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New wave pop flavored with dance energy
07.05.2018
Balloon Ride Fantasy, a synth-pop/new wave band, premieres "Arcadia," a dreamy pulsing tune inspired by fantasy fiction and pop nostalgia. "Arcadia" is from the band's BRF EP, dropping July 20.
Made up of Chris Olszewski (lead vocals, producer), Phil Conley (guitars, synths), Bethany Conley (vocals), Brad Schneider (bass), and Jordan Wood (keyboards, synths), Balloon Ride Fantasy has shared the stage with The Chainsmokers, Chvrches, and Metric, as well as opening for The Naked and Famous at the Feed More Festival. In addition to music, Wood has appeared on HBO's Mindhunter, and NBC's Downward Dog.
"Arcadia" kicks off with coruscating synth layers leading into a new wave pop tune. Olszewski's textured timbres pervade the lyrics with gleaming sonic hues, as Conley's background vocals finance smooth sighing harmonies akin to gossamer tendrils. A simmering sax solo infuses the tune with taut harmonic pigments.
The rhythm of the track takes on an electronic dance momentum, infusing the music with a pulsing, driving energy. The combination of new wave pop flavors and dance brio gives the tune chic stylish tinctures of oomph, especially on the swelling colors of the chorus.
Shot with Ridley Scott-like interplays of dark and light, the video was filmed at Pittsburgh's famous hot spot, Evaline Party House. The visuals depict an initiation party for a mysterious cult, governed by a lioncorn, which is a hybrid of a lion and a unicorn. Mannequins, masks, and glow sticks saturate the video with fantasy ambience.
With "Arcadia," Balloon Ride Fantasy integrates creamy new wave flavors with the pulsating vitality of electronic dance. The result is a yummy concoction of stylish music.
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Randy Radic is a Left Coast author and writer. Author of numerous true crime books written under the pen-name of John Lee Brook. Former music contributor at Huff Post.
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The 9 Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes to Watch on Turkey Day
Celebrate thanksgiving by hiding from your family and watching these fictional families enjoy turkey day!
11.25.2020
Celebrating Thanksgiving usually entails a day of eating, answering uncomfortable questions from your family about your career and romantic life, hearing about your grandma's bunion surgery, and, if you're lucky, a well-earned doze in front of the TV. This year, given the social distancing guidelines, you may bypass the family time and go straight to the couch.
Regardless of your plans for Turkey Day, when that second helping of turkey starts to settle in your belly and your eyelids start to feel heavy, it's time to shove your cousin (or cat) over on the couch, settle in, and turn on one of these classic Thanksgiving-themed episodes.
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“The One With the Rumor,” Friends
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTcyNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYwOTg1MDUwM30.HQbIHMBhvTWbQXJfVjNNEdyF2dDzBgalqgLZBCxKPDs/img.jpg?width=980" id="5630d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="43c434173d17f82544480a47c4a8fb30" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Friends Thanksgiving episode" />Friends<p><strong>Season 8 Epsiode 9</strong></p><p>This iconic episode guest stars Brad Pitt (then married to Jennifer Aniston) as Rachel's former classmate who was still bitter about being an ignored and overweight teenager who co-founded the "I Hate Rachel Green Club" with Ross back in high school.</p><p><strong>Where to watch: </strong>Netflix</p>"Parents," New Girl
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTc2Ny9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODI3MjI1NH0.oNG7ZNehomcjG8q5GShlB4QGnaMwQIIZOjLuU-uOVGk/img.jpg?width=980" id="9e04b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a6c4d706bbef84d1987a5fc8d320368a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="New Girl Thanksgiving" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 8</strong></p><p>This is an adorable and realistic depiction of the family drama that inevitably comes with Thanksgiving. Here, Jess tries to reunite her divorced parents and, obviously, chaos ensues. </p><p><strong>Where to watch: </strong>Netflix</p>"Homo for the Holidays," Will and Grace
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTgzNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTMyNjA2OH0.K_t3o1VI9Uu5vD24GR6RYbfFKkgpU2Xqt53G5_0NRF0/img.jpg?width=980" id="6b500" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="73c6dc0fde532b5293d958e38fd88e09" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Will And Grace Thanksgiving episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 7</strong></p><p>This episode centers on Jack trying to come out to his mother over Thanksgiving dinner. It's as messy and hilarious as it is touching. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>"Slapsgiving," How I Met Your Mother
