Jordana Lipsitz

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This is Los Angeles, the city of dreams, where everybody lives next door to a porn star or has at least met one. However, LA transplant Jordana Lipsitz met her first porn star at an East coast college long before she stepped foot in the City of Angels. In this post, Jordana Lipsitz interviews her friend and author AKA porn star J.R. Verlin, AKA Logan Pierce and reveals how being a porn star effects his personal relationships, what it’s like to be part of the sex-work community a...

My human only has IMovie on an Ipad for editing and baseline photo editing software which is quite upsetting to an iconic filmmaker such as myself. However, like any Best Baby Dog in the Whole Entire World, I made due for this case study.

It was 4 a.m. in the hallway of a Los Angeles hospital’s emergency room, and my fun night of roller skating had not panned out as I’d hoped. I didn’t know the full details of my injury — a broken leg — but I knew it was bad; the doctors were mentioning surgery. My friend had been standing next to my bedside since about 10 p.m., doing her best to keep me positive while I cried morphine tears — but I knew what I really needed was my mother.
It was 7 a.m. in Baltimore, Maryland, so my mother’s v...

Witch culture has become trendy recently, and not surprisingly. There are so many enticing components, from crafting one’s personal spirituality to embracing the sacred feminine to loving the earth. But being a witch isn’t just fashionable attire and games. There is a whole culture to witchcraft, and of course, with culture comes the question of Big Bad cultural appropriation.
Religions borrow and steal — the world is a terrible and hallowed mess of appropriation. In order to really understan...

An in-process documentary about two brothers' and a trip to China in quest for an ancient amily book.

It’s been 40 years since Sylvester Stallone boxed his way into our hearts as Rocky Balboa. The first film in what would be a decades-long franchise, which premiered on November 21 1976, went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Here, a tribute to the film’s most memorable moments.

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When Yeezy released a certain single a few minutes before 12 AM EST on New Year's Eve, everybody pushed the recipient of their midnight kiss aside and threw their champagne bottles on the ground in haste so they could have a first listen. "Facts" by Kanye West is a bucket of laughs. It's really fun. The single, which is a take on Future and Drake's collaboration "Jumpman" from their shared mixtape What A Time To Be Alive, is pro...

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Usually, you don’t just tie the knot with one person—you marry into a whole family. And if you’re in Hollywood, where nepotism and celebrity dynasties are as common as red carpet events, you just might end up with a famous in-law or two. So, we’re celebrating some unexpected pairings in honor of Mother-in-Law Day (which is on October 23). They may even inspire you to call your partner’s mama this weekend...

You know that friend you have who always has the best tips, tricks, and foods and throws the best parties? When meeting Haylie Duff for a fancy dinner as a part of her “Bring Back the Holidays Campaign” in collaboration with T.J.Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods I was immediately reminded of this kind of magical human being. Duff is a super down-to-earth and friendly lady who loves food almost as much as she loves to talk and write about it. When I arrived to dinner, she already had the whole tab...

I don’t know where to begin, middle, or end with this. I write for hours every day about all sorts of things — the Kardashians, diversity in the entertainment industry, Drake’s seemingly endless rap beefs — and yet, every last word I write about living with a facial paralysis called Moebius Syndrome, I struggle with. I’m having a hard time writing and that’s a pretty divisive change for me. I have no problem talking and writing about myself on the usual. In fact, I ADORE it (can’t be helped, ...

Going to the grocery store can be quite the snore. Mindlessly pushing a cart down aisle after aisle wondering, “What is life even? What is the meaning? Do I really need this much Greek yogurt?” Luckily, there can be more to the mundane experience of feeding yourself. In fact, there are a whole lot of sneaky fruit and veggie tips to perk up your sex life. The more natural the better! Grocery shopping has never been sexier.

Legendary sex machine Giacomo Casanova was alleged to eat 50 oysters a ...

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World Television Day, on November 21, is an occasion created by the United Nations itself to celebrate a medium that “facilitates social and cultural communication.” We can’t think of any besties, frenemies, and sister-like buds on the small screen who are more about keeping up appearances of social bliss better than Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) and Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively). These are their most exemplary BFF moments. — XOXO, Gossip Girl

Good news, everyone: The Gilmore Girls revival on Netflix is fast approaching. That means we’ll be back in Stars Hollow faster than you can say, “There’s a town meeting at Ms. Patty’s, and Taylor says its mandatory!” Still, it’s important to remember that although we all adore the girls who Gilmore, we don’t always understand them or the zany world they live in. With a festival for literally every holiday and a gazillion pop culture references, there’s no shame in being a little lost in Stars...

Often, when I’m cuddling on the couch with my sweet Genevieve (a red pit bull mix with the sweetest face in the entire universe), I look into her soulful eyes and suddenly feel overwhelmed with premature grief. Just like Old Yeller, just like Skip and Marley, Genevieve will someday die. The inevitable loss feels like it’s already happening even though she’s still got at least five good years in her (Goddess willing). I can’t help but think to myself, “why didn’t I at least let her have one li...

Twenty years ago in 1996 we learned in Space Jam that Bill Murray "doesn't play defense" and we, the millennial generation, fell in love with him for it. Some of us knew, but many of us didn't at the time, that the elder generations had been in love with the iconic comedic acting mastermind for years. Before he was golfing with Bill Murray and Stan Podolak (Wayne Knight AKA Newman from Seinfeld) since he got his start on Saturday Night Live in 1976 and went on to star in classics like the Gho...