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Twitter user Kimber Dowsett was bored and waiting to catch a flight when she caught wind of a couple arguing.

Like most of us would (though we might not admit it), she quickly found herself listening in on the juicy drama.

When she realized what the argument was about, she pulled out her phone and began documenting the scene on Twitter for the benefit of her 24,000 followers.

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The couple was arguing about money, but not in a “What do you mean you forgot to pay the gas bill?!” kind of way. It was bigger than that.

The woman had been offered a promotion at work, and Dowsett couldn’t believe she was listening to the woman’s partner — a man — telling her to turn it down.

He’d be “humiliated,” he told her, if she made more money than him, explaining that if she really loved him, she’d turn the promotion down.

Couple beside me at the airport is arguing over money. He just told her if she loved him she’d turn down the promot… https://t.co/SfTzr10pj0— bat (@bat) 1513701391.0

Really.

As Dowsett continued listening in, the man twisted the knife, so to speak, insisting his partner put his feelings above her career.

Shocked and enraged, Dowsett sat at her airport gate, listening as the woman began crying, promising her partner she’d never jeopardize the relationship. When the man continued to insist she turn down the job, Dowsett couldn’t help it. “I just want to punch him,” she tweeted.

omg she’s crying and said she’d never do anything to jeopardize their relationship and he’s like “good then turn do… https://t.co/iZIOMbj6c2— bat (@bat) 1513701492.0

It only went downhill from there.

According to Dowsett, the man had simply assumed that his partner would eventually leave her job altogether to take care of the kids. There’s no point focusing on her career anyway, he told her.

He just told her once they’re married and have kids she wouldn’t be working anyway so there’s no point focusing on… https://t.co/QBs4U6c5R1— bat (@bat) 1513701698.0

OMG SHE WIPED HER TEARS & SAID “kids? who said anything about me ever wanting kids?!” https://t.co/WrFXgAWIOz— bat (@bat) 1513701795.0

The dramatic fight ended, Dowsett wrote, when the woman stormed off, leaving her now-ex to go on vacation with his own damn self.

Apparently Dowsett wasn’t the only person who overheard the fight, as the people waiting at the gate burst into applause for the woman when she threw her boarding pass at her ex and told him to have fun in Cancun.

SHE THREW HER BOARDING PASS AT HIM AND TOLD HIM TO HAVE FUN IN CANCUN. SHE JUST RAGE QUIT. OMG PEOPLE CLAPPED WHEN… https://t.co/LqUmmKCibm— bat (@bat) 1513701956.0

The Tweet thread went viral, with people applauding the woman or just enjoying the absurdity of it all.

For all the conversation’s viral hilarity, there’s more than a kernel of uncomfortable truth in this story.

The wage gap still exists, but women are becoming more and more likely to be the breadwinners in their households and relationships. And that’s not just single mothers. Some estimates say about a quarter of all marriages include a woman who earns more than her partner — a number that has quadrupled since the ’60s.

This is a good thing — obviously! It’s a sign that women are kicking ass in the workplace and finally getting more opportunities to advance, despite the wage gap and sexual harassment and other barriers women face in the workplace.

As the argument above shows, however, it’s not a comfortable transition for every couple. After all, there is immense societal pressure on men to “provide for the family” and on women to slide into motherly, caretaker roles.

For the love of equality, dudes, don’t be like Airport Guy. Be proud of your wives and girlfriends and partners for their accomplishments.

“Equal pay” is only going to get more equal, and the number of women in heterosexual relationships who out-earn or match what their male partners make is going to march closer and closer to half.

Being a man does not entitle you to a higher salary. Not anymore. Being secure in your masculinity and being a supportive partner means celebrating your significant other’s successes. It means encouraging them to be their best and being proud of them when they succeed, even if it means they might be doing “better” than you.

Yes, some people might think it’s “weird” if a wife or girlfriend makes more money, but things are changing and it’s time we all get with the program.