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTk1Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMTk2NzAwOH0.M1_L9ywWjrMCAUxURvr9FvXu1jaiL5PGEnvztptXHHY/img.jpg?width=980" id="b2791" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="23b9b895b1bd6b28b27a8e8d14ebd992" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="How I Met Your Mother Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 3 Episode 9</strong></p><p>HIMYM is all about running jokes, and this episode is full of them. The gang is going through a time of transition, since Ted and Robin just broke up and Lilly and Marshall were recently married, and things get rocky (and hilarious) as a result. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"Turkey In a Can," Bob's Burgers
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjA2MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTM1MjU5N30.5zhyqTD_xtyocyGKNe3J14VYwYM_YV6_EdZB4b42VGc/img.gif?width=980" id="bc662" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="99ddebe8711e7cde94576da02d51e1f4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Bob's Burgers Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 7 Episode 6</strong></p><p>The plot of this episode revolves around a turkey ending up in a toilet. That's it. Its fantastic. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"A Lilith Thanksgiving," Frasier
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjE5My9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxMTIxMDc0N30.MYlpMkpq7GwzX_yYEceAipyPv8cQC8MNR0jyzwP3jPM/img.jpg?width=980" id="34cd3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f3c950fa81fe24a4abfb08f8320d3f2e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Thanksgiving Frasier" /><p><strong>Season 4 Episode 7</strong></p><p>One of the few <em>Frasier </em>episodes that takes place in Boston, this episode sees Frasier and his ex-wife vying to get their son into a prestigious school, while Frasier's dad tries to teach his grandson to play baseball. There are also some fantastic Niles cooking mishaps that make the episode worth watching. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Netflix</p>"Lockdown," Brooklyn Nine-Nine
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIxNC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTM4MDU0Nn0.ZHzj8bYLjSEvNWhQIpLC82kZOxPD0MJxMFqG6X5Apq0/img.jpg?width=980" id="154e1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a2da54f625cc5508fc4b6abceadae0b5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Brooklyn nine nine thanksgiving episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 7 </strong></p><p>There are several great Thanksgiving episodes of <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine,</em> but this one, in which the squad gets locked inside the station due to an anthrax scare, takes the cake.</p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"Thanksgiving," Master of None
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIyNy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODMzODY4NH0.P6Ttnfk2Zu0ViTUFLc-La5pUDyLUMA8Aba6G6IRlqAU/img.jpg?width=980" id="8a36b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c247d8edbc6c937a360e1a087ab2df5f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Master of None Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 8 </strong></p><p>This episode hits all the heart strings in all the right ways. It shows family Thanksgivings over the course of 30 years and tells the moving story of Dez's bestfriend coming out to her mom. </p><p><strong>Where the watch:</strong> Netflix</p>"WUPHF.com," The Office
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIzOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTk1NDc0Nn0.YIyfcAsAgJJUQvFeQFw-d9HAZYdStj7Lodm-UxUz_FY/img.gif?width=980" id="0a047" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="59e7c43a63ff3b54811a903eb6a3cb8f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="The Office Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 7 Episode 9</strong></p><p>In this episode, Dwight decides that a hay festival is just what everyone needs to get them in the holiday spirit. Meanwhile, Ryan tries to scam his coworkers out of a lot of money. Good stuff!</p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Netflix</p>From Your Site Articles
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This Haunts Me: Did Scientists at CERN End the World in 2012?
Can the strangeness of recent history be blamed on scientists meddling with forces beyond their understanding?
11.25.2020
Do you remember 2012?
People were convinced that the world was going to end — that the Maya calendar had predicted it more than 2,000 years earlier. And protesters and time travelers continued to decry the cataclysmic dangers of CERN's Large Hadron Collider, where scientists were taking apart the building blocks of the universe to understand how they worked...
