cut, and he treats his rec league basketball championships like the NBA. In short, he does what I fully believe most of us would do with his kind of money. The real sticking point is that he chooses to show it all off, which is pretty revolutionary, in its way.
And when I say he celebrated his back-to-back Sanctuary Basketball League championships as if they were NBA ones, I mean he really went all-out. According to Complex, Drake apparently had championship rings made for his team at $100,000 per ring. He’s shown them off via his Instagram Story, while the jeweler, Jason Arasheben of Beverly Hills, provided the details, as well as a statement:
As someone who wishes I could play ball professionally I respect Drake for making his dream a reality with his own league. We always have a good time when we work together and it has been fun working on these championship rings with him for the last three years. Drake had a clear vision of what he wanted and we worked really well together to make that happen. I enjoy the challenge of telling the story of the season and incorporating everything into the design and onto a ring, while still using as many diamonds as possible.
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