Don’t get swept away with this outdated idea of how things “should be” — or risk being immortalized by a viral Tweet thread in which you come off looking like a total jackass. It’s much better to just enjoy having a relationship with a talented, intelligent, and ambitious woman, if you’re lucky enough to have one.

This article originally appeared on 12.27.17

WARNING: Spoilers for this week’s episode of Snowfall will be found below.

In season six of Snowfall, the best chance of peace returning to Los Angeles seemingly lied in the hands of Leon thanks to his close ties to Franklin, Jerome, and Louie. Unfortunately, his return from Ghana proved that not only is he unable to repair things between the trio, but it also proved that he has his own battles to fight. Episode three concluded with Franklin issuing a warning to Leon to either pick a side or stay out of the mess. In this week’s side, we see Leon make his decision.

In episode four “Projects Boy” of this season, the focus remains on Leon in large part. His interactions aren’t with Franklin, Jerome, or Louie, but rather, with Deon who was put in charge of the projects after Leon’s exit. Leon isn’t a fan of how Deon is running things, and despite several recommendations from him to get things right, Deon opts to ignore him and do as he pleases. Furthermore, he mocks Leon for marrying Wanda who doesn’t have the best history in the projects as she is known as a former crack addict to those who live in the area. All of this leads to a huge fight between Leon and Deon, and while the former won the battle, it remains to be seen who will win the war. Elsewhere in the episode, Franklin pushes Veronique and her mother to find out who stole his $73 million while he connects with Kane to see why product is being made at a slower-than-expected rate. Oh, and you’re mistaken if you thought we were taking a break from the Franklin vs. Jerome & Wanda war this week.

Here are some of the biggest takeaways that we have after season six’s episode four, “Projects Boy.”

Leon Really Wants To Do Good

Leon returned home from Ghana a changed man. Yes, he was married to his longtime lover Wanda, but he also returned home with the goal of bringing some change to his community. In “Projects Boy,” it becomes clear that this change will be a lot harder to come by than expected for Leon. He gets home to see that things have only gotten worse with Deon in charge. Through peaceful conversations, Leon tries to bring back some level of normalcy to the projects, but Deon is set on doing things his own way. Leon, more frustrated than ever, sits several yards across from Deon seething with anger and frustration at how much things have worsened and how little people desire to make things better. So, when Leon gets into a fight with Deon, who we should note is much bigger than him, it’s done not in a moment of recklessness, but rather, to push forward his agenda of restoring order. Maybe it’s rooted in the guilt of his past doings, but Leon simply wants to do right by his people and his community, and though he’d like for it to be an easy process, he will go to whatever lengths necessary to make it happen.

Franklin Doesn’t Mind Getting His Hands Dirty

Desperate times call for extremely desperate measures, and in Franklin’s world, that couldn’t be any truer. In his world, everything needs to go as planned without error and without delay. It’s why Franklin loses his sh*t and goes off on Veronique’s mother Cassandra when she returns with a lot less information than he expected in regard to his missing $73 million. It’s why he demands that Kane allow him to go to one of the cook houses to see the process there and understand why less product than expected is being pushed out of there. It’s why he throws everyone out of the cook house, burns a cook’s face, and rolls up his sleeves to get to work. As Franklin told Kane, he built an empire and in a perfect world, he’d be sitting back to enjoy the fruits of his labor, but things are far from perfect now. So if it requires that he get his hands a little dirty, so be it. But one thing he won’t do is let his empire fall down.

Jerome And Louie Aren’t Going Anywhere

In “Projects Boy,” you nearly forget that the war between Franklin, Jerome, and Louie is still ongoing. Much of the episode focuses on Franklin’s effort to track down his lost money with help from Veronique and Cassandra as well as Leon’s effort to bring change in his community. Yet, in the closing moments of the episode, we’re reminded that Jerome and Louie are not to be forgotten as they seemingly employ the aforementioned cook whose face Franklin burned to lead them to his whereabouts. What results is a drive-by shooting and ambush that Franklin and Kane narrowly escape while successfully killing the treason-committing cook. Jerome and Louie can certainly put more focus on taking down Franklin, as they’re a duo who has a more established drug supply coming in. So with that said, it’s imperative that Franklin does a better job of staying on his toes because the shooting at Kane’s house could’ve ended a lot worse than it did.