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<!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><p></p><p>And then those scientists discovered the particle they were looking for without any apparent disruption to the fabric of reality, and the year passed without the world flipping on its axis or <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/in-2012-neutrinos-melt-earths-core-and-other-disasters/" target="_blank">neutrinos suddenly becoming deadly</a> while John Cusack raced to save his children.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-630"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - underfirst11 - under_first_paragraph --></p><p>Did you laugh then, at the people who predicted doom? Did you mock them? And how have things been for you lately? Because for most of the world they have become increasingly weird, chaotic and incomprehensible — suffused with a growing sense of unreality.</p><p>People and events have stopped making sense. Almost as if the predictable order of the universe has begun to unravel...</p><div id="f14b0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="59889d2fabd2fb9d5429c2dfb255f905"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1329484160734547968" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">🥴🥴🥴🥴 https://t.co/z5IbY4ulOt</div> — POPDUST (@POPDUST)<a href="https://twitter.com/Popdust/statuses/1329484160734547968">1605808699.0</a></blockquote></div><p>While it's hard to point to a moment when it things started to go wrong — does it all go back to 2012? — it's easy to say when things were less weird. Things were less weird about a week ago — before Rudy Giuliani gave a press conference with hair dye dripping down his face.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph --></p><p>But the weirdness seems to be accelerating at such an incredible rate that the answer to that question changes at shorter and shorter intervals.<br></p><p>Things were less weird before 2013, when we got a new pope <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25121121" target="_blank">without the old one dying</a> — so now there are t<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/19/two-popes-plotting-cardinals-francis-benedict-celibacy-rules" target="_blank">wo popes plotting against each other</a>. Things were less weird before 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president. Before 2018, when school shooting-survivors became celebrities, and then <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/maine-house-gop-candidate-drops-out/index.html" target="_blank">became hated by half the country</a>.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent1 - mid_content --></p><p>Before <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/watch-trump-kiss-caress-american-flag-cpac-love-you-baby.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump made sweet, passionate love to the American flag</a> on live TV. Before the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Before <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/10/politics/qanon-cong-candidates/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">QAnon candidates</a>. Before <a href="https://www.popdust.com/kanye-west-kirsten-dunst-2647054867.html" target="_self">Kanye 2020</a>. Before Rudy Giuliani in <a href="https://www.popdust.com/borat-movie-2648503139.html" target="_self"><em>Borat 2</em></a> and Rudy Giuliani at <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2020/11/how-did-trumps-team-land-on-four-seasons-total-landscaping.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four Seasons Total Landscaping</a>.</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>Even if we ignore the particular nexus of insanity swirling around Rudy Giuliani, everything has gotten so ****ing weird. But why? What is the origin? It's as if humanity has lost its grip on reality… or reality has lost its grip on us.<br></p><p>The idea that this can all be traced to CERN's activities in 2012 was <a href="https://twitter.com/NickHintonn/status/1154523206692331520" target="_blank">laid out by Twitter user Nick Hinton</a> back in July of last year. In an extensive thread on the topic, Hinton argued that we were all unknowingly sucked into a black hole in 2012, and relocated to another dimension/simulation.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent11 - mid_content --></p><p>He points to a number of supposed <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-mandela-effect-and-the-science-of-false-memories-114226" target="_blank">"Mandela effects"</a> and an anonymous CERN "whistleblower" on 4Chan as evidence that we have left our familiar reality. But while the particulars of his theory and his evidence may not hold up to scrutiny, there is a kernel of truth in Hinton's vision that has only gotten more compelling in the 16 months since he wrote it.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><div id="12706" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7d290f738884d3da36595e0bfca37790"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1154523264963796994" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">There’s the old cliche argument that nothing has ‘felt right’ since 2012. I agree with this. Maybe it has something… https://t.co/3elVkZPWO7</div> — Nick Hinton (@Nick Hinton)<a href="https://twitter.com/NickHintonn/statuses/1154523264963796994">1564094771.0</a></blockquote></div><p>With that in mind, I developed an alternate explanation for the accelerating weirdness of the world.