babe • Jan 18 2019

Ariana Grande’s new music video just killed me, brought me back to life, then called me a broke bitch

‘This is the white girl Bitch Better Have My Money’

Today, I woke up to a timeline gone berserk. At first I thought I thought Anime Avi Twitter had finally taken over but as my contact lenses adjusted, I realized: no, that's not just any weeabo: that's Ari in her new music video for 7 Rings!

This musical saga — nay, opera — has everything: a Sound of Music sample, a reference to her weave, and deeply touching lyrics like:

I want it / I got it / I want it / I got it

Inspiring stuff. The lore surrounding the song is sweet, though. The title references the time Ariana got a little drunk at Tiffany and bought her six best friends diamond rings. It was in that moment I realized that my best friend doesn't give a fuck about me.

Aziz Ansari talks about the sexual misconduct allegations against him for the first time

‘I hope I’ve become a better person’

by babe

In a gig on Monday night, Aziz Ansari talked for the first time about the allegations of sexual misconduct made against him last year. During a massively oversubscribed gig at Village Underground in New York, Ansari said he hopes he has "become a better person." Vulture first reported the comments. The site said Ansari led…

Instagram now tells people when you screenshot, so just throw away your whole damn phone

Who thought this was a good idea!?

by Caroline Phinney

Lately, Instagram has sucked for a lot of reasons: posts are no longer in chronological order, influencers are reportedly being screwed out of money, and now, on top of everything else, Instagram alerts someone when you take a screenshot. Is nothing sacred?! Long gone are the days of snapping pics of your ‘friends’ and then…

People are slamming Bumble for an ‘abusive’ ad campaign involving painting endangered elephants

“No one should even consider climbing on an elephant’s back”

by Nian Hu

Bumble recently launched in India and celebrated with a launch party at City Palace in Jaipur. Instagram posts and stories reveal that the CEO Whiteny Wolfe Herd and various celebrities were in attendance. Several photos of the event show elephants being ridden with the Bumble logo painted on their faces. According to PETA Executive Vice…