Kevin Hart's tweet explaining his “choice” to step down from hosting the 2019 Academy Awards (Photo credit: A screenshot from Kevin Hart's Twitter)
TODAY’S MUST-READ NEWS AND ANALYSIS
- Kevin Hart is not a victim of his own controversy. [Esquire]
- Ex-Baylor University frat leader accused of rape will face no jail time after choking his victim and leaving her for dead. [Waco Tribune-Herald]
- The new conservative majority Supreme Court votes to pass on Planned Parenthood defunding case. [Political]
- From Mary Queen of Scots to Roma, this year’s films flipped the script on men. [Vox]
- How domestic violence leads to murder. [The Washington Post]
- Is rap finally ready to embrace its women? [The New Yorker]
- Hate Amazon? Boycotting the site isn’t so simple. [The New York Times]
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YESTERDAY FROM BITCH
- Digital Crackdowns on the Sex Trade Can Put Sex Workers at Risk | Raiding sex worker websites may look good for law enforcement—but it can push sex workers further underground. [Holiday Black]
- Undecided: The Reliable Romanticizing of Unplanned Parenthood | The temptation to chalk our decisions up to the whims of some larger, intangible force—God, evolution, DNA, nature, life—is a powerful one. [Abby Minor]
