In October, Bully and Soccer Mommy teamed up alongside Speedy Ortiz and Snail Mail to cover Pavement at an exhibition in New York. The collaborations between the four artists aren’t over; Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail recently covered Avril Lavigne at a performance in Baltimore, and now Soccer Mommy hopped on a new Bully track called “Lose You.”
The groovy, reverb-drenched track has a bewitching bassline and Alicia Bognanno’s vocals are as powerful as ever. Soccer Mommy’s contributions are the first time Bully invited someone onto a track, and it’s safe to say it paid off. Read what Bognanno said about the song below.
“When ‘Lose You’ came about, it was the first time I’ve considered having someone else sing on a Bully song. I love Sophie’s voice and have always admired everything she does, so to me, it was a no brainer. Watching her soar out of the Nashville scene and dominate indie music worldwide has been a joy. Writing ‘Lose You’ was a way for me to work through the pain and reality of impermanence. It doesn’t make it any easier, but reflection is often followed by growth and to me that’s what life is all about.”
Editor’s Note: If you are having thoughts about taking your own life, or know of anyone who is in need of help, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 9-8-8. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
The mental health of teens has been widely discussed over the past few years. Lockdowns early in the pandemic put a much greater emphasis on teens and their social-emotional development and highlighted how isolation contributes to mental health concerns. But as things returned to normal, or as normal as they can be, the teen mental health crisis didn’t seem to let up.
Now, the CDC is saying the crisis is actually getting worse, specifically for teen girls. In the fall of 2021, the CDC conducted its Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the results are in: A startling 57% of teen girls—nearly 3 in 5—reported feeling “persistently sad or hopeless,” while 30% said they had seriously considered dying by suicide, an increase of 60% since 2011. These numbers are the highest they’ve been in the last decade, according to the CDC.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey has been conducted every other year for the past 30 years and includes the responses of 17,232 high school students living in the United States, so the new data is concerning.
Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, told NBC News, “Our teenage girls are suffering through an overwhelming wave of violence and trauma, and it’s affecting their mental health.” According to the CDC data, there has been a dramatic increase in violence against teen girls reported, with 1 in 5 saying they experienced sexual violence within the past year. And 14% of teen girls reported being forced into having sex, which is an increase from 2019.
This survey doesn’t discount the mental health struggles of teen boys. It simply shows that teenaged girls are showing an elevated response. In fact, overall more than 40% of boys and girls reported feeling so sad and hopeless that it interfered with their schoolwork or extracurricular activities.
And teenagers that identified as part of the LGBTQ community were even more likely to report mental health struggles. Rates of suicidal thoughts among LGBTQ youth continue to be staggering with 45% seriously considering suicide in the past year. They are also more than four times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. According to the CDC, 22% of LGBTQ youth attempted suicide in the past year.
Open and honest communication with teens about mental health and mental health resources can be helpful. As a therapist, I encourage parents to make sure their kids have crisis hotlines stored in their phone, like 988 and the Trevor Project numbers, 1-866-488-7386 for calls and 678-678 for text.
Because here’s the thing, teens are notoriously private and are likely to tell their friends they’re struggling before they inform their parents. It’s important for them to have the tools to make those connections when they need it most. In fact, the CDC numbers do not show an actual increase in acts of violence or harassment against teens. Rather, they show teens are reporting incidents at a greater frequency. But there is still likely a significant gap between incidents that occur and those that are reported.
The teen years are hard for a lot of reasons, but with the increase of violence against girls, it’s hitting them a little harder. Being there to support them through this time without judgment, even when you don’t understand, can be a big help.
Snail Mail’s five-day Valentine Fest in Baltimore had its grand finale last night, February 14. A highlight was when she joined forces with Soccer Mommy to cover Avril Lavigne’s “I’m With You” over the weekend. Other guests included Mac DeMarco, Mannequin Pussy, and more exciting indie acts.
To end things on a special note, Snail Mail teamed up with Waxahatchee for a cover of “When You Were Young” by The Killers. The performance is explosive and cathartic — maybe even more nostalgic than the Avril Lavigne cover. Either way, a great way to get an audience pumped up, that’s for sure.
About working on her 2021 sophomore album Valentine, she told Uproxx, “Any expectations that are held that have to do with my teenage self are just super unfair because I’m a thousand percent different person. It’s uncomfortable because I feel like I have to kind of ease everyone into the adult version of my music and myself.”
Luckily for fans, she’ll be heading out on a US tour following the Valentine Fest. After a festival date, she’ll be kicking off the run with Dazy and Water From Your Eyes in Omaha, Nebraska and ending in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Watch Snail Mail and Waxahatchee’s performance of “When We Were Young” above.
Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell celebrated yet another Valentine’s Day as you would expect them to: They performed together. The musically prolific married couple visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Tuesday, February 14 and played “Hawk For The Dove” from Shires’ 2022 album Take It Like A Man.
Shires sauntered up to the microphone while seamlessly playing the violin, and Isbell handled the guitar behind her (and peppered in backing vocals throughout the chorus). You’d never know they were a happy couple based on the song’s biting and semi-haunting lyrics. “I’m well aware of what the night’s made of / And I’m coming for you like a hawk for the dove,” Shires sang. “You can call it serious trouble / ‘Cause that’s what I want.”
The set couldn’t end without an impressive violin solo from Shires.
“We’re happy to be your Record Store Day Ambassadors for 2023,” Isbell said in a video shared to his Twitter on January 30. “We think record stores are so important, not only to the musicians who play in them — like Amanda did so many times this year and I’ve done in the past — but also to the communities and to people who love music and people who love art.”
It hasn’t been that long since the last How to Train Your Dragon movie. The threequel, subtitled The Hidden World, only came out four years ago. But the franchise about a nice Viking boy who befriends a nice flying fire-breathing lizard is already getting a reboot, with a pretty obvious twist.
As per Variety, Dean DeBlois, the screenwriter of the 2010 original film, is coming back for another take on Cressida Cowell’s books. The promised twist? This time it will be live-action (with lots of CGI, of course). No cast has yet been announced, but DeBlois will also serve as the new film’s director and it already has a release date: March 14, 2025, i.e., six years after the last one.
The three How to Train Your Dragon films, which starred Jay Baruchel as the lead voice, were among the more acclaimed animated films of the teens, amassing four Oscar nominations. They even featured cinematography (or some simulacrum thereof) by legendary Coen brothers and Blade Runner 2049 d.p. Roger Deakins. Perhaps he’ll be back, too. Or not! Who knows at this point!
It’s not clear if the live-action reboot will go back to the first book or tell some other tale within the universe or what. How many big changes will there be, especially considering it has the same screenwriter? You’ll find out in about two years.
We know that in order to brew a beer, you need a grain (usually barley), yeast, water, and (in our opinion most importantly) hops. The simplest way for brewers to harness aroma, flavor, and hop bitterness is for hops to be added during the kettle boil. And while that is all well and good and can lead to a perfectly hoppy beer, some brewers opt for a second hopping, called dry hopping.
For the uninitiated, dry hopping is when a brewer adds more hops to the beer to steep after the initial primary fermentation. Just imagine it like you’re making tea. If you let your tea bag sit in your cup for just a little longer, the flavor will be even more immersive and complex. This is the same way dry-hopping works. It adds extra piney, hoppy, resinous, and dank aromas, and flavors without adding any extra bitterness to the beer. It’s the way brewers create massive hop bombs that still don’t make you uncomfortable with abrasive bitterness.
This method is especially popular when it comes to brewing IPAs and there are myriad dry-hopped IPAs available at your local beer store, grocery store, or corner market (although some might take some searching). In this vein, we picked eight and ranked them based on overall hoppy flavor and balance. Keep scrolling to see them all.
This 6.6% juicy IPA gets its massively hoppy flavor and aroma from being dry-hopped with traditional hop pellets as well as Cryo hops (a type of hop extract that separates the lupulin from the flower). It gets its smooth, creamy mouthfeel from the addition of wheat and oats.
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of lemon zest, orange peel, and floral, herbal hops greet you before your first sip. The palate is centered on cracker-like malts as well as sweet wheat, citrus zest, and lightly bitter pine. It’s creamy and juicy, but overall, fairly unexciting.
Bottom Line:
There’s nothing wrong with Founders Unraveled. It has everything IPA drinkers could want. It’s just a little muted and boring.
This complex, hazy, juicy IPA is brewed with a complex array of two-row malts, Munich malts, wheat, torrified wheat, Blonde RoastOat, and oats. It gets its fruity, citrus flavor from the addition of Mandarina and Cascade hops in the kettle. It’s dry-hopped with Azacca, El Dorado, Mosaic, Chinook, Cashmere, Callista, and Idaho 7 hops.
Tasting Notes:
This beer is a citrus bomb on the nose. There’s a ton of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, wet grass, and herbal pine. Sadly, the palate doesn’t live up to the hype that the nose created. There’s a little more grapefruit and orange peel as well as some tropical fruits, but it’s all a bit muted. The finish is piney and lightly bitter.
Bottom Line:
For a hazy IPA, this is a bit of a letdown. It’s hoppy and has some citrus action, but overall it’s not as fruity and juicy as New England-IPA fans expect.