<br></p><p>Back in 2012, the Higgs Boson was still theoretical. It was thought to mediate the quantum field responsible for giving particles their mass, thus regulating the force of gravity. And beneath the border of France and Switzerland, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) were using their enormous and incredibly powerful particle accelerator to find it.</p><p>They were hoping to improve our understanding of Gravity. The weakest of the fundamental forces, yet potent enough to puncture the fabric of the universe — creating a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html" target="_blank">black hole</a> from which even light cannot escape. As familiar as it is mysterious.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p>At the quantum level, the mechanics of gravity remain little understood, and events are theorized to take place not as a result of ordinary cause and effect but as a function of probabilities. A popular explanation for this is that every possible outcome takes place, but splits off into an endlessly branching multiverse.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>In that sense there would be countless versions of the Earth, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mvx7v8/the-berensteain-bears-conspiracy-theory-that-has-convinced-the-internet-there-are-parallel-universes" target="_blank">the Berenstain Bears</a>, and you. But the vast majority of those versions would likely be clustered together around the most probable outcomes.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent3 - longer_content --></p><p>So what if that cluster was held together by the force of gravity? What if the people decrying the incredible power of the Large Hadron Collider were right to be worried?</p><p>The scientists at CERN were messing with forces beyond their control — beyond their understanding. So maybe they did trigger a doomsday scenario — one that we couldn't see.</p><p></p><center><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script>
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<!-- End Ezoic - incontent33 - longer_content --></p><p>Could it be that they ruptured our universe's quantum gravitational bond to that core of probable realities?SH That we have been drifting further and further from its center ever since — into increasingly improbable events?</p><p>If so, then by now we are either living at a frayed end split off from the central strand of the multiverse — waiting to be pruned — or we are doomed to spiral off in an endless fractal of increasing absurdity. Each year more ridiculous than the last. An eternal apocalypse of strangeness.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-639"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent4 - longest_content --></p><p>Once I'd had this thought, I couldn't let it go. It seems far-fetched at first, but is it more absurd than the idea that millions of Americans would subscribe to a conspiracy theory placing every celebrity and politician in <a href="https://www.popdust.com/jim-watkins-qanon-2647439021.html" target="_self">a cabal of elite satanic pedophile cannibals</a>? That we would elect <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/11/04/congress-will-get-its-second-qanon-supporter-as-boebert-wins-colorado-house-seat/?sh=7418602d568f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legislators who believe that</a>?</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>The more I thought about it, the more I began to see the evidence in every improbable headline. I've started to perceive our hyper-dimensional drift in the erratic behavior of my fellow citizens.<br></p><p>I know now why they deny the overwhelming evidence of COVID-19's death toll (nearly 260,000), or <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/07/29/texas-louie-gohmert-positive-covid-19-raju-nr-vpx.cnn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blame its spread on face masks</a>, <a href="https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2020/04/covid-top-10-current-conspiracy-theories/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5G, and pharmaceutical companies</a>. When they decide to trust Donald Trump's inability to ever admit a loss — and his willingness to <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/trump-campaigns-actual-argument-in-court-were-only-trying-to-disenfranchise-1-5-million-voters-not-6-million-pennsylvanians/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">toss out as many legitimate votes as it takes</a> — more than they trust every election expert in the country, I get it.</p><p>It's not that they are becoming unhinged from reality. Reality has become unhinged, and they are adapting to it.</p><p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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Meghan Markle And 10 Other Celebrities Open About Their Miscarriages
Miscarriages are deeply painful and personal. Some brave women have chosen to open up about their miscarriages in order to help others remember they're not alone.
11.25.2020
Miscarriages are incredibly painful, personal events.
They're also shockingly common. Somewhere from 10 to 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriages, according to the Mayo Clinic, though the number may be much higher because many women don't realize they're pregnant.
Celebrities are not immune from reality. Some have eve chosen to share their stories in an effort to make other families feel less alone in their grief.