Wanda Can’t Grow Where She Wasn’t Rooted

As Leon opened up about wanting to return home to fix some of the damage he was responsible for, it was clear that Wanda wasn’t as open to the idea of going back to Los Angeles. Wanda was a victim of all that went down in Los Angeles as she formed a deep addiction to crack. Though she was able to get clean from the drug, addiction is a lifelong battle and being away from LA helped her stay above it. With her return to the city, Wanda’s fear of falling off the wagon couldn’t be more obvious. Life is much better than it used to be for her: she’s married now, she’s in a much better position to hold and maintain a job, and she has a better outlook on the world. The truth of the matter is Wanda will probably do better somewhere that isn’t her old home. Wanda can’t grow where she wasn’t rooted. LA and those very projects that she and Leon are staying in are tethered to some of the lowest years of her life. Her battle with addiction becomes incredibly harder when the very drug she fights to overcome every day is being sold in her backyard and along the pathways that lead in and out of her current home. Leon may want to save the community, but Wanda may have to leave it in order to save herself.

New episodes of ‘Snowfall’ are available on FX on Wednesdays at 10pm EST/ PST.

Rapper Pink Siifu and producer Ahwlee teamed up as B. Cool-Aid for Leather Blvd, an album arriving at the end of this month. As if this collaboration isn’t exciting enough, the tracklist was unveiled today, March 8, and it’s nothing short of stacked.

The record has features from artists like Fousheé, Quelle Chris, Ladybug Mecca, Denmark Vessey, and more. It’ll be 16 tracks and only one will have no guests. So far, “Cnt Go Back (Tell Me)” and “Wassup” are out, and they’ve unveiled “Soundgood” today.

Listen to “Soundgood” above.

Check out the Leather Blvd tracklist below.

1. “Welcome 2 Leather Boulevard” featuring Butcher Brown, DJ Harrison, and Melanie Charles
2. “Cnt Go Back (Tell Me)” featuring Liv.e, Butcher Brown, Jimetta Rose, V.C.R, and Maurice II
3. “Diamonds” featuring DJ Harrison and V.C.R
4. “Neems (Naima)” featuring Mndsgn and Akeema-Zane
5. “Soundgood” featuring Liv.e, Jimetta Rose and V.C.R
6 “Wassup” featuring Devin Morrison, Pher and MoRuf
7. “If U Can See Me (4U)” featuring Liv.e
8. “Cnt Fk Around”
9. “Fools _ LSA” featuring Big Rube, V.C.R, Ladybug Mecca, Butcher Brown, and DJ Harrison
10. “ChalkRoundIt” (Talk Abt It) featuring Ladybug Mecca
11. “CRAXY”’!” featuring Butcher Brown, Kamila, Blk Deco, and SALIMATA
12. “Streets Got Pages” featuring Liv.e, Jimetta Rose and V.C.R
13. “So Soft Salon” featuring DJ Harrison, Demae, Nita Darling, and Funky Chunky
14. “Leather Blvd Ad” featuring Big Rube
15. “Brandy, Aaliyah” featuring Quelle Chris, Denmark Vessey, Jimetta Rose, V.C.R, MoRuf, and Kamilah
16. “We Good At Leather Tht Leather This” featuring Fousheé, Butcher Brown, Ladybug Mecca, and Nita Darling

Leather Blvd is out 3/31 via Lex Records. Find more information here.

HBO has a long history of smash shows, and they’ve recently added a new one to the pile: The Last of Us, the adaptation of the popular dystopian video game. It’s even gotten the kids into both Linda Ronstadt and Depeche Mode. Its eighth and most recent episode tackled the most horrifying part of the game, but instead of scaring off viewers, it helped it become even more popular.

