While Venezuelans were protesting a corrupt government, Ukrainians protested against their government’s refusal to join the EU and Spaniards rallied against a (now-overturned) proposal to ban abortions in all cases, British activism came in the form of women sharing #BarefacedSelfies in a bid to show their support for women who’ve gone through cancer (some argued it was questionable in its message, but undeniably raised a shit-ton of money for Breast Cancer Research).
Spookily, Malaysia Flight 317 went missing somewhere over the ocean, never to be seen again. Cue scenes of utterly inconsolable families demanding answers from the powers that be. Courtney Love felt she got close to discovering the plane’s location, but the collective efforts of several countries couldn’t find it.
The introduction of gay marriage equality meant that loads of same sex couples in the UK could marry, and perhaps in a form of celebration, Cara Delevingne and rumoured girlfriend Michelle Rodriguez were spotted snogging each other on a beach in Mexico.
Lady Gaga performed perhaps her best gig of the year at South By Southwest, straddling a rotating pig while singing Swine as a performance artist vomited on her.
In this month’s leaky-news, a letter containing a list of celebrity (and not-so-celebrity) men was found at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Though we were in a bit of denial that the list was actually a list of men Lindsay Lohan had slept with, she later admitted the letter was hers during her Oprah network series. The person who came out of it looking the worst, though, was James Franco, who wrote an entire short story about how he refused to have sex with Lindsay. Even though he’s on the list!
Banger(s) of the month: Sam Smith - Money On My Mind, John Legend -* All Of Me*
We were watching: Rae Earl’s My Mad Fat Diary comforted us, upset us, but most of all entertained us with a nostalgic look at her own life, except a mid-90’s version of it. Angst and outfit inspiration galore.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.