This popular IPA starts with a base of caramelized malts and two-row pale malts. Citra, Crystal, and Magnum hops give it its floral, herbal, and citrus flavor. It gets its over-the-top resinous, dank, tropical fruit explosion from the use of its proprietary dry-hopping device referred to as the Hop Torpedo.
Tasting Notes:
For a heavily-hopped IPA, this beer starts off with a ton of caramel malt character. What follows is a parade of tangerine, grapefruit, tropical fruits, and bright, floral pine. The palate continues this trend except it’s the orange peel, lemongrass, and grapefruit up front, bready malts in the middle, and bitter, dank pine at the finish.
Bottom Line:
This is a great dry-hopped IPA. That is if you prefer more malt character upfront. If not, stick to some of the more hop-centric IPAs on the market.
One of the most famous dry-hopped beers of all time, Dogfish Head 90-Minute IPA is brewed using continuous hopping. Dogfish Head even invented a machine called “Sir Hops-A-Lot” to continuously add hops throughout the boil. 90 Minute IPA is also dry-hopped using a device called “Me So Hoppy”.
Tasting Notes:
Bold aromas of candied orange peels, tropical fruits, grapefruit, pineapple, and a wallop of fresh pine make a statement before your first sip. Drinking it reveals hints of dried fruits, ripe berries, caramel malts, fresh citrus, and a ton of dank pine. The finish is a mix of sweet malts and bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
This is a popular IPA for a reason. Its unique, hoppy flavor is helped by a nice hint of malt. It’s definitely a beer to seek out if you haven’t tried it before.
Nobody wants to play second fiddle, but we’ll make an exception for this epic Vermont-made IPA. Referred to as “extensively” dry-hopped, this double IPA is known for its bold, juicy, fruity, tropical, citrus, and piney flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There are notes of ripe pineapple, tangerine, mango, guava, grapefruit, and floral, herbal hops. The palate doesn’t disappoint either with flavors like caramel malts, wet grass, mango, peach, tangerine, and dank, resinous, slightly bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
If you’re looking for a dry-hopped double IPA, you can do much worse than Fiddlehead Second Fiddle. It’s a highly flavorful beer.
While we wouldn’t tell anyone to drink a beer exclusively as their dinner. We might pair ours with Maine Beer Dinner. This iconic brew gets its memorable citrus and tropical fruit flavor from being dry-hopped with more than six pounds of Citra, Falconers Flight, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops per barrel.
Tasting Notes:
Peach, mango, guava, ripe pineapple, caramel malts, and a ton of dank, herbal, floral pine aromas make this an epic start. The palate is more of the same, but with more malt character adding to the overall fruity, citrus, and dank pine flavors. It’s the kind of beer that you’ll need multiple sampling to fully appreciate.
Bottom Line:
While most of these beers are fairly easy to find at your local beer store, Maine Lunch is a little harder to come by. If you find yourself with the ability to get a bottle, buy it and don’t think twice.
Bell’s Hopslam is one of the most eagerly awaited winter beers and for good reason. This complex IPA begins with six different hops in the kettle before dry-hopping with a “massive” amount of Simcoe hops.
Tasting Notes:
This a one for the hop fans, It’s loaded with aromas of pine needles, floral hops, crisp apples, ripe honeydew melon, and bright citrus. The palate only adds to this with more melon, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, and a ton of dank pine. The finish is a mixture of caramel sweetness and floral, lightly bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
This is a well-balanced, hoppy IPA that you should definitely seek out this winter and every winter from now on. You’ll be glad you did.
Sadly, this beer has nothing to do with everyone’s favorite, laughing bully from ‘The Simpsons’. It actually gets its name because this 7% ABV IPA is kettle brewed and dry-hopped with the popular New Zealand hop variety Nelson Sauvin.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of caramelized pineapple, honeydew melon, caramel malts, tangerine, grapefruit, and floral pine greet your nose before your first sip. The palate definitely doesn’t disappoint. Caramel malts, orange peels, lemon zest, ripe berries, pineapple, grapefruit, and a forest of pine needles make this an exceptional IPA. The finish is dry, bitter, and leaves you craving more.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to dry-hopped IPAs, you’d have a hard time finding one that’s as balanced and complex than Alpine Nelson. Go get some and drink it right now!
Over the years Marc Maron has proven himself a decent actor. He can even do serious stuff, like To Leslie, the indie drama that scored a surprise Oscar nomination for Andrea Riseborough. Still, it is a bit surprising to learn that the comic and podcaster found himself auditioning for, of all movies, Avatar: The Way of Water — a gig he’s glad he luckily (by his own admission) didn’t actually get.