As per ScreenRant, Warner Bros. Discovery reports that Episode 8, titled “When We Are in Need,” drew an impressive 8.1 million viewers, based on Nielsen and first-party data. It’s a record for the show, beating out Episode 4. But that’s not all: The new episode nearly doubled the viewership of the pilot, which drew 4.7 million viewers — the biggest debut since the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon.

It’s no surprise The Last of Us kicked off swimmingly. It had a built-in audience from the video game, to say nothing of the all-star cast. Doubling it, of course, implies that people not only genuinely like it but are also telling others to tune in. It’s not a fluke; it’s a show that is increasing viewers because of its quality. So kudos to a show that was always going to do well but which is now exceeding those lofty expectations.

(Via ScreenRant)

Former NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp was arrested on Wednesday afternoon and booked by Tacoma police on drive-by shooting charges after an altercation in the parking lot outside Tacoma Mall in which shots were fired from a vehicle that did not strike anyone. Police have recovered the gun from the incident and are still currently investigating.

Kemp was booked at 5:58 p.m. PT into Pierce County Corrections for one count of drive-by shooting after his car allegedly fled the scene after shots were fired earlier in the afternoon, via FOX 13 Seattle.

The shooting call came into police just before 2 p.m. Shots were fired from a passing vehicle in the parking lot on the northeast side of the mall near the Courtesy Tire store.

Police said nobody was hurt in the shooting, and that the suspect initially identified as a 53-year-old man was detained at the scene.

Kemp faced legal trouble in the past shortly after his playing career ended, with a pair of drug possession charges in 2005 and 2006, but has since become invested and involved in a number of local businesses in the Seattle area, including opening the first black-owned dispensary in Seattle in 2020, Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis. We will continue to provide updates as more become available.

Christina Ricci is in the midst of a well-deserved resurgence. She’s got a hit show, the about-to-return Yellowjackets, and thanks to Wednesday, there’s renewed attention for her work in the two ‘90s Addams Family movies. Speaking of, when Ricci was younger, she earned a reputation for frank interviews in which she freely spoke her mind. Sometimes she spoke about issues like mental health, body image, and depression. Sometimes she was kind of combative. She doesn’t do that anymore, and in a new honest but not holds barred chat with Rolling Stone (in a bit caught by The AV Club), she admitted she could be, you know, kind of a teenager.

“I was a bit of a dickhead,” Ricci said. “I could have handled it in a way that was less teenage.”

Not that she was entirely at fault. The late ‘90s/early aughts, when Ricci was celebrated as a kind of “anti-It girl,” were a time when young women were more sexualized than they are now. Ricci got caught up in that. For instance, a 1999 cover story for — as it happens — Rolling Stone featured an older white guy writing sentences that described her as a “hazardously sexy teen who will say anything.” The main photo, meanwhile, finds her posing in pink lingerie.

“It’s not how I would have chosen to be dressed, but it’s very much of its time,” Ricci says of it now. “Not great.”

These days, she’s far more protective of herself, though she worries she could let her guard down. Doing TV is different from doing movies in many ways, and one example is that with movies you do press once, maybe twice. With TV you’re constantly having to do press. That means more opportunities to let something slip out.

“I find myself starting to feel a little bit more devil-may-care about the things I say,” Ricci said. “And that’s not good for me. I always go too far. I never realize how awful a thing I’m saying is until someone else is like, ‘What the f*ck?’”

(Via Rolling Stone and The AV Club)

Uproxx couldn’t get enough of Joanna Sternberg’s 2019 album, Then I Try Some More. “This Is Not Who I Want To Be” was described by Uproxx as “a poignant look at addiction with just the right balance of regret and reflection, so forthcoming that it feels powerful enough to make the ground shake.”

Three-plus years later, Sternberg has not lost their ability to acutely reflect and widely resonate. Today, March 8, Sternberg announced I’ve Got Me, their album due out on Fat Possum on June 30, and released its title track.

“And all my faults and flaws and lies / Are no one’s fault but mine,” Sternberg melodically sings in the song. “Between self-hatred and self-awareness / Is a very small, thin line.”