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Meghan Markle
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<p>On November 25th, Meghan Markle told the world that she suffered through a miscarriage this year. In an article published in <em>The New York Times </em>called "The Losses We Share," Markle described the pain and fear she felt when she miscarried in July.</p><p>"Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few," she wrote. But in spite of the "staggering commonality of this pain," she continued, "the conversation remains taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame, and perpetuating a cycle of solitary mourning."</p><p>Her op-ed was an attempt to shift that cycle. She encouraged readers to check in with each other. "This year has brought so many of us to our breaking points. Loss and pain have plagued every one of us in 2020, in moments both fraught and debilitating," she wrote, encouraging everyone to ask each other a simple question: "Are you okay?"</p>Chrissy Teigen
<div id="7309b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fa9c955b4eeed5eb911c5efbecd852e6"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFyWQLWpJ3u/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top"></a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>This September, Chrissy Teigen shared a heartbreaking post and a series of devastating photos taken just after she miscarried.</p><p>Teigen was 20 weeks along when she was diagnosed with "partial placenta abruption," which blocks the supply of nutrients and oxygen from the baby to the mother. </p><p>"We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we've never felt before. We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn't enough," she wrote in the post. </p><p>Later, she responded to critics by telling them that the post was intended specifically for people who had experienced similar grief.</p>Beyonce
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<p>Beyonce first spoke about her miscarriages in 2013, in the HBO documentary <em>Life Is But a Dream. </em>She described the events as "the saddest thing I've ever been through."</p><p>Her husband, Jay-Z, mentioned the event and the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy in his song "Glory," which featured the lyric "Last time the miscarriage was so tragic, we was afraid you'd disappear, but nah, baby, you magic."</p><p>In a 2020 interview with <em><a href="https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a30151094/beyonce-elleuk-january-2020/" target="_blank">Elle</a>, </em>Beyonce opened up about the miscarriages she suffered before Blue Ivy's birth, and how motherhood has changed her.</p><p>"Success looks different to me now. I learned that all pain and loss is in fact a gift," she said. "Having miscarriages taught me that I had to mother myself before I could be a mother to someone else."<br></p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>Michelle Obama
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<p>The beloved former First Lady told ABC News about how alone she felt when she miscarried, before the birth of her daughters Sasha and Malia.</p><p>"I felt lost and alone and I felt like I failed," Michelle said. "I felt like I failed because I didn't know how common miscarriages were because we don't talk about them. We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we're broken."</p><p>Eventually, Obama was able to conceive through IVF. "That's one of the reasons why I think it's important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen and the biological clock is real because egg production is limited — I realized that as I was 34 and 35, and we had to do IVF," she continued. "I think it's the worst thing we do to each other as women: not share the truth about our bodies and how they work and how they don't work."</p>Courtney Cox
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDgyNzYwNC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2Njk1MzM1OX0.tEBJUDAuliTly9XMULYrcV3xLgN1tsWxjG5PrWwIJ38/img.jpg?width=980" id="43724" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1130e5c4d7fbf5a9273ba49e2fb9e244" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Courtney Cox" /><p>The <em>Friends </em>actress suffered a miscarriage while starring on the show, and said it was "terrible having to be funny" while grieving. A scene where Rachel gives birth was particularly painful for Cox, who was later diagnosed with a MTHFR gene mutation, which often leads to blood clots that cause miscarriages. "I get pregnant pretty easily, but I have a hard time keeping them," <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9968912/courteney-cox-suffered-miscarriage-filiming-friends/" target="_blank">she said</a>.</p><p>Finally, with the help of IVF, she was able to welcome her daughter Coco at the age of 40.</p>Alanis Morrissette
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<p>When she appeared on <em>Armchair Expert</em>, Alanis Morrissette said that she "had a bunch of miscarriages" between having her three kids. Trust and hope kept her going even as she feared she'd never be able to have the three kids she dreamed of.</p><p>"We were chasing and just showing up and then surprises and then devastations and all of it," she said. "But, I mean, I do trust. I have this trust pilot light thing that keeps cooking along — even when there's a torrential downpour it's still flickering — of hope and faith and vision for something to work out, whatever it is."</p><p>The process was a learning experience as well as a deeply painful event. "I ... learned so much about my body and biochemistry and immunity and gynecology through the process," she said. "It was a torturous learning and loss-filled and persevering process."</p>Christina Perri
<div id="ad843" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4ee5e71ffec48a914f0719cf180ae768"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JsUM4lUra/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top"></a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>The <em>Jar of Hearts </em>singer experienced a miscarriage in January 2020.</p><p>"Today I had a miscarriage," she wrote. "Baby was 11 weeks old, we are shocked & completely heartbroken...I am so sad but not ashamed. ... To all the mothers who have been here and who will be here, I see you and I love you." </p>Meghan McCain