On a recent episode of the podcast Happy Sad Confused, Maron revealed that a few years ago James Cameron had him try out for the role of Dr. Ian Garvin, the marine biologist baddie. The part ultimately went to another funny guy who also does serious acting, Jemaine Clement. Maron was glad.
Marc Maron’s 5 minute AVATAR audition story is art.
“That was ridiculous. Why the fuck would I want that job?” Maron said. “There’s this assumption that we’re going to do four Avatar movies. Dude, I don’t even remember the first one!”
Maron described going down to New Zealand to visit the set, where he was prohibited from taking pictures. He saw some stuff. “There’s people doing acrobatics down there, people flying,” he recalled. “It’s like Cirque du Soleil down there.”
It sounds like auditioning for an Avatar movie is pretty disorienting. “All of a sudden you’re in this zone with people [James] just has there to read parts and fly and be on dollies,” Maron remembered. “I’m on camera I think. I gotta picture a boat or whatever the f*ck it is…I’m in the middle of this thing and I’m totally untethered and I have no sense of character. I have no idea what’s happening other than there are several unidentified actors and acrobats all around me.”
Alas, it was not to be. “Thank god [I didn’t get the part],” Maron explained. “I don’t like being away from home. My agent was like, ‘You’re probably going to go to New Zealand for four years,’ or whatever the f*ck it was. Some ridiculous amount of time. I was like, it’s not happening. Then [James] sent me a box of cigars because he didn’t cast me. Ok, that’s nice. At this age, I have no problem saying no.”
Perhaps you forget that one of the Flight of the Conchords guys was in Avatar 2. “Like I would’ve had to go to New Zealand for a year and people would’ve been like, ‘Were you even in it?’” Maron explained. “But Jemaine lives in New Zealand! He has family there. It was a no brainer.”
Had Maron gotten the job, it would have been his biggest movie ever, and he was in Joker. Then again, think about how many episodes of WTF he’d have to miss out on while trying to act opposite tennis balls and acrobats and what have you.
Boyz II Men’s classic 1994 love song “I’ll Make Love to You” was one of the most popular make-out songs of the ‘90s. But now, the Gen Xers who got down to it back then are a bit older and have probably settled down.
Life in your 40s and 50s has more to do with handling household chores and parenting responsibilities than making love “all through the night,” as Boyz II Men originally sang nearly 30 years ago. Studies show that the average married couple in their 40s and 50s has sex around once a week, whereas those in their 20s and 30s have it twice as often.
The threesome had some fun with the passing of time on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Valentine’s Day when they debuted an updated version of “I’ll Make Love to You” that reframes the song for couples who’ve been married for the past 15 years. “I’ll Make Love to You (But We Don’t Have To)” features three members of the Philadelphia group’s classic lineup, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman, Wanyá Morris and a cameo from Colbert himself.
Back in the group’s heyday in the ‘90s, it had four members, but unfortunately, bass singer Michael McCary left the group in 2003 after being diagnosed with muscular sclerosis.
Here are the lyrics to “I’ll Make Love to You (But We Don’t Have To)”:
Close the door, wash this dish
I’ll put all the forks away
It’s our 15th Valentine’s Day
We’re gonna celebrate once this house is clean
Pour some wine in my favorite coffee mug
Are the kids finally asleep?
Said we’d do it once a week
But we don’t have to, babe
Let’s see what’s on TV
I’ll make love to you if you want me to
Unless you’re too tired, because I’m tired, too
I’ll make love to you, or we can just watch YouTube and
I’ll text you some memes while I’m next to you
Girl, relax; there’s no rush
Let’s just go to Puzzle-town
You need help with 19-down
Oh, a female sheep
Baby, you know that’s ewe
Pick up clothes from the floor
I’ll be sure to check Brooklyn’s math
Then we’ll both get in the bath
But not at the same time; it’s very uncomfortable
I’ll make love to you in a day or two
How ’bout a raincheck
Last time I threw out my neck
Do you want me to paint the living room?
I keep saying I will, but I never do
I know your job got you stressed
And this whole house is a mess
Still, tonight, let’s say yes
To doing it or we could watch “NCIS”
I’ll make love to you, coz my love is true
I’ll make sure you know, ok, your eyes are closed
Alright, that’s some drool, and you’re snoring, too
When you become a parent, your grocery bill starts to grow right along with your kids. During growth spurts, the amount of food that kids consume can be mind-blowing, and many parents find themselves trying to balance keeping their kids fed well, keeping their bank account from dwindling and keeping their time in the kitchen to a minimum.
