Woke

Toy Story star Tim Allen has been mocked for a viral social media post discussing the “face of woke”. The right-wing actor, who once compared Hollywood liberals to Nazis in 1930s Germany, posted on Twitter on Monday (17 October).“Who is the face of woke,” Allen wrote. “Do wokees have a club house in someone’s backyard or maybe a cute yet safe playpen somewhere?”The tweet was subsequently “liked” more than 40,000 times, prompting thousands of replies – many of which were mocking the peculiar phrasing and sentiment of…

Kelly Ripa ‘Passed Out’ While Having S*x With Her Husband (Pic Credit: Instagram) Actress Kelly Ripa “passed out” while having s*x with her husband Mark Consuelos and woke up in an emergency room to find herself “dressed like a cheap prostitute”. The 51-year-old actress, who has been married to the ‘All My Children’ co-star since 1996 and has Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and 19-year-old Joaquin with him, explained that she had woken up in the emergency room early on in her marriage during the throes of…

The worst thing about the state of the culture wars is that it requires us to formulate opinions about things that absolutely do not deserve them. Exhibit A is Disney’s forthcoming live action remake of The Little Mermaid. By all accounts, this isn’t really a film that deserves to take up a lot of anyone’s brain power. It’s an old story, retold using technology that will date much faster than traditional animation, and in any other age it would be in cinemas for four weeks, gently fizzle out and never be thought of ever…

| The Daily Mail loves a story about how "woke" the British weekly kids comic The Beano that has been running almost as long as Action Comics, is getting, Woke might actually mean being aware of injustice around you, especially racial injustice, but The Daily Mail has decided, as have many people, it's the hip replacement for "politically correct". Or for "something from my childhood is changing for reasons I don't understand". Here are a few recent headlines; Let's run an except from that one, "woke enthusiasms…

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the “Stop Woke Act” championed by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis. The law likely runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of free speech, the judge said. Y-Vonne Hutchinson, chief executive of California-based consulting and strategy firm ReadySet, said she welcomed the decision.…

| In the recent Gotham Anniversary Special, we saw The Penguin and Catwoman working together in a very non-DC Comics continuity story, in which they forcibly vaccinate the entire world against the coronavirus. Written by Danny DeVito, who could get away with such things, it was seen as well away from either character's usual personality. Still, it was a fun read nevertheless, especially when drawn by Detective Comics and Once & Future artist Dan Mora. Dan and Danny; it was a good match. But in this week's Batman …

Tesla has laid off both the President of its LGBTQ+ community and a lead involved in diversity and inclusivity programs at the company. While they were let go as part of a broader wave of layoffs, it comes amid several comments Tesla CEO Elon Musk made, concerning what he describes as the “woke mind virus.” Earlier this month, we reported on Musk telling Tesla executives in an email that they need to cut 10% of the workforce and pause hiring due to having a “super bad feeling” about the economy. Later, the CEO…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol October 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesSen. Ted Cruz blasted BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on Tuesday for so-called "woke" investment decisions — and suggested money managers like Fink be barred from voting on behalf of other investors "to advance their own political interests.""Because that is not capitalism, that is abusing the market," Cruz, R-Texas, charged during an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box."During much of the interview,…

In another undercover recording released by American far-right activist group Project Veritas, a Twitter employee has revealed that the company isn't profitable because of their woke ideology and company puts the "correct" views in front of people and mocks Elon Musk's development disorder.Project Veritas, in the second part of its series on Twitter, has published footage featuring Twitter Lead Client Partner, Alex Martinez, discussing the company's ideology, slamming the acquisition of the company by Elon Musk.Alex…