“I do not remember if I wrote this song before or after reading the poem ‘Oh Yes’ by Charles Bukowski, but the song is definitely meant to reflect the same sentiment. I also have the poem tattooed on my right arm!” Sternberg said in a statement.

Per the press release, I’ve Got Me was entirely written by Sternberg, who also “played every instrument on the record’s 12 songs.” The album was recorded alongside producer Matt Sweeney and engineer Daniel Schlett across six days last summer at Strange Weather Studios in Brooklyn, New York.

Sternberg also named The Beatles, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Bob Dylan, James Jameson, Elliott Smith, and Randy Newman as formative musical influences, but Sweeney asserted that I’ve Got Me is 100 percent Sternberg: “For me, this album is a dead-on example of how the more brave and clear an artist is in expressing their own world, the stronger it resonates with strangers.”

Below, find the I’ve Got Me album artwork (illustrated by Sternberg) and tracklist, as well as their forthcoming live dates.

1. “I’ve Got Me”
2. “I Will Be With You”
3. “People Are Toys To You”
4. “Drifting On A Cloud”
5. “Mountains High”
6. “I’ll Make You Mine”
7. “Stockholm Syndrome”
8. “Right Here”
9. “The Love I Give”
10. “She Dreams”
11. “The Human Magnet Song”
12. “The Song”

03/08 — New York, NY @ Union Pool
03/14-17 — Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/22 — New York, NY @ Union Pool
03/29 — New York, NY @ Union Pool
04/21 — Boston, MA @ Cafe 939
04/22 — Northampton, MA @ Bishop’s Lounge
04/27 — Wayne, PA @ 118 North
04/28 — Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong

I’ve Got Me is out 06/30 via Fat Possum. Find more information here.

Last year, Ella Mai unveiled her sophomore album, Heart On My Sleeve. The deluxe edition is out now, and she’s preparing to bring those songs to the road with the aptly titled Heart On My Sleeve Tour, beginning on March

The opener is Thuy, an LA-based singer known for her hit “Universe.”

On Instagram, she wrote in the announcement: “IM SPEECHLESS!!! i’m so honored to be opening up for the angel @ellamai!!!!!! i’ve always been such a fan of u and it’s such an insane full circle moment to be your special guest on your HOMS TOUR!!!!”

In our 2020 interview with Thuy, she discussed her aspirations with music.

“I love creating a storyline. I feel like ‘X’s And O’s’ and ‘Distance Between Us,’ for example, tie into the story of I Hope You See This of closing out that chapter of like that bad relationship or leaving people in the past and that’s kind of like what ‘X’s And O’s’ is about, just like leaving people, whether it’s the non-believers or whether it’s a toxic ex, in the past and I feel like the whole deluxe is really just like closing out that chapter of my life.”

Find all of Mai’s upcoming tour dates here.

The Phoenix Suns have looked an awful lot like contenders with Kevin Durant in the lineup, which isn’t a surprise considering he is one of the five best basketball players on the planet when healthy.

The health part has been an issue at times, though, and while Durant is fully back after his latest knee sprain, he suffered a new injury on Wednesday night while warming up on the floor before the Suns hosted the Thunder, as he rolled his left ankle while driving to the basket and fell to the ground.

You can see Durant’s ankle turn over on its side, and while he would get up and be able to walk off on his own, he was ruled out officially not long after due to “left ankle soreness.”

The hope, of course, is that the injury isn’t anything more than soreness and he avoided a sprain that could cost him extended time. The Suns have gone 3-0 with Durant in the lineup, and while they’re still certainly competitive without him, their depth on the wing will be particularly thin in his absence. Torrey Craig will get the start against OKC, but after dealing away Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson to land Durant, the Suns are very much beholden to the health of their stars to be contenders in the West.

Deciding which Irish whiskey to buy over the next few weeks is going to be tough. There’s a fair amount of cheap but good Irish whiskey on the shelf. Still, two names absolutely dominate that conversation — Jameson Irish Whiskey and Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey. Which begs the question, which is better and worth spending hard-earned cash on?

To be fair — these whiskeys are very similar.

They’re both “triple distilled” Irish whiskey blends (though not exactly the same, which I’ll address below). They have the same proof/ABV. They both cost less than $30 and can be found on pretty much every single liquor store shelf from coast to coast. Tully is made in central Ireland. Jameson is made at Midleton in County Cork, deep in Ireland’s south. Both are marketed as mixing whiskeys. Tullamore has a huge ad campaign for Tully & Tonic. Jameson is hawked as a base for ginger ale whiskey highballs with a twist of lime.

To decide this battle of Irish whiskeys, I did a blind tasting of neat pours in a Glencairn glass. That means I had my wife pour and pass me a glass without me knowing which one it was. I even closed my eyes so I couldn’t see the color. Why? These look almost identical but Tullamore is a tad more amber-hued.

So which one is better? Jameson or Tullamore D.E.W.? Let’s find out.

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Part 1: The Irish Whiskey Tasting

Taste 1

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Light green chili pepper is accented by lemon candy, soft maltiness, a hint of sweetgrass, and honey-dipped almonds on the nose.

Palate: The palate opens with a hint of chocolate malt with a dash of vanilla next to creamy honey, nutty cakes, and a whisper of woody spice barks with a touch more of that dry sweet grass.

Finish: The proofing water comes through on the end but doesn’t overly mute the honeyed nuts and soft grassy maltiness.

Initial Thoughts:

The lemon on the nose means this has to be Jameson. That aside, this was nice overall. There were layers that felt simpatico and built toward something.

Taste 2

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Sweet malted cookies and bright orchard fruit dominate the nose with a sense of fresh pear, green grassy, and fall leaves with a hint of black pepper.

Palate: Butterscotch and sweet honey malt drive the taste toward more fresh pear cut with orange oils and a hint of nuttiness.

Finish: There’s a hint of spiced oak and soft malt on the finish with a whisper of vanilla but it all kind of fades into watery nothingness pretty quickly.

Initial Thoughts:

This starts off so strong but then just kind of… disappears.

Part 2: Ranking Jameson and Tullamore D.E.W.

2. Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey Triple Distilled — Taste 2

ABV: 40%

Average Price: $24

The Whisky:

Tullamore’s entry-point whiskey is a blend of triple distilled single grain, single malt, and single pot (malt and unmalted barley mash) whiskeys. Those spirits are then aged in a combination of refill whiskey barrels, ex-bourbon, and ex-sherry casks before blending, proofing, and bottling.

Bottom Line:

This started off far stronger than the Jameson did but just couldn’t stick the landing. It washes out on the finish pretty dramatically and quickly, leaving you with little on the palate. That’s a shame as this is the more complex whiskey with single malt and an extra barrel in play in the blend.

1. Jameson Triple Distilled Irish Whiskey — Taste 1

ABV: 40%

Average Price: $29

The Whiskey:

The whiskey is a blend of single pot still (made from malted and unmalted barley) and single grain whiskeys. Those whiskeys age in ex-bourbon barrels and ex-sherry casks until they hit that classic sweet spot that makes Jameson Jameson. Those barrels are then blended, proofed, and bottled.

Bottom Line:

This was more well-rounded and had a little bit more depth. It was still light, don’t get me wrong. It’s clearly a whiskey you’re going to want to mix into a highball, but there was just more here to play with.

Part 3: Final Thoughts

Look, these are both mixing whiskeys. They’re built that way in Ireland and marketed that way. No one is pretending that these are some mind-blowingly complex whiskeys that are going to change your whiskey-drinking life.

These are perfectly fine standard mixing whiskeys for highballs. That means they’re made for mixing with fizzy water and drinks like ginger ale or tonic. I wouldn’t bother using them for cocktails. There’s not enough going on in either of these whiskeys for that application.

That all said, Jameson is the clear winner. It just has more depth and a much better finish.