For millions of parents, Costco is a lifesaver on this front. The wholesale club is known for huge warehouses full of bulk buys and fair prices that make feeding a family a bit less daunting. (For real, who can resist a humongous rotisserie chicken for $4.99?)
One way Costco shines for busy families is in the grab-and-go snack department, which is why we’re thrilled to announce that This Saves Lives Kids Snack Bars are now being stocked at Costco stores across the Southeastern United States. For $15.49, you can get a 24-count box of This Saves Lives Kids Snack Bars, which includes 12 S’mores Blast and 12 Chocolate Chip “Dino”mite flavors.
What makes This Saves Lives Kids Snack Bars special? For one, they have the “Yum!” factor kids want without the junk parents don’t. They’re allergen-friendly (no nuts, gluten, dairy or soy, so safe for schools), and they contain a full serving of fruits and veggies (without tasting like it, seriously). Plus, in addition to being delicious, nutritious and convenient, each This Saves Lives box purchased helps feed children facing malnutrition and hunger around the world. As part of the launch at Costco Southeast, This Saves Lives is supporting No Kid Hungry to help provide 60,000 meals to children in the Southeast.
Nothing but wins all around.
To celebrate this milestone, we are announcing a nationwide sweepstakes with a chance to win:
Prizes: 50 winners selected at random will receive a This Saves Lives sample box.
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Enter the sweepstakes between now and March 14, 2023. There are two options to enter:
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That’s it! If you don’t live near a store that sells This Saves Lives bars (check store locator here), you can order them online or through Instacart. With Upworthy and This Saves Lives teaming up with Costco to make families’ lives easier and fight child hunger, everyone wins. And until March 14, everyone has the chance to win even bigger. What would you do with a $1,000 grocery shopping spree? What would you ask Kristen Bell to say in a custom video recording for you?
Kids need healthy snacks and parents need convenience, so share this exciting announcement – or even better – grab your box of This Saves Lives bars and post a photo for a chance to make the shopping you’d do anyway pay off even more.
Even though men have condoms and vasectomies, throughout history, the burden of contraception has ultimately been felt by women because they bear the ultimate responsibility if they become pregnant. To maintain their reproductive freedom, women must take hormone-altering pills, wear patches or insert hormone-filled rings into their vaginas.
They also deal with copper IUDs, shots and spermicide-soaked sponges.
Women also have to manage the cost and hassle of doctors’ visits to get their contraception and are at the mercy of the state if they have an unwanted pregnancy. Isn’t it time more men stepped up and took responsibility for contraception?
The good news is that new medical development may provide hope for the countless women who are tired of the pills, IUDs and headaches that come with female contraceptives. The cool thing is that a woman is behind its discovery.
A new pill developed by Weill Cornell Medicine could become the first “on-demand” male oral contraceptive. The drug has been found to stop sperm “in their tracks” and prevents pregnancies in preclinical models.
The pill is fast-acting and can have a man ready for sex 30 to 60 minutes before intercourse. That’s about as long as it takes for Viagra to work its magic.
“Our inhibitor works within 30 minutes to an hour,” Dr. Melanie Balbach, a postdoctoral associate in their lab, said in a statement. “Every other experimental hormonal or nonhormonal male contraceptive takes weeks to bring sperm count down or render them unable to fertilize eggs.”
The inhibitor was discovered by Dr. Balbach accidentally while working on a treatment for an eye condition. Dr. Balbach found that when mice took a drug that inactivates soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC), they produced sperm that could not propel themselves through the vaginal tract.
Research shows that men who cannot produce sAC due to genetic mutations are infertile.
After the drug takes hold, the sperm are rendered useless for about 24 hours and then return to normal. So, the drug is not only fast acting but rapidly reversible.
“What I like about the proposed contraceptive in this study is the on-demand option,” says Ulrike Schimpf at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. “It would act rapidly, temporarily, and is efficient at the first dose.”
The discovery could be a sea change in how males approach contraception. But some are rightfully afraid that men may lie about taking the pill in the heat of the moment.
This is the 1st compound I’d trust since I could watch them swallow the pill.
Those who produce sperm face little risk; when it doesn’t work, they’re not stuck in a legal & medical mess.
After all these years that women have had to bear the burden of responsibility, there’s something poignant about the first potential male contraceptive pill being discovered by a woman.
“We need more [birth control] options, and men need an option so that the burden of contraception is not on females anymore,” Balbach told New Scientist. “We’re very optimistic that once men take the inhibitor, it will have the same effect.”
Dr. Balbach and Dr. Jochen Buck, a professor of pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, are currently working to develop a new version of the drug that lasts longer before testing it on humans. They hope to go to clinical trials by 2025.
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