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<p>Meghan McCain discussed her miscarriage in a 2019 episode of <em>Good Morning America, </em>where she described the complexities of her feelings about motherhood and the surprising intensity of her emotional response.<span></span></p><p>"I've always been agnostic about having kids," she said. "I <a href="https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1189557569833984000" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)">don't feel naturally maternal</a>. I don't feel this natural draw to motherhood. And I think my response and how sad I felt afterward surprised me."</p><p>Like many of the other women on this list, McCain hoped to make other women feel less alone with her announcement. "Nobody talks about this kind of stuff," McCain continued. "The only experience I've ever had on TV when <a href="https://people.com/parents/abby-huntsman-pregnant-twins-baby-shower-the-view/" target="_blank">women are pregnant is streamers and excitement</a>, which is wonderful and amazing, but I just think there's a lot of other women out there who have my experience and you are not alone."</p>Carrie Underwood
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<p><a href="https://people.com/parents/pregnant-carrie-underwood-3-miscarriages-2-years/" target="_blank">Carrie Underwood</a> opened up about the three miscarriages she suffered in 2017 and 2018, saying, "I'd kind of planned that 2017 was, you know, going to be the year that I work on new music, and I have a baby. We got pregnant early 2017, and didn't work out."</p><p>At first she tried placing her faith in God, and tried to resist the urge to be angry. "I had always been afraid to be angry," she told <em>CBS. </em>"Because we are so blessed. And my son, Isaiah, is the sweetest thing. And he's the best thing in the world. And I'm like, 'If we can never have any other kids, that's okay, because he's amazing.' And I have this amazing life. Like, really, what can I complain about? I can't. I have an incredible husband, incredible friends, an incredible job, an incredible kid. Can I be mad? No."</p><p>But when it seemed like she was going to suffer through a fourth miscarriage, she "got mad," and began to ask, "Why on Earth do I keep getting pregnant if I can't have a kid? Like, what is this? Shut the door. Like, do something. Either shut the door or let me have a kid. </p><p>"And for the first time, I feel like I actually I told God how I felt," she added. "That was like a Saturday — and the Monday I went to the doctor to, like, confirm, another miscarriage." But the baby survived.</p><p>The year was formative for her. "It was … a very soul-searching year for me," she said. "There were some personal things that happened. And I had the accident and all of that to get through … and just life. Life is full of ups and downs, and I might have had a few more downs than ups last year." That same year, she suffered a bad fall on the steps of her Nashville home, which led to surgery and stitches on her face. The year shifted her perception of the world. "It was also a perception thing, because I look at myself [now] and I see it quite a bit, but other people are like, 'I wouldn't have even noticed.' Nobody else looks at you as much as you think they do," she said. "Nobody notices as much as you think they will, so that's been nice to learn."</p>Shay Mitchell
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<p>In 2019, <em>Pretty Little Liars' </em>Shay Mitchell revealed she suffered a miscarriage the year prior. "I miscarried and lost the child of my hopes and dreams," she wrote in a heart-wrenching Instagram story. "Sometimes it's easier to only showcase the good times on social media, which is what leads many people to criticize it for its lack of authenticity," she added, and shared a photo of an ultrasound alongside a broken heart.</p><p>"The support and affection that so many of you show me lifts me up during even my darkest days, one of which happened last year after I miscarried and lost the child of my hopes and dreams," she wrote.</p><p>Mitchell continued, "In the spirit of the new year, I think that we need to remember that we are all on this journey together — in good times and bad — and to remind ourselves that we seldom really know or understand the struggles and hardships that other people are going through."</p>Pink
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<p>In the song "Happy," Pink sings, "Since I was 17, I've always hated my body / and it feels like my body's hated me."</p><p>She later told <em>USA Today </em>that the lyric was about a miscarriage she suffered as a teenager. "The reason I said [that] is because I've always had this very tomboy, very strong gymnast body, but actually at 17 I had a miscarriage," she said. "And I was going to have that child."</p><p>The miscarriage made the singer feel broken, but her confessions and songs are aimed at helping others through the same struggle. "When that happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it's not doing what it's supposed to do," she continued. "I think it's important to talk about what you're ashamed of, who you really are and the painful s—. I've always written that way."</p><p>The singer suffered through a number of miscarriages since but now has two children with her husband Carey Hart.</p>
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Distantly Thankful: Popdust's Thanksgiving Playlist for 2020
It's harder to remember what we're grateful for this year, but maybe some music will jog your memory.
11.25.2020
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, although this year's holiday festivities are looking pretty bleak.
Even with recent vaccine updates providing a little light at the end of the tunnel, we still have a long way to go before large group gatherings can resume as normal. Travelers are going to great lengths to ensure they reach their destination safely; many folks are opting out of traveling altogether, choosing to spend their holiday season alone at home.
<p>Whatever Thanksgiving looks like for you this year, there's a pretty good chance it won't feel normal. Still, that doesn't mean you have to miss out on the best parts of the holiday: feeling grateful and eating good food (to be abundantly clear, we do not condone the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">genocide</a> of indigenous peoples that went into the first Thanksgiving). So, we've curated a playlist to help you celebrate. </p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-630"> </div>
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Thanksgiving is destined to be uncomfortable this year.
If you are able to safely gather with loved ones, bitter conservative relatives are almost guaranteed to dampen the mood. Meanwhile, for those of us spending Turkey Day alone this year, it may be nice to escape to alternate TV universes, where the dysfunctions of Thanksgiving 2020 don't even hold a torch to the absurdity of Joey getting his head stuck in a raw turkey. Here are the worst TV Thanksgivings to help you feel better about yours.
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The A-Team: "Family Reunion"
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDgxODE0NS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjQ3NDQ1N30.QZdL2EzrWZ5MHIaN_zoeqP66f6je5tdII0Tnc9S3RIg/img.jpg?width=980" id="40c77" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="12ebc49da3c4334d18c29bd4c92d274a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="The A-Team" /><p>The A-Team don't really do Thanksgiving. Sure, they acknowledge that it's a thing, but the team celebrates the holiday a lot differently than others. </p><p>In "Family Reunion" the team gathers at a palatial estate, where viewers quickly learn that "you should never get too friendly with a bird you're about to eat." But the celebration is derailed before it even begins, as the A-Team have only 24 hours to reunite a daughter with her terminally ill dad in exchange for secret information on distrustful politicians. </p>Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: "Pangs"
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="db642604be460772f394011019f015c6"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vg-iXEP1pqw?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Buffy has fought her share of blood-sucking vamps, but all she wanted to do in season 4 was enjoy a nice Thanksgiving feast with the Scooby Gang. But the holiday spirit is soon thwarted, as the ancient Chumash Tribe, vindictive for being wiped out by settlers, get accidentally released on the world by Xander. A massive brawl ensues, all but ruining Thanksgiving for Buffy and the gang.</p>Dexter: "Hungry Man"
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4a2c5d334f0f965704b556b7988fed9a"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oocW9oGQTr0?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>While Dexter has fought for four long seasons to balance his serial killer instincts with his domesticated home life, it all unravels after Dexter spends Thanksgiving at the home of Arthur, AKA the Trinity Killer, who would soon go on to murder Dexter's wife in one of the most shocking twists in TV history. </p><p>Halfway through prepping the Thanksgiving meal, Dexter realizes that Arthur viciously abuses his family, as he learns that beats his son and locks his daughter in her room, causing Dexter to fully loose his cool in front of Arthur's family.</p><p><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --> <div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-813"><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="9626795938"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></div> <!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --></p>Cheers: "Thanksgiving Orphans"
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0046a245047acaeef18864d1f48dd3a3"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fX6bQkiu8JI?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Nothing like a couple of lonely alcoholics to make you feel better about your lonesome holiday. The band of drunks gather together for a pot luck since they all have nowhere to go in one of the only episodes that takes place outside of a bar. </p><p>But dinner at Carla's soon takes a turn for the worst. The turkey takes forever to cook, so the gang gets crabby and soon start to snip at one another, fully unleashing their fury in a messy food fight that ruins the occasion.</p>Family Guy: "Thanksgiving"
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="454f9b73b437f5d1a05750f344f589fa"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ienLox5WMm8?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>One of the tensest moments in <em>Family Guy</em>, Joe and Bonnie learn that their son Kevin died in Iraq on Thanksgiving Day, forever traumatizing them and ruining Thanksgiving. </p><p>But it turns out that Kevin faked his death to desert the army and shows up unannounced at Peter's door. Joe is viciously disappointed in his son, and the gang all sit down for one hell of an awkward (and hilarious) Thanksgiving dinner.</p>Food Network: Giada De Laurentiis "Thanksgiving Live"
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="636a3b42994fcb6b41c3d7739f96bcf0"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C2Slce-XdwA?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>We've all succumbed to a fair share of cooking-related injuries on Thanksgiving day, but not a lot of people can say they've wounded themselves on live TV. </p><p>Chef Diada's one job was to cut the turkey without cutting herself, and she ended up cutting her finger so bad that she needed stitches. It wasn't a very romantic moment, and that whole turkey was definitely contaminated and inedible. </p>From Your Site Articles
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