Beyoncé Posts Pregnant Beyoncé Sand Sculpture on Instagram

Caity Weaver · 01/11/15 02:28PM

America's most famous pregnant singer, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, has just posted a picture of herself styled as a beautiful pregnant sand monster en repose to Instagram. While pregnant with meaning, the image is unaccompanied by any caption, leaving the public to draw our own conclusions. Is Beyoncé pregnant? Is Beyoncé an ancient sand monster who takes human form to perform wicked deeds? The answer to the first question is almost certainly yes, as indicated by Gawker's prior coverage on the subject. The answer to the second question is also almost certainly yes.

Hudson Hongo · 01/11/15 11:07AM

The AP reports arsonists attacked the offices of a German newspaper that reprinted Charlie Hebdo's Muhammad cartoons on Sunday, throwing a Molotov cocktail through a basement window. No one was injured and the fire was quickly extinguished. Police have detained two men suspected of the crime.

Times Six: Why True Justice Won't Come Without Sacrifice

Kiese Laymon and Mychal Denzel Smith · 01/10/15 12:45PM

"Art has to be a kind of confession," James Baldwin said, fifty-four years ago. "If you can examine and face your life, you can discover the terms with which you are connected to other lives, and they can discover them, too." Baldwin, more than any other American writer, showed us how every sentence contained the possibility of discovery for both writer and reader. Over the course of the ensuing months, I'm going to ask some of the country's most incredible creators to let readers into the crevices of how they do the work of facing and discovering life. Every creator will be asked the same six questions.

George Zimmerman Arrested for Domestic Violence, Again

Hudson Hongo · 01/10/15 10:30AM

George Zimmerman, America's chosen mascot for the reasonable use of lethal force, was arrested in Florida late Friday night on suspicion of domestic violence and aggravated assault with a weapon, again. At a court hearing Saturday morning, a judge granted Zimmerman a $5,